Lyrics Intro to a Legend In His Own Mind (Live 1983) - Gil Scott-Heron

We did an album called "Realize" a couple years ago
And one of the songs was about someone who may well be with us this evening
You need not raise your hand, your friends will identify you
If you've ever been somewhere where there was always a person
Who had a better story to tell when than the one you was tellin'
No matter how long you worked on your story
To make sure that once you told this story, book was closed, no more stories
Soon as you get through with your great story
This other guy's saying, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, but check this out, check this out"
Story generally concerns his success with the ladies
His alleged, I love alleged
Clarifies a great deal
His alleged success with the ladies
To hear him tell it, he is undefeated
Napolean, ever the conquest
We'd like to tell you a song about somebody who may well being lying to themselves
The song is called: "A Legend in His Own Mind"