Yeah, it’s the greatest, Ali in the ring, Floatin’ like a butterfly, let me tell you ‘bout the king. Rhythms catching, let’s make it ignite, Muhammad Ali’s story, through day and night.

I’m not the greatest, I’m the double greatest, no doubt, Not only do I knock ‘em out, I pick the round. I’m the boldest, the prettiest, the most superior, In the ring, I’m the most skillful fighter, here to mirror ya.

It’s hard to be humble when you’re as great as I am, When I’m gone, boxing’ll be nothin’ again. Fans with cigars and hats turned down’ll be there, But no more housewives and little men in the square.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, His hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see. Champions made from desire and dreams, Ali, the greatest, reigning supreme.

There are no pleasures in a fight, but some fights a pleasure to win, I done something new, let me tell you where I’ve been. I wrestled with an alligator, tussled with a whale, Handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail.

Only last week, murdered a rock, injured a stone, Hospitalized a brick, so mean, I make medicine sick. Champions aren’t made in gyms, they come from within, A vision, a dream, the will to win.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, His hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see. Champions made from desire and dreams, Ali, the greatest, reigning supreme.

I ain’t got no quarrel with them Vietcong, Did what I thought was right, even if it was wrong. I’m America, the part you won’t recognize, Black, confident, cocky, watch me rise.

Cassius Clay was a slave name, I didn’t choose, I’m Muhammad Ali, beloved, I refuse to lose. People say I talk slow, that’s no surprise, 29,000 punches, but my mind’s still wise.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, His hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see. Champions made from desire and dreams, Ali, the greatest, reigning supreme.

What I suffered was worth what I achieved in life, A man without courage will never strive. Live every day like it’s your last, that’s the key, Someday you’ll be right, just wait and see.

A man who views the world the same at fifty, As he did at twenty, wasted thirty. I’m not afraid of dying, faith in my heart, Dying brings me closer to God, where I’ll never part.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, His hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see. Champions made from desire and dreams, Ali, the greatest, reigning supreme.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, Ali, the greatest, forever you’ll be. In the ring and in life, you showed us how, Muhammad Ali, take your bow.

About: Muhammad Ali’s life in quotes. The rap is almost entirely made up of direct quotes of Muhammad Ali taken from throughout his life.

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