I remember waiting to watch Wide World Of Sports
One Saturday afternoon.
Hoping & praying that the show
Would start soon.
Just waiting to see
Muhammad Ali
Next to my father
That man was everything to me.
He was quick on his feet
His poems made me smile.
He made a brutal sport look cool
& he did it with style.
He said things to Howard Cosell
That were witty & outrageous.
He faced the best of his era
He was so courageous.

I remember watching
The Jackson Five cartoon show.
Every Saturday morning.
I lived vicariously through Michael
Because quite frankly
My life was so boring.
I grew up listening to his music
His music is the soundtrack of my life.
"Lady In My Life" was playing
The first time I saw my wife.

I remember my first Prince album
"Soft & Wet" was my jam.
People called the brother weird
But I didn't give a ****.
"Purple Rain" was a great movie
I can recite that movie's every line.
I think "Sign Of The Times"
Is the greatest album of all times.

To lose these three greats
Is a really a shame.
Muhammad, Michael & Prince
I will never forget their names.
They were a part of my childhood
I truly feel their loss.
It makes me sad inside
Because my childhood is lost.