When thinking of rappers that are able to spout off rhymes at will, Lil Wayne is one of the first from this generation that comes to mind. The New Orleans native, originally known as Lil Shrimp Daddy, would come of age as the heir to the Cash Money Records throne, biding his time as the runt of the Hot Boys clique, before breaking out with his own 1999 solo debut, Tha Block Is Hot. But after inner turmoil would cause the super-group to splinter and his fellow members to jump ship from the label, Weezy stayed down, rising to the occasion on his Tha Carter album series, as well as his Dedication mixtapes, eventually evolving into the rhyme animal that we revere him as today.

Despite being a capable lyricist from his days as a teen phenom, the period between his third solo album, 500 Degreez, and his subsequent album release, Tha Carter, would see Wayne's flow become more dexterous. Soon, the MC, being the avid sports fan that he is, began implementing his love for athletics into his rhymes, name-dropping his favorite players and teams and even throwing witty nods to his favorite analysts, commentators and publications. Great players of yesteryear, the superstars of today and athletes that faded into obscurity all get an equal amount of love in the rhymes Weezy delivers.

Judging by his array of references, he's one of the most knowledgeable sports junkies in the game. The sports world also shows him just as much love, with countless athletes naming him as their favorite rapper or one they'd like to work with. Wayne even created the theme song for the Fox Sports 1 talk show Skip and Shannon: Undisputed.

We've scoured through Lil Wayne's endless list of albums and mixtapes to highlight 50 of the best sports references in his raps to date.

  • "Fireman"

    Lil Wayne

    "Come on mama, let the Carter make ya/Toss you like a fruit salad, strawberry grape ya/They ball when they can and I'm ballin' by nature/Addicted to the game like Jordan and Payton/Y'all in the race and me, I'm at the finish line/Been running for too long, it's time to gimme mine"

  • "3 Peat"

    Lil Wayne

    "Yeah, I got game like Stuart Scott/Fresh out the ESPN shop/And when SportsCenter poppin' everything stoppin'/But you can't fool me, I know what you watching/Me! You watch me, you watch me, cause I be/Weezy, must see, T.V, C3"

  • "Mr. Carter"

    Lil Wayne Featuring Jay Z

    "‘Cause Wayne win and they lose/I call them April babies, ‘cause they fools/And when they snooze, we up/Feet up, like a paraplegic/Or paraplegic? I parallel park/In that red-and-yellow thing; old school Atlanta Hawk/Like I'm from College Park, but I'm from Hollygrove/Now all my Bloods scream 'Soo woo' and 'Da da do'"

  • "La La"

    Lil Wayne Featuring Brisco and Busta Rhymes

    "Hilton presidential suite already/I'm richer than Nicole and I'm a Lion like her Daddy/I am hotter than the Sunday after Saturday/I swear I'm a savage like Lil Webbie and Randy/Oscar de la Hoya, box ya like a casket/Or Diego Coralles, nigga keep jabbin'/See, my style it varies, like drugs in an alley"

  • "Kush"

    Lil Wayne

    "So aware, I'm so prepared/I'm so fly I will take off into the open air/Lift-off, Cristal/Please, crackers with cheese/Nigga, please, we on J-E-Ts/Like Curtis Martin in white and green/I'm lightin', lightin', light the thing, light the thing/No Reggie man"

  • "Young Money Property"

    Lil Wayne Featuring Curren$y, Boo and Mack Maine

    "Got the bullets coming out the pump/Running through your stomach back like a running back/I ain't got the Emmit Smith, bitch, I got the Dorsett/AR-33 shooting like a Cowboy/Tryna see red skin, bitch I'm fly, I'm sky born/Young Ozzy Osbourne floating like the cloud boy/Got them bitches pilled up, blowing like a plow truck/With they fucking mouths up, south up!"

