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…Sting Like A Bee.
Heute wird der charismatische Boxer und Lyriker Cassius Clay aka Muhammad Ali 65 Jahre alt. Er leidet an Parkinson. Trotzdem stieg er 2004 für Adidas gegen seine profiboxende Tochter Laila (youtube) in den Ring.

«I’ve done something new for this fight.
I’ve wrestled with an alligator, I’ve tussled with a whale,
I did handcuff lightning, and threw thunder in jail.

I’m bad.
Last week I’ve murdered a rock,
injured a stone and hospitalized a brick.
I’m so mean I make medicine sick.

Last night I cut the light off in my bedroom,
hit the switch and was in bed before room was dark.

I’m so fast man
I can run through a hurricane and don’t get wet.
When George Foreman meets me he’ll pay his debt.

I can drown and drink the water and kill a dead tree,
wait ’til you see Muhammad Ali.

Dies Ausschnitte aus der legendären Rede 1974 vor dem «Rumble In The Jungle» in Kinshasa. Hier als MP3.