Underdogs

In nineteen eighty six, Spud Webb at five feet seven inches was the shortest NBA player to ever win the dunk contest
beating previous, and much taller champion, Dominic Wilkins

Well Muhammad Ali beat George Foreman in the nineteen seventy four Rumble in the Jungle fight.
Most said Ali was too young and inexperienced

The thing about underdogs, is that they never see us coming.
Hold fast to those egos suckers, that only gives me wings.
For underdogs, your whole life is a one man huddle of Deepak Chopra quotes and chest bumps you give yourself.
You live against the ropes.

Your language is Rocky Balboa.
Your room, a shrine of rejection letters from colleges, employers, and ex-girlfriends.
You read them each morning and give yourself a high five.
Impossible is your war-cry.
An open invitation to kick ass.
A full ride to the school of beating the odds.

Your I-pod contains only one song:
We are the Champions
My favorite super hero is the Karate Kid.
I know what it means to be picked on
To be picked last
To be back row
To be too slow
To be seen as ash but live as fire
I know that playground bullies have sharp teeth
I know the day I stopped running I grew my own

I am more magic than mistake.
I got a lantern for a heart in the shape of an ax
I cannot back down from a good fight, even if it's an unfair one because winning is about something much greater than yourself

Muhammad Ali beat George Foreman in Zaire
He didn't just win a fight, he won over a people
When tennis player Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the battle of the sexes, she proved how well a woman could serve.
When students in Soletto walked out of class during a partide they didn't just make a statement they lifted their bodies to a movement.
Who lead every slave rebellion and bus boycott?
Underdogs
We are dirty elbows shear will and sweat out of breath but still gasping for one more round

Underdogs have generated more slow claps than anyone in the history of slow claps.
We become old folks sipping hot bourbon on front porches with the best stories to tell.
We do not talk trash; it would spoil the surprise.

When a teen mom raise a genius
When an undocumented immigrant pays for collage
When a U.S. citizen pays for collage
When a kid graduates from south Chicago or north Philli'
When I look my bully in the eye and I do not shutter it is a diploma in surviving
because you weren't supposed to make it,
but you made it
and everyday is the greatest comeback of your life.