Do Not Rest on Your Laurels · 12 June 2021
When you make it big, when you’ve got influence and power
Do not rest on your laurels in your ivory tower
Do not think, “I have made it!” as you sit in your splendor
Keep the thoughts in your heart innocent and tender
And remember the good that you said you would do
The rights you would wrong and the charities too
Now I’ve heard it said that people change with great power
That they think less of others and their outlook becomes dour
But I think that power just shows who you are
Whether you love people more than you love your car
It lets you show disdain for your dear brother
Or you might show contempt for your father or mother
Yes, I believe money and power let you show the world you
It lets you do everything that you want to do
You can be good or bad or indifferent you see
You can shout to the whole world, “Hey! Look at me!”
And all they will see is what deeds you have done
They will be there in the open under the sun
So get your heart right as you climb up the ranks
Keep your integrity strong, get your heart right
Make sure you are giving all the proper thanks
Keep your priorities right – love people, use things
Then you can have all the good things that your power brings
You can right some of the wrongs, you can do so much good
As long as you do all the things that you should
Do what you do, like it is all in plain sight
Then you need not worry that power will corrupt you
You can be proud of everything that you do
And when you make it big, when you’ve got influence and power
You will not rest on your laurels in your ivory tower
© 2021 Michael T. Miyoshi
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