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U.B. Muhammad Ali now available at http://tinyurl.com/UBMAli

SHAUN BOOTHE Presents the 3rd of 12 Unauthorized Biographies. 1st: JAMES BROWN 2nd: BOB MARLEY 3rd: MUHAMMAD ALI

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The Unauthorized Biography of Muhammad Ali

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Born Cassius Clay Jr.
January 17th in 42
Louisville Kentucky he grew up
A little boy doing what a little boy do
Til somebody stole his bike
Swearing up and down they would pay the price
A police officer overheard
Laughed at the child and gave advice
Told him to take that rage to fight
Come to my gym and train to fight
Little did he know that would change his life
Make him a star, put his name in lights
As an amateur he would bandage up
anyone he faced
due to his tutelage
even then you knew the kid
was destined to be great
golden child
8 golden gloves, on the road to Olympic gold in Rome
Everything he dreamed
Got his ticket then his feet got cold
Praying in the aisles on the way to the fight
He made it
And in that 1960 Olympics victory
He declared himself the greatest
Critics watched and frowned at his boxing style
Said he couldnt keep his guard up
He went pro and they still couldnt knock him down
Hands low, damn he could dance though
Made em look too stiff to box
A punch too quick to clock
You get hit before you get from tic to toc
And by 64 he was giving knockout predictions
What round they would hit the floor
Ridiculing his opposition
Dismissed as the Louisville Lip
Outspoken but never out boxed
Liston finally gave in
And Clay got his first title shot
He even put out an album
Threw a few Sonny poems together
And called it I am the Greatest
Some say the 1st battle raps ever
He said hed knock him out in 8
But nobody believed, nobody listened
Till the headlines came
Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston
And after that huge upset he upset the world
When he announced he was a member of the nation of Islam
He lashed back like What was it I did wrong? Huh?
And in the fashion of Malcolm X
For whom he had profound respect
From his slave name he said Im free
And he became young Muhammad Ali
Then the love for him got out weighted by outrage
And fear of his new devout faith
To an organization perceived as only being about hate
Then he refused the draft, denounced the war
On the grounds of religious beliefs, then they hated him more
They told him go to jail or go to Vietnam
Then they took his title and his boxing license
So he took it to court and fought 3 years long
Now somewhere in that time America realized the war was wrong
And he went from traitor to hero
And in a year or so he was coming back strong
Moving with such grace and ease
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
Hand cant hit what your eyes cant see
Then came the fight of the century
Ali. Joe Frasier
As far as match ups there were no greater
1st professional loss, but he would beat him in a rematch later
But by the n Frasier lost the belt
To a man by the name of George Foreman
Much stronger and younger than Ali
Still he said Im in if youre in
Then came the Rumble in the Jungle
Promoted by Don King
In 74 they went to Zaire
He got out the plane like What do I hear?
They were saying Ali Buma Ye Ali Buma Ye
It was much more than some ego stroke
He knew he gave the poor people hope
Against the odds, toe to toe
Swarming crowds overflow
But no matter how hard he fought
They said Foreman would never be stopped
But instead of going blow for blow
He let him go for broke
Punch himself out
Later they would call it the rope-a-dope
And in the 8th round everything turned around
Ali springs from the ropes swinging fearlessly and Foreman goes down
And the whole crowd erupts in amazement when he cant beat the count
And a new King is crowned
Fighting for the poor and oppressed
His victory made history
But it was more than just being the best
It was character, it was charisma
Being someone that cares for us
He redefined the word CHAMPION
To a category that the rest cant be in

[talking]

The unauthorized biography of Muhammad Ali
Epilogue
The next seven years of his legendary boxing career were not without its price
And in the early 80s he would go on to develop Parkinsons disease
Presumably due to all of the punishment he had endured
But that didnt stop Ali from what he called his true life calling
In humanitarian endeavours
Travelling around the world as the goodwill ambassador to us all

The end

Next up Martin Luther King, Jr. and Barack Obama