I'm Outstanding

[Verse 1]

I was born three-six-seventy-two, I think it's on a Wednesday

Hail to the moon, just like Kunta Kinte

That means I'm gifted from the get-go, Mom's you never let go

Mad thanks for raising me right, bro

You gave me confidence to stop the nonsense

Didn't live in Bel Air like the Fresh Prince

Times are hard, times are rough

Didn't have Toys 'R' Us toys, but I had enough love

Plus the guidance from above

To go to the park, sweatin', push and shove

Maybe then for a dunk like you told me

Then there were a few times when Dad had to scold me

Prayed for my safety, I know how you was feeling

Didn't want me wheeling and get to drug-dealing

Remember when you asked me this one day

Who I wanna be like, I said Dr. J

Then you said, "Good, now you gotta go

Take the damn ball and slam it through the hole"

Mom cracked a smile, Daddy gave a frown

I said to myself, "I can't let them down"

So make way, I'm coming in for a landing

And nothing's gonna stop me, from being outstanding

[Interlude]

I'm outstanding

[Verse 2]

Now let's skip to the time when I was fifteen

Shaq is in the house, no, Shaq is on the scene

Now my name's in papers, girls caught the vapors

Kids look up to me like a skyscraper

Now, a role model, I mean a role figure

Then I ask myself, can I get any bigger?

My dream is coming true, but coming true slowly

Then I remember what Mom and Dad told me

"Remember this, son, you are the one not do all the runs

Shoot your gift like a gun and never forget where you come from

You're young, gifted, and Black

If they can't say Shaquille O'Neal then make 'em scream, Shaq!"

Like the fam do, in the stands too

When I freak the funk on a dunk they, "Ah! Ooh!"

From high school to college, they gave me enough knowledge

Make that gift and now it's time for me to fulfill my dream

To be in the [leaders' game?] like Hakeem

I'll make the backboards shatter

Fans chit-chatter

Even make the other centers get madder

That's me, who can it be?

The master of disaster, seven foot three

Brother, ain't no other in the nation

I'm born from my mother but I'm God's creation

I'm outstanding

[Interlude]

I'm outstanding

[Verse 3]

'Cause now I'm outstanding

Wave your hands and pump your fist

When I'm on the court you know it's strictly, "Swish!"

'Cause there's some things that I gotta do

Tape up the ankle, pump up my Shaq shoe

And now it's time to take care of business

To run up and down the court with Nick and Dennis

Scott, but I won't stop

Gotta keep striving until I reach the top

Gonna take a peek over the mountain

I flow like a fountain

Peace, I gotta go! And I'm out and

But before I go, wave your hands

Peace to all my family, friends and fam

I'm outstanding

[Outro]

I'm outstanding