He built a kingdom out of sticks
With sweat and spit and dirty tricks
Man he got his kicks
He turned himself into the biggest of wheels
With guts and piss and shady deals
Or so his bio reveals
He's a Shah Ram Bo
He built a kingdom out of dust
With grit and balls and plenty of lust
He had himself some thrust
He had a certain je ne sais quoi
He lorded over the bourgeois
Danced a mean cha-cha
He had a lot of moxie
He like girls tart and foxy
He was so cool and calculated
As he looked down on the world he created
He built a kingdom out of junk
With drive and will and tons of spunk
He was no punk
He pulled himself off of the skids
With an unembarrassed jamboree of ids
Man, he loved his kids
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