Question of Sport
from Hip Hop Original by Gideon Conn
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lyrics
You can learn an awful lot reading about sport
The men and women who play it live their lives in a microcosm
Their every action has consequences and is prone to sanction
Ethics and morality are held at stake
Both on and off the field of play
Subject to scrutiny every time
They step across an invisible line
We expect misdemeanours from politicians
sex and alcohol from musicians
But sports men and women are treated differently
They are Expected to be meticulously clean
In every aspect of their personal lives
cos they do special things achieve greater heights
the more famous they are the more highly paid and the more we care and the less we tolerate
when they don't live up to our expectation
And supreme talent gives way to frustration
Are they letting us down if they act in a way which we deem inappropriate to behave ?
First the question of Ryan giggs
The most decorated player in the premier league
former sports personality of the year
A player with a 20 year united career
Are we within our rights to sharpen the knife
Because he chose to sleep with his brothers wife
Is it any of our business what he does off the pitch?
There is no right or wrong answer to this
More recently the case of Luis Suarez
Serial biter comes under a barrage
Of attack from FIFA and the football world
4 month ban, duly served
But is a bite worse than an elbow to the head?
Or career ending tackle that gets a straight red?
Questionable, he cannot control it
But it's Unacceptable we will not condone it
Sometimes they're ostracised for things they haven't done
A fascinating case when a race was won
in the 800 metres by caster semenya
By a very large margin
to be accused later
by the other competitors of being a man
Turned out she had testosterone as well as oestrogen
that wasn't her fault but she was vilified
By a media campaign that ruined her life
Listen I could keep going on
Athletics and cycling damaged by drugs
Can we really put our faith anymore
In records broken, do you know for sure
Then there are incidents of match fixing
The seduction of gambling afflicting
Many sports which we need to know
are competed fairly not just for show
In tennis Four men reign at the top
Winning every grand slam they've cornered the lot
Their domination is so clearly spoken
It's hard to conceive that it could be broken
Thankfully their characters are unimpeached
Never any accusation levelled at their feet
Only immense focus, determination
And an ability to win that marks them as the greatest
The men and women who play it live their lives in a microcosm
Their every action has consequences and is prone to sanction
Ethics and morality are held at stake
Both on and off the field of play
Subject to scrutiny every time
They step across an invisible line
We expect misdemeanours from politicians
sex and alcohol from musicians
But sports men and women are treated differently
They are Expected to be meticulously clean
In every aspect of their personal lives
cos they do special things achieve greater heights
the more famous they are the more highly paid and the more we care and the less we tolerate
when they don't live up to our expectation
And supreme talent gives way to frustration
Are they letting us down if they act in a way which we deem inappropriate to behave ?
First the question of Ryan giggs
The most decorated player in the premier league
former sports personality of the year
A player with a 20 year united career
Are we within our rights to sharpen the knife
Because he chose to sleep with his brothers wife
Is it any of our business what he does off the pitch?
There is no right or wrong answer to this
More recently the case of Luis Suarez
Serial biter comes under a barrage
Of attack from FIFA and the football world
4 month ban, duly served
But is a bite worse than an elbow to the head?
Or career ending tackle that gets a straight red?
Questionable, he cannot control it
But it's Unacceptable we will not condone it
Sometimes they're ostracised for things they haven't done
A fascinating case when a race was won
in the 800 metres by caster semenya
By a very large margin
to be accused later
by the other competitors of being a man
Turned out she had testosterone as well as oestrogen
that wasn't her fault but she was vilified
By a media campaign that ruined her life
Listen I could keep going on
Athletics and cycling damaged by drugs
Can we really put our faith anymore
In records broken, do you know for sure
Then there are incidents of match fixing
The seduction of gambling afflicting
Many sports which we need to know
are competed fairly not just for show
In tennis Four men reign at the top
Winning every grand slam they've cornered the lot
Their domination is so clearly spoken
It's hard to conceive that it could be broken
Thankfully their characters are unimpeached
Never any accusation levelled at their feet
Only immense focus, determination
And an ability to win that marks them as the greatest
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from Hip Hop Original,
released November 27, 2015
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Gideon Conn Manchester, UK
'The people of Britain may not know it yet, but Gideon Conn is one of their national treasures.' - Scroobius Pip
'What's going on in that crazy noggin of yours?' - Russell Brand
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