[00:00.223]Dear Basketball -Proximatz
[00:14.710]From the moment
[00:15.304]I started rolling my dad's tube socks
[00:17.69]And shooting imaginary
[00:18.517]Game-winning shots
[00:19.740]In the great western forum
[00:20.957]I knew one thing was real
[00:22.141]I fell in love with you
[00:23.154]A love so deep I gave you my all
[00:24.771]From my mind body
[00:25.517]To my spirit soul
[00:26.413]As a six-year-old boy
[00:27.481]Deeply in love with you
[00:28.652]I never saw the end of the tunnel
[00:30.650]I only saw myself
[00:32.108]Running out of one
[00:33.187]And so I ran
[00:34.330]I ran up and down every court
[00:37.224]After every loose ball for you
[00:39.606]You asked for my hustle
[00:40.898]I gave you my heart
[00:42.226]Because it came with so much more
[00:43.990]I played through the sweat and hurt
[00:45.632]Not because challenge called me
[00:47.643]But because you called me
[00:49.156]I did everything for you
[00:50.951]Because that's what you do
[00:52.625]When someone makes you feel as
[00:55.597]Alive as you've made me feel
[00:58.43]You gave a six-year-old boy his laker dream
[01:01.227]And I'll always love you for it
[01:02.889]But I can't love you obsessively for much longer
[01:05.477]This season is all I have left to give
[01:08.98]My heart can take the pounding
[01:09.837]My mind can handle the grind
[01:11.474]But my body knows it's time to say goodbye
[01:13.865]And that's OK
[01:14.915]I'm ready to let you go
[01:16.754]I want you to know now
[01:18.247]So we both can savor every moment we have left together
[01:22.644]The good and the bad
[01:23.953]We have given each other
[01:25.851]All that we have
[01:26.902]And we both know no matter what I do next
[01:30.122]I'll always be that kid
[01:32.27]With the rolled up socks
[01:33.696]Garbage can in the corner
[01:35.317]05seconds on the clock
[01:37.26]Ball in my hands
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