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There are many professional ball players working in the NBASome who make more money in one game than we make in a yearAnd one by-product of this industry is something called a "sneaker deal"All you have to do is have a promising careerThen the companies come courting, they see $$ signs in every pairOf inexpensive highly marked up shoes that they'll be hawkingThen they slap a famous name on footwear cheaply made in ChinaAnd they charge a hundred bucks a pair - the athletes do the talkingUnfortunately the targets of these ad campaigns are not The rich and wealthy well-to-do's with lots of cash and extra savingsThey're the kids of working folks or single parents, some on welfareWho now have the added pressure of these shoes their kids are cravingHere comes Hakeem Olajuwon, the wondrous Houston centerWho's done everything a player could hope to do in his professionExcept 'have a shoe', he's never 'had a shoe', can you believe it?'Til the Rockets took the title home two seasons in successionWhereupon a company picked up the ball and dropped a dime and rang him upThey said "We wanna put your nickname on our sneaker line, HakeemWe're proud that you're a winner, we can both make lots of moneyEvery kid'll wanna have 'em, and we'll call your shoe "the Dream""You want to use my name for what?"Letras de cancionesWas all Hakeem purported"A shoe" they said. "A what?" "A shoe.""God Bless You" he retortedBut Hakeem, a most religious man, reflected on their offerAnd responded with a most resounding "Yes, on one conditionThat these 'dreams' you wish to sell you price at less than thirty-five dollarsIf you stick to that you have my permission.""But who would wear such cheap shoes?" they reacted in a panicKnowing full well that the going rate was that and more times three"I will," said Hakeem to them and that's just what he did That whole next season in the NBA, for all the world to seeThat's right, he wore those low-cost brogans right there on his size sixteensAnd on each box is printed "Make commitments, dare to dream"Oh, by the way, they sold 1.8 million pairs it seemsWell, 1.8 million and one 'cause now I wear the Dreams From Letras Mania