Utah gets some street cred?

by Basketball John on Jan 19, 2009 4:35 PM MST

We finally have some balance to the Collin Raye Jazz theme song. The Utah Jazz fan contest to write a new theme song for the Jazz has a winner:

Here's the song,

It's a big step up from the Raye debacle, it kind of puts balance back in the universe. I dig it a lot. It's definitely an arena jam that will get the crowd pumped.

The players that are mentioned in it are D-Will, AK, and Korver. Sloan, Stockton, and Malone also get a mention. No Carlos? Hmmm.

It still think $5K is low for a theme song that will be played a million times. He'll have to re-record it as well if the players ever change and to update with the new seasons.

The song was suppose to debut originally on 1/7, but for some reason got pushed back. So we'll hear it tomorrow night.

Download it here.

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Much better than the 1980's WWF Intro music

Grammar is not a time of waste

by Patrick517 on Jan 19, 2009 4:51 PM MST reply actions

Boozer is in the song

Didn’t hear anyone else that you didn’t already mention, but Boozer is in there.

I don’t think it’s possible to include the word “Utah” in a hip-hop track without it sounding lame. Saying it so many times just compounds the issue.

Uh, do you think you could draw me like a ninja?

by Shums on Jan 19, 2009 4:53 PM MST reply actions

I missed it three times.

Listening again.

SLCDunk.com, The Utah Jazz on SBNation

by Basketball John on Jan 19, 2009 4:54 PM MST up reply actions

Just heard it. Don't know why I missed it.

SLCDunk.com, The Utah Jazz on SBNation

by Basketball John on Jan 19, 2009 4:55 PM MST up reply actions

Anyone

Want to transcribe the lyrics?

SLCDunk.com, The Utah Jazz on SBNation

by Basketball John on Jan 19, 2009 4:56 PM MST reply actions

no

I prefer to stay sane, actually.

Uh, do you think you could draw me like a ninja?

by Shums on Jan 19, 2009 5:00 PM MST up reply actions

i'm bored

so here’s the first part (transcribed quickly so forgive the mistakes)

*hey just thought i’d let you know (utah wanna be there ____)
hey one thing i know fo sho (put your hands in the air if you’re with me)
point to the left point to the right
get off your seat and scream with all your might
utah utah utah utah jazz

tip off let the game begin
we just start but we know that we already win
and the fans in the stands came to represent
dwill in the lane yeah passing to him
he’ll cross you over, and _ your ankles
and pass the rock to andrei kirilenko
he’ll post you up so you better play some D
kyle korver by the _ ain’t nothing but three
count it

yeah nothing but net
we in salt lake city and we know we the best
we ball hard anywhere
we don’t care where we at
could be home on the road and we still gonna win
yeah
one time for an all around shooter
number five carlos boozer
and the team has some straight up superstars
utah

*
shout out to the head coach jerry sloan
along with john stockton and karl malone
yall made the way in a major way
yall the reason why we playing so hard today
offense defense steal pass fast break lay it up slam dunk til the back board break
and we pace ourselves cuz it ain’t no race
but the option of the game is to get first place
it’s the nba go hard or go home
so when we step on the court
you know it _
and we stay in concentration til we get in the zone
we gon win the championship so let it be known

utah got skills utah got speed utah got just what it takes to succeed
so what i need is for yall to get up out of your seat and just scream

by moni on Jan 19, 2009 6:33 PM MST up reply actions

Moni did a fantastic job, but here are a couple corrections and the ending.

*hey just thought i’d let you know (utah wanna be the NBA champs)
hey one thing i know fo sho (put your hands in the air if you’re with me)
point to the left point to the right
get off your seat and scream with all your might
utah utah utah utah jazz

tip off let the game begin
we just start but we know that we already win
and the fans in the stands came to represent
dwill in the lane yeah pass it to him
he’ll cross you over, and fracture your ankles
and pass the rock to andrei kirilenko
he’ll post you up so you better play some D
kyle korver by the arc setting up for the three
count it

utah got skills utah got speed utah got just what it takes to succeed
so what i need is for yall to get up out of your seat and just scream

If I beat you when I’m ’bout to square up for the J, ha, what can I say? “I love this game.”
If a hand in my face I’m a fade away tell the other team catch me on a later day.
Ha. Utah. Utah Jazz. Behind the back, alley-oop, tomahawk slam.
Blue and white jerseys, blue and white pants. The uniform color of the NBA champs.
That’s right and you can believe oh eight and oh nine gonna be a great season.
Hard work and a mind that’s believin’ it’s guaranteed that we gonna surely achieve it.
But we cannot do it without y’all. Point to the left, to the right, scream and applaud and with all your might scream out Utah.

The more you try to erase me, the more that I appear.

by clarkpojo on Jan 20, 2009 5:13 PM MST up reply actions