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VIDEO: J.R. Smith gets updated Cavs version of tribute song 'So Right'

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Add this to the growing list of 2015 playoff anthems, which already features scalding-hot rhymes from Iman Shumpert and E-40.

The oft-delightful, oft-frustrating and altogether enigmatic J.R. Smith was the subject of one of the better fan-made tribute songs in 2013, when he was on his way to winning Sixth Man of the Year for the 54-win New York Knicks.

"So Right" was an undeniable hip-hop/R&B banger, one that perfectly captured Smith's essence with verses like this:

Peep the crossover,
I crossed over
from journeyman to Sixth Man
of the Year
In a contract year...
With an option.
It's my option
to shoot or to pass.
To score you need to shoot,
To score more you need to shoot more,
hoops galore.
My teammates be like "No, no, no, yesss,"
No stress.

Now that Smith is playing in Ohio - on the cusp of reaching the conference finals with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers - the masterminds behind the hit single thought it past time the song got a rewrite with updated lyrics, like this:

Call me The King's ransom,
but still enigmatic, athletic and handsome.
Consider the liability,
They told me I needed new scenery:
Plush, Cuyahoga greenery.
And finally,
I've got something to believe in
now that I'm in Cleveland.

Behold:

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