Summary

Abdurraqib compares the feeling of Cavaliers fans towards James during this era to songs begging lost loves to return or to give someone another chance. Abdurraqib reveals his own feelings, in the wake of multiple arrests, that maybe it was the place he was in that was dragging him down, rather than something inherent in himself, empathizing with James’s desire to get out. He recalls an embarrassing song featuring local celebrities called “We Are LeBron” which was released in an effort to convince him not to leave. Abdurraqib describes the dismantling of a mural to James after his decision to leave. Abdurraqib professes his own preference for a life of failure in a city that he loves and that loves him back, versus success in a city that means nothing to him. He recalls the scenes after James’s decision in which Cavaliers...