"I just wanna be GREAT, man"
he says as he stares up at the stars
"I just want to be a LEGEND,
I want to leave a LEGACY,
I want HONOR
I want GLORY"
I sat with him in silence
as shouted his desires
at the moon-less sky
the good thing was I knew
he understood that to be
the GREAT man he wanted to be
he would need AMBITION
and that he would have
to WORK his ass off
but he wanted it all now
and I wanted to tell him
that even if he was to get all the FAME
if he was to get all the PRAISE
he would never see himself become GREAT
not the way he wanted to be
he wouldn't be a LEGEND while
he was breathing
no, I understood what he didn't
they would never consider him GREAT
until after he was dead
or maybe he did know
maybe that's why he was so eager to die
