Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces - a parody of Love Jones (ukulele tutorial by MUJ)

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Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces; a parody of Love Jones, by Brighter Side Of Darkness, 1971; parody lyrics by Cheech Marin / Thomas Chong (Cheech and Chong), 1973; performed/taught here on ukulele by Bob V with KC, Stephen N and Skot as well as cheerleaders Bethles and Donna, .

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CHORUS:
Basketball jones - I got a basketball jones
got a basketball jones oh baby oo-oo-ooh

Basketball jones - I got a basketball jones
got a basketball jones oh baby oo-oo-ooh

Basketball jones - I got a basketball jones
got a basketball jones oh baby oo-oo-ooh

Basketball jones - I got a basketball jones
got a basketball jones oh baby oo-oo-ooh

SPOKEN WORD:
Yes - I am the victim of a basketball jones
ever since I was a little baby, I always be dribblin
In fac, I was de baddest dribbler in the whole neighborhood
― ― ― ―

Then one day, my mama bought me a basketball
an’ I loved that basketball
I took that basketball with me everywhere I went
that basketball was like a basketball to me

I even put that basketball underneath my pillow
maybe that's why I can't sleep at night
I need help, ladies and gentlemens
I need someone to stand beside me

I need someone to set a pick for me at the free-throw line of life
someone I can pass to
Someone to hit the open man on the give-and-go
and not end up in the popcorn machine

So cheerleaders, help me out!
[CHEERLEADERS SING THE CHORUS CONTINUOUSLY
THROUGH THE REST OF THE SONG, BEHIND THE SPOKEN WORD]

Oh, that sounds so sweet! Sing it out!
c'mon Coach Booty, Red Blazer, sing along with me
That be bad, honky! Yeah!

I want everybody in the whole stadium to stand up and sing with us
oh yeah, sing it out like you're proud
All right, everybody watchin coast-to-coast
sing along with us

Bill Russell, sing along with us!
Chick Hearn, sing along with us!
Chris Schenkel, don't sing nothin…
― ― ― ―

Basketball jones - I got a basketball jones
got a basketball jones oh baby oo-oo-ooh

Oh, it feels so good - gimme the ball
I'll go one-on-one against the world, left-handed
I could stuff it from center court with my toes
I could jump on top of the backboard,
take off a quarter and leave fifteen cents change

― ― ― ―
I could dribble behind my back
I got more moves than Ex-Lax - I'm bad
― ― ― ―

I could dribble with my tongue
here I go down court, try to stop me
You can't stop me cuz I got a basketball jones
here I come - that's my hook shot with my eyebrow

Yeah, I could dunk it with my nose
I'm bad as King Kong
Gimme the ball, I'm hot - I'm hot as
one more time!

Basketball jones - I got a basketball jones
got a basketball jones oh baby oo-oo-ooh