From the time I was little, I knew I was great
\n’cause the people would tell me, “You’ll make it–just wait.”
\nBut they never did tell me how great I would be
\nif I ever played someone who was greater than me.<\/p>\n
When I’m in the back yard, I’m king with the ball.
\nTo swish all those baskets is no sweat at all.
\nBut all of a sudden there’s a man in my face
\nWho doesn’t seem to realize that I’m king of this place.<\/p>\n
So the pressure gets to me; I rush with the ball.
\nMy passes to teammates could go through the wall.
\nMy jumpers not falling, my dribbles not sure.
\nMy hand is not steady, my eye is not pure.<\/p>\n
The fault is my teammates–they don’t understand.
\nThe fault is my coaches–what a terrible plan.
\nThe fault is the call by the blind referee.
\nBut the fault is not mine; I’m the greatest, you see.<\/p>\n
Then finally it hit me when I started to see
\nthat the face in the mirror looked exactly like me.
\nIt wasn’t my teammates who were dropping the ball,
\nand it wasn’t my coach shooting bricks at the wall.<\/p>\n
That face in the mirror that was always so great
\nhad some room for improvement instead of just hate.
\nSo I stopped blaming others and I started to grow.
\nMy play got much better and it started to show.<\/p>\n
And all of my teammates didn’t seem quite so bad.
\nI learned to depend on the good friends I had.
\nNow I like myself better since I started to see
\nthat I was lousy being great–I’m much better being me.<\/p>\n
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