  • "Momma Taught Me"

    Lil Wayne

    "They like, 'Yes, master, You're the best master'/My hoes need me, I'm like test answers/You don't need me, you might catch cancer/Come back from treatment looking like Van Exel/No, I don't like bald head hoes/I like a long haired diva with the boss ass goals/I'm a all day pleaser, your boy can't go/He too proud, I go where your boy can't go"

  • "Big Wings"

    Lil Wayne

    "And I got some really big wings/Flying over New Orleans/I pull some really big strings/My wingspan like Yao Ming/My eyes tight like Yao Ming/I smoke some really big greens/I sip the whole sixteen/I saw a mill' at 15"

  • "Tha Mobb"

    Lil Wayne

    "Alter a nigga, Nina talk to a nigga/Take a chunk outcha body like a shark bit a nigga/I'm awkward like Cartwright, fuck with a nigga/Shot ugly but my arch right; come on dog, bark, bite/Fork in the road, I'm always going right/Nowadays knowing life ain't no more road lights"

  • "Best Rapper Alive"

    Lil Wayne

    "Yeah, like dat, just like dat, right back/I'm on that money train, and that Mac'll knock 'em off track/The quarterback, well protected from the Warren Sapp/The young heart attack/I spit that cardiac"

  • "Best Rapper Alive"

    Lil Wayne

    "I'm taking it, I ain't asking them for nothing/If you sell a million records, we could battle for your money/I'd rather count a hundred thousand dollars on a Sunday/Watch a football game and bet it all on one play/Still stuntin', baby, yes I'm still flossin'/Latest car on the market wit the top peeled off it"

  • "Oh No"

    Lil Wayne

    "No pocket knife, no handgun in sight/Just that rat tat tat tat tat tat tat tat BOOM!/Ha ha tonight I might just boost my feature price/Cause to each its own and the lights is bright/And I'm feeling like Mike at a Tyson fight/I'm from Cita house big momma's house/She told me to shoot ya right after I knock ya out"

  • "Feel Me"

    Lil Wayne

    "Yeah, and tell 'em bout Hollygrove/Tell 'em bout my last show/Tell 'em bout my last ho/You know, just born to mack/Call me Deion Sanders, bring the corner back/I'm in my prime, niggas falling back/That's right I'm coming baby yeah hard as crack/Feel me"

  • "Earthquake"

    Lil Wayne

    "I'm sorry I was grooving/Gotta love that laid-back Mannie Fresh music/But let's get back to what we were doing/Laid-back in that black on plat Ewing's/That's 33 tires he fire/These streets ain't papaya, ma"

  • "Earthquake"

    Lil Wayne

    "I'll take your bitch give her back; take your bitch again/That's because you throw a five I pitch a 10/Now she wanna get inside of me 66/She sees that my wrist is blue and yellow like Michigan/She say she love her man she misses him/But nobody do it better than her distance dick (me)/I'm her long distance pimp"

  • "Bring It Back"

    Lil Wayne Featuring Mannie Fresh

    "Wizzle Fizzle, I keep in New Orleans/Sleeping with women that sleep with the Hornets/A country boy in something foreign/'Bout a hundred thousand more than what you're in/You're not 'bout it, you freeze up like popsicles/Pop up on bicycles, pop y'all like spot pimples"

  • "All About That"

    Lil Wayne

    "Young desperado, straight out the grotto/I'm so bad, my shadow chooses not to follow/Little nigga, but see me as a fuckin' rhino/Lil Weezy hit this bitch like Rocky Marciano/It's a drought ain't it? How the fuck would I know?/Nigga, I've been getting my share in like Sonny Bono"

  • "No Other"

    Lil Wayne Featuring Juelz Santana

    "Give it to 'em raw, no Ajax, taste that/Heh, fuck around and make your face crack/I know niggas that, shoot dope, arms looking like a racetrack/Nigga missed a vein in his neck, his whole face fat!/You can't take that? Well, I can't take back/Where I come from so I learned how to make that"

  • "Gettin Some Head"

    Lil Wayne

    "You say you love that woman, but that been my bitch/And if you kiss that woman, than you suck my dick/These hoes is nasty, y'all niggas is trippin'/I gotta bitch with her mouth like that boy Ken Griffey/When I'm out in the streets better believe I'm pimpin'/And if you ever saw me with one of them video vixens"

