Edgar Ruiz Jr.
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They had a little wall on the tongue.
Your sneaker would fill up with air.
Those sneakers were so dope.
These taupey knuckles were not.
And I was so disappointed he didn't buy me those Nikes.
So him not getting me those sneakers obviously meant to me he had no love for me.
I was gossiping with my mom on the phone that night.
And I was telling her, my dad is so cheap.
Mom, I promise you, when I have my own kids, I'm gonna buy them the most expensive sneakers that I could afford to show them that I love them.
Yo, my two and five-year-old wanted some sneakers.
Yo, psst, they better get a job.
Even though my dad didn't have love for me,
I definitely had love for my father.
So much so, that I actually fell in love with those ugly sneakers.
Just because he bought them for me.
And when I got back to New York, I literally wore those things till they ripped apart.