Best Mike Tyson Poems

Once the smoke clears I'll overcome the burns
The grass isn't always greener, the sky is sometimes grey and dark instead of blue
Sometimes you need to take a step back to really see what's ahead of you
I feel like Mike Tyson on fight night because I'm...

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Controversial boxing legend with a distinctive lisp, "Iron Mike" Tyson.
 The sheer impact of his punch? Probably like being rammed by a Bison.
   
  Ex-convict/former bad boy; paid his debt to society without exemption.
   Came out of prison, got boxing...

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he grew up in the city of hard knocks

running wild avoiding dirty cops

BROOKLYN is his home and the ghetto is where he roamed

from a child he always was a fighter 

only when he got older did he become a biter

he got into trouble so many...

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I watched Mike Tyson fight
At 58 was no delight sight
But respect to him 
For going to the gym
I guess the money was right...

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Every rhyme I write hits harder than a punch from Mike Tyson
If depression kills me, then just know I'll die fighting
Even if I have a weak moment and spend the night crying
I'll come back out fighting like I'm Mike Tyson

Depression was supposed to beat me...

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outside his window they hover over

through gallows of granduer to endure

 

great wisdom comes from above given to him

through temples of fire long lines alone

 

Tyson was used to providing

learn to take each new day in perspective

 

never let them leave you second guessing

I must...

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On a Hot Day at the end of June in 1966, A young Father and Mother Gave Birth to a Beautiful Bouncing Baby Boy.



The Young Boy would have to Grow Quickly, for The Streets of Brooklyn is No Joke.

The Boys on the Corner would teach...

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