  • "Hustlin"

    Lil Wayne

    "Yeah, now what it do you know it's Weezy F. the fuckin boss/Inside that Phantom bitch so big I prolly get lost/How bout that exhaust, and my funky cold Modena/I make that ho tip toe like a ballerina/I'm the Miami fever, in that Miami Heat/I been in Miami water, I'm like a Florida Marlin/But I come from New Orleans nigga we still strong/And my money real long, real real real long"

  • "Walk It Off"

    Lil Wayne

    "I ain't tryin’ to fall in love, I ain't tryin’ get engaged/You can meet me at the alter when a nigga really dead/Every time I'm tryin’ to leave she beggin’ me to stay/And I politely fade away like my name was M.J./And she wrote me a note, guess what that note says?/Well, I hope you still like me but I go both ways/And then I say Oh, then I say, 'Okay'/Stabbed them up and got the fuck like my name was O.J."

  • "What U Know"

    Lil Wayne

    "Tryin to holla at TIP for a movie audition/I push that Maserati to the limit/Zig zaggin' through that traffic like Emmitt/I tell them niggas hurry and buy/And if you dry snitch you'll get burried alive/Yeah, and I dont chase 'em like you do/I keep a bad bitch skatin' like New-New"

  • "Poppin Them Bottles"

    Lil Wayne Featuring Curren$y and Mack Maine

    "Shine so hard like the fucking sun facing me, basically/Take it how you take it, I be making you be hating me/Loving me but hating me, ho you got to pay for me/Riding in the big boys, sitting on them grown folks/Every time I park, it's a motherfucking car show/I guess I'm the number one Lakers fan/Yellow bottle, yellow bottle, purple bag, purple bag"

  • "South Muzik"

    Lil Wayne

    "Be smart I'll take the brains of dummies/That Desert Eagle new, workout plan, brain then tummy/I ain't got no umbrella and it's rainin' money/I'm dumb better than these lames that's stuntin/I run better like, Corey Dillion for the New England Pats/They like, no he didn't get that new Bentley black and white/Sure he did, no kiddin', know he kitted it/Know he told the dealer make sure there's no equivalent"

  • "SportsCenter"

    Lil Wayne

    "Can I get a mic or a mic and a half? The Source owe me/Shout out to the editing staff/I'm all grown, so much better with math/I need a spread in the Forbes taking a Benjamin bath, yeah/I'm servin' this track like, Steffi Graf, yeah/Roger Federer, there's no competitors/Niggas know my rhetoric; bitches know my preference"

  • "Cannon"

    Lil Wayne Featuring Freeway

    "Howdy do motherfuckas, it's Weezy Baby/Niggas bitchin' and I gotta tote the Cannon/Listen close, I got duct tape and rope/I leave you missing like the fucking O'bannons/One hand on my money, one hand on my buddy/That's the AK-47, make his neighborhood love me/Bullets like birds, you can hear them bitches humming/Don't make that bird shit, he got a weak stomach"

  • "I'm Blooded"

    Lil Wayne

    "Rappers talking 'bout me but I don't give a hoot/These niggas still lying, I'm the motherfucking truth/Talk tough til I knock off your kuf/And I own my team, I'm like a Maloof/They hating on me, I'm just trying to be Weezy/Just like Young Jeezy in a lima bean 'ghini/Smoked out my mind baby, now I'm seeing 3-D/Dope boy fresh, from my fitted to my DCs"

  • "Live From 504"

    Lil Wayne

    "In the middle of the war, where my enemy at?/I'm running this bitch like Eric Bieniemy back/'Cause every time I hit a track I'm like an energy pack/The instruments are crying out 'Where the sympathy at?'/Yeah, if you betting money, baby, him'll be back/Whatever legends look like, bitch I'm fin' to be that"

  • "Swizzy (Remix)"

    Lil Wayne

    "No homo, let em get they queer on/No commercial, I just take the Leer home/My girl, she get her Pam Grier/She don't touch me, I got cashmere on/I ballin', you just Erick Dampier, dawg/I'm dirty, I get my Bill Laimbeer on"

  • "Upgrade U"

    Lil Wayne

    "It's a new game, and I'm the coach like Avery/Leave it to the flow, we gettin dough like a bakery/I don't really want to, but these niggas makin' me/Put a motherfucker on ice, like the Maple Leafs/That's a hockey team, and I ain't on no hockey team/But I'm a champion, where's the fuckin Rocky theme"

  • "Banned From T.V."

