Ali and The Beatles in 1964 (from WikiCommons)
This song just pops in my head from time to time. It was released in 1975 and it never left my brain. Its catchy in some way.
He was a magnetic personality and probably the greatest sports figure of all time. RIP champ!
Here’s a famous Ali quote that really strikes home today:
“I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.”
Here are the lyrics:
All you fight fans you’ve got to agree. There ain’t no flies on Muhammad Ali.
Sing, Muhammad… Muhammad Ali
He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee
Mohammed, the black superman
Who calls to the other guy I’m Ali catch me if you can
Now all you fight fans, you’ve got to agree. There ain’t no flies on Muhammad Ali
He fills the arena wherever he goes
And everyone gets what they paid for
Muhammad, was known to have said
“You watch me shuffle and I’ll jab off your head”
He moves like the black superman
And calls to the other guy I’m Ali catch me if you can
He says I’m the greatest the worlds ever seen
The heavyweight champion who came back again
My face is so pretty you don’t see a scar
Which proves I’m the king of the ring by far
Sing, Muhammad, Muhammad Ali
He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee
Mohammed, the black superman
Who calls to the other guy I’m Ali catch me if you can
Sing, Muhammad… Muhammad Ali
He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee
Muhammad, the black superman
Who calls to the other guy I’m Ali catch me if you can
I’m Ali catch me if you can