Was Cassius Marcellus Clay the world's first rapper?
Clay comes out to meet Liston and Liston starts to retreat,
if Liston goes back an inch farther he’ll end up in a ringside seat.
Clay swings with his left, Clay swings with his right,
Look at young Cassius carry the fight
Liston keeps backing, but there’s not enough room,
It’s a matter of time till Clay lowers the boom.
Now Clay lands with a right, what a beautiful swing,
And the punch raises the Bear clean out of the ring.
Liston is still rising and the ref wears a frown,
For he can’t start counting till Sonny goes down.
Now Liston is disappearing from view, the crowd is going frantic,
But radar stations have picked him up, somewhere over the Atlantic.
Who would have thought when they came to the fight?
That they’d witness the launching of a human satellite.
Yes the crowd did not dream, when they put up the money,
That they would see a total eclipse of the Sonny.
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“Here I predict Sonny Liston’s dismemberment; I’ll hit him so hard he’ll forget where October/November went.”
“I predict that (Liston) will go in eight to prove that I’m great. If he wants to go to heaven, I’ll get him in seven. He’ll be in a worser fix if I cut it to six. If he keeps talking jive, he’ll go in five. If he makes me sore, he’ll go like (Archie) Moore. If he keeps talkin’ about me, I’ll get him in three. If that don’t do, he’ll fall in two. And if he run, he’ll go in one. And if he don’t want to fight, he should keep himself home that night.”
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