    Lil Wayne

    "She love to rock the mic, she say there's nothing like performing/Man, I'm in love with her grill, George Foreman/Forewarning: Young Money’s on/And we can shoot it out, I got the money drawn/Yeah, take that to the bank with ya/I rock my hat to the side like I paint pictures/Smoke weed, talk shit like Lane Kiffin/Whole country in recession, but Wayne different"

  • "Swag Surf"

    Lil Wayne

    "Stunt hard on these bitches, I ain't promise tomorrow/Now women kicking it with me like Nomar Garciaparra/Flute rolling killer plants, the little tune shop of horror/And we roll them bitches thick, make them look like Tocara"

  • "Swag Surf"

    Lil Wayne

    "Quarterback shotgun, you don’t get any sack yards/Bitch I ball hard, breaking all the backboards/Pretty Boy Floyd: step up I will crack yours/And even at the White House we pull up at the back doors/Walk around like I'm 30 feet tall/Tiger Woods all these hoes try and birdy these balls/And the Porsche 911 like emergency calls/Man, I just be chilling, I'm cool like Lou Rawls"

  • "I Don't Like"

    Lil Wayne

    "Dr. Carter, fuck her harder/All my homies bald, nigga, and guess what? I'm the barber/I'm too high, if I come down my fat pocket's my shock absorber/Like Hank Gathers I'mma die a baller/You flamin' faggots put him out with water/Ugh! See that's that shit I don't like/Knock off your whole left side, now you all right"

  • "Burn"

    Lil Wayne

    "Money on my mind I ain't thinking 'bout no bitch/I'm talking bout that scratch like my muhfuckin' throat itch/Stop stuntin' if you ballin' buy your bitch somethin'/Stayed on the same team like Tim Duncan/Shit get real if ya scared go to Catholic school/And if we want it straight jacket like a padded room"

  • "So Dedicated"

    Lil Wayne Featuring Birdman

    "The presidential double R, call that Ronald Reagan/I fuck your bitch, we come together call that congregating/I be balling on these niggas, Sports Illustrated/Tough in the streets, but you in the court with a statement/Ain’t that a bitch, man, kill everybody but the babies/Give that bitch nigga the blues 'til he fucking navy"

  • "6 Foot 7"

    Lil Wayne Featuring Cory Gunz

    "Real nigga all day and tomorrow/But these motherfuckers talkin' crazy like they jaw broke/Glass half empty, half full, I'll spill ya/Try me and run into a wall; outfielder/You know I'mma ball 'til they turn off the field lights/The fruits of my labor, I enjoy 'em while they still ripe"

  • "I'm Good"

    Lil Wayne Featuring Lucci Lou

    "Boston Red Sox cap, I get baseball money/Used to do it big, but now bitch I do it Paul Bunyan/Cincinnati Reds cap, skinny jeans, black Chucks/Hollywood shotgun
    Watch me make it act up/Saints cap, new car, paint that if it ain't black/Red light, press a button, make the top faint back"

  • "Ice Cream"

    Lil Wayne

    "Shake the whole game like the hit-stick nigga/Money spread like germs: get sick nigga/Yea, and fuck them other niggas/1-900 who want it? I deliver/Concrete shoes won't help in the river/I don't care if you was Michael Phelps, my nigga"

  • "Where Ya At"

    Lil Wayne

    "Where ya ass was at when I was with the Hot Boys/Probly watchin' Baller Blockin', eatin' popcorn/Yeah, where ya ass was at? You was in the drought, boy/I was prolly at the fight bringin' out Floyd"

