a man becomes a man when he chooses to
there is no whim of fate, no marked age
when he lives with the winners and never forgets you
a man becomes a man regardless of how many days
he's spent around this hot star, he knows in himself
that the day he becomes a man
is the day he puts his death on the shelf
he does what he knows in his heart that he can
he is no coward, dies only one death
he chooses this every moment- to be born again
until there is nothing but life left
he feels his soul on fire and he lights it in peace
he lays down at the end of the day to retire-
and sleeps.