King Salmon
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In Ice Cube's 1993 hit "It Was A Good Day", he claims to have scored a triple double in a casual basketball game at the park.
If you are not already familiar, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_double
Have you ever wondered, then, just how this was possible, especially in the context of the casual street game Ice Cube was playing? Not only did he achieve this triple double he did so while just ******* around. Fucked around means to perform with out concentration. Yet he still was able to perform superlatively if one considers that often, if not typically, a street game will be to twenty or twenty one points. Sometimes, if more severe restrictions apply, the game will be played to ten, keeping in mind that shots made count as one point, and two from behind the respective 3 point line. For Ice Cube to make a triple double in either of these scenarios while ******* around would be to totally dominate in a game to twenty. He would have scored half the goals, assisted the other half, and likely rebounded, stole, or blocked as many shots as he scored. In a game to ten Ice Cube would have scored every point for his team, and likely performed magnificent defensive feats to achieve a triple double. Though the question persists as to how he could so exactingly tabulate his performance. Firstly, his performance on the court is demonstrative of his self-evident will: even if Ice Cube was not completely sure that he had exactly scored a triple double he would still be able to say with confidence that while ******* around he was the premiere player. Even if the other players were not completely sure that Ice Cube got a triple double they would still affirm they are mere bitches in his presence. Ice Cube is so badass that he need not even actually perform the task itself to claim this achievement. One can also consider that his claim about a triple double is a metaphor quantifying his degree of gangsta and that his proclamation of hard-assedness is uncontested by others. Secondly, if you were even close to be able to make the claim that while ******* around you got a triple double in the hood, then you would be damn sure that if you actually got a triple double you would rub it in everybody's ******* face. If there is a sucker ass on the court and Ice Cube blocks his first shot on the first possession of the game and takes it down court to dunk, you'll be sure as hell Ice Cube will be like "Damn that's one sucka ass fool. One block and one point for me, *****. Oh, I carry an AK." Humiliation is an integral if not essential element in the sociology of the street game. After Ice Cube steals the inbound pass and passes to his teammate for a layup Ice Cube will have one block, one point, one steal, one assist in only two possessions. So shortly into the game Ice Cube realizes he is the **** and will easily score a triple double. So after each advance in a respective category he makes a snide derogatory remark about the national origin or sexual proclivities of his opponents. Announcing publicly the fact that all he has to do is **** around to get a triple double thereby completely disgracing his opponents. I also want to dispel and lay to rest any concerns that Ice Cube was potentially being deceitful or exaggerating because there was no official impartial scorekeeper. The officialization of record keeping is just another way the white man relegates and reserves power only for the white-owned and controlled leagues.