  • "Get Out"

    Lil Wayne

    "You turn hoes off I take those on/A Magnum latex goes on the pace goes on/I take a bitch to a island you take a ho to the mall/I holler once and shake a ho to the off position/I gotta gun I keep with me under all conditions/'Cause I'ma entertainer slash small physician/Kordell Stewart in ball conditions/I come to ya'll town and brawl under ya'll conditions"

  • "Put Some Keys on That"

    Lil Wayne

    "You niggas ain't balling/Real talk, you niggas can't guard me/Two niggas can't guard me, you looking at Jordan/From the side, like Spike at the Garden/I got the hardest bars, call me the Warden/Yeah, excuse me, pardon/I break a bitch down like Tonya Harding/Bitch I'm Cole, not dude off Martin/Pockets just fat, like the Klumps and Norbit"

  • "Get High Rule the World"

    Lil Wayne

    "I got blood brothers bitch, I ain't got no pals/I make a girl get low, like I ain't got no L's/I'm a paper chasin' dog, check my toenails/And I never miss a game, no Shaq O'Neal/More like Brett Favre, just like Brett Favre/I been shot two times, just wipe that off/But I thank you for putting me right back, Lord"

  • "I Can't Feel My Face"

    Lil Wayne

    "If you hit the head, then the rest fall in position/Shoot a nigga on his porch and make him fall in his kitchen/Copped a big boy Porsche with all the specifics/And I keep that torch, baby call me Olympics/Red, white, blue pill, flip my skills like gymnasts/And never give a bitch money, blood or kidneys/When the gun goes 'Pow,' I be at the finish/With my medal round my neck, autograph on my tennis"

  • "New Cash Money"

    Lil Wayne Featuring Brisco

    "Reportin' live from the booth/I'm killin' these bitches, Young Wayne Carruth/Untamed and loose, plus drank and juice/I was once a spark, into a flame it grew/I don't complain to you, don't complain to me/Everbody got beef and I just came to eat/I'm in the game for keeps, if you in my lane I beep/I been runnin this shit and I ain't neva sprained my knee"

  • "Back On My Grizzy"

    Lil Wayne

    "You niggas can't see me, I'm on my Casper shit/Runnin' so much game, I fuck around and lap a bitch/The club like a grocery, I just bag a bitch/And you know I'm gonna score like Deion after picks/I'm rollin' on a pill, she get that morning after dick/And when my roll came down, guess what I did after it"

  • "Back to Back"

    Lil Wayne

    "Guess he got all the answers, and I got all the verses/My Benzo got no ceilings, but the windows came with curtains/So me and G swervin, me and G swerve/I keep the double R, me and Steve Kerr/Popping these percs like I'm on injury reserve/And when the pockets full of lint, we want that lint to be fur"

  • "My Name Is"

    Lil Wayne

    "I pour up so much they call me Pour Baby/Kush man, I need a sack like Charles Haley/Sipping to the Big Moe, I'm the Barr baby/Sip got me moving slow but my thoughts racing/My long days give me short patience/My heart vacant, awards taken/What in tarnation, no information/No statements, Young Mula, old mula, mula all ages"

  • "Millyrokk"

    Lil Wayne Featuring Lucci Lou and Turk

    "Steph Curry, boy I'll take the shot/Bop, bop, then I'll pull off and wave goodbye/I'm ready for the war, I'm not afraid to die/My niggas wild like Omega Psi/My bitches screaming, 'Ooh la la'/I tell my demons 'Kumbaya'/Them sticks go 'Boo-ya-ka!"/Make a nigga say, 'Uhh, na-na-na-na-na'"

  • "Live From the Gutter"

    Lil Wayne

    "I see the stars lining up, I feel like NASA/I seen my homies give up on me like a marriage/I went back and counted up and no more stunting like my daddy, ah/Then my bitches hit me up and said she love me like a daddy, ah/Cuban bitch walking 'round my house like she live there/Wake up in her mouth, she dribble like Sebastian Telfair/I see y'all ain't playin' fair/I see you, you layin' there"

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