Michael Jackson, Ice Cube and Shaq We Be Ballin
by Zimmermann 054: Michael Jackson
Picture a track built for the league that never got its night. Michael Jackson, Ice Cube and Shaq linked up first on We Be Clubbin, then reshaped it into a clean anthem called We Be Ballin for the NBA. Then the 1998 lockout rolled in and nearly wiped out the season, and the song went unaired. A decade later the unofficial cut surfaced online in 2008, MJ riding that hook the whole way through. Still hits like it was saving itself for 2026, man.
Transcript (en)
We ain't stalling, we just slamming and jamming like it ain't nothing wrong Get your ball on Nothing you can say, nothing you can do We be balling in you, we be balling in you Long to defeat, we'll see when we get through We be balling in you, we be balling in you Slow to defeat, we love just to compete We'll be rolling with you We'll be rolling with you Get to me complete We'll bring you to your knees We'll be rolling with you We'll be rolling with you
