Geronimo
“I know the score like the back of my hand
Them other boys, I don’t give a damn
They kiss on the ring, I carry the crown
Nothing can break, nothing can break me down
Don’t need no advice, I got a plan
I know the direction, the lay of the land
I know the score like the back of my hand
Them other boys, I don’t give a damn
I’m the man, come round
No-no-nothing can break, no-nothing can break me down
I’m the man, come round and
No-no-nothing can break, you can’t break me down
I got gas in the tank
I got money in the bank
I got news for you baby, you’re looking at the man
I got skin in the game
I got a household name
I got news for you baby, you’re looking at the man
When it comes to Friday, I always earn
Don’t try to teach me, I got nothing to learn
’Cause baby I’m gifted
You see what I mean?
USDA certified lean
I’m the man, come round
No-no-nothing can break, you can’t break me down
I got gas in the tank
I got money in the bank
I got news for you baby, you’re looking at the man
I got skin in the game
I don’t feel no pain
I got news for you baby, you’re looking at the man
Who’s the man? Who’s the man?
I’m the man, I’m the man
Who’s the man with the plan?
I’m the man
Who’s the man? Who’s the man?
I’m the man, I’m the man
Who’s the man with the plan?
I’m the man
I’m the man
I’m the man
I got gas in the tank
I got money in the bank
I got news for you baby, you’re looking at the man
I got skin in the game
Headed to the hall of fame
I got news for you baby, you’re looking at the man
Right hand to God
First in command
My testimony, but I take the stand
Who’s the man? Who’s the man?
I’m the man, I’m the man
Who’s the man with the plan?
I’m the man
Who’s the man? Who’s the man?
I’m the man, I’m the man
Who’s the man with the plan?
I’m the man
I don’t give a damn
I’m the man”
“The first time he saw it, He was completely silent. He didn’t say a thing and he didn’t gesture. He didn’t ask a question. He sat back and said, ‘Show me it again.’ So we go through the whole thing again and Steve is pretty much blown away by the demonstration. So our reward for doing well on that demonstration too, was to kill ourselves over the next two and a half years.
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“It’s in the whites of my eyes
My little China girl
You shouldn’t mess with me
I’ll ruin everything you are
You know, I’ll give you television
I’ll give you eyes of blue
I’ll give you men’s who want to rule the world
And when I get excited
My little China girl says
Oh baby, just you shut your mouth
She says, sh-sh-shhh
She says, sh-sh-shhh”
“The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.”