'til i'm dead

i was thinking how many of the people we owe most of the liberties we take for granted today were not recognized as the great men and women they were in their day. it's a really sad but true phenomenon.

for all past and present heroes


I will get no one to sing my praises, acknowledge my contribution
not til i'm dead
I will be ridiculed in public, talked down in private
They will not see the value of my work
The genius of my confession
They will not see anything but a crazy man
not till i'm dead
They will stand and point, point and laugh
they will not believe
not till i'm dead
They will lock me away, keep me from my work
My nobility in their eyes will be blasphemy
For i go against the norm
For i think outside the box
They will see no logic in my thinking
not till i'm dead
I wont get a Nobel Prize, no
No, not till I'm dead
My non-conforming, non-complying recusance
will be branded heresy,
will be branded insanity
My uniqueness will be called an aberration,
an error in creation
No, they will not see me as still human
not till I'm dead
because i violate convention
they will brand me eccentric and ignore my contribution
No, they will not sing my praises
No, no, not till I'm dead

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