Cinderella Man Song..

"Cinderella Man"

Yeah,

You know, technically, I'm not even really supposed to be here right now,

So fuck it, might as well make the most of it.

(Amen!) Yeah, haha

(Amen!) Feels good,

(Amen!) Whooo,

(Amen!) Guess I'm lucky,

(Amen!) Some of us don't get a second chance.

(Amen!) But I ain't blowing this one.

(Amen!) Naw man, haha

(Amen!) Shit I feel like I can do anything now.

Who can catch lightning in a bottle? Set fire to water?

Comin' out the nozzle on the fire hose, flier than swatters?

Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man.

Smash an hourglass, grab the sand, take his hands and cup 'em,

Spit a rhyme to freeze the clock, take the hands of time and cuff 'em.

Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man.

There's a storm comin' that the weather man couldn't predict,

I start the bug prick, you better flee cause I get ticked

It's a rap, I was down, when I was down I was kicked.

I got up I'm back to punch ya to the ground, ya trick,

It's a trap, fuck my last CD that shits in my trash,

I be goddamned if another rapper gets in my ass,

I hit the gas and I spit every rap as if it's my last.

You can die in the blink of an eye, so bat ya eyelashes,

And keep winking and blowin' kisses 'cause you're flirting with death

I'm destroying your livelihood. I ain't just hurtin' your rep',

I catch a flow and get goin',

No remorse I'm showin', ain't slowin' for no one,

Knowin' there is nothin' you can do about it

Zeroin' on the target like a marksman,

The target is you.

I shut ya lane down,

Took ya spot, parked in it too,

Arsenic flow, lighter fluid, saliva what can ya do?

Go get ya crew to hype you up stand behind you like whoooo!

That boy's hot enough to melt Hell, burn Satan too:

Fry his ass, and put his ashes back together with glue,

See you can hate 'em, he don't blame you frankly he would too,

This game could ill-afford to lose him, how bout you?

Now guess who (hey),

Here's a clue (hey),

He came to the ball in a wife beater, lost his Nike shoe,

It's in ya ass (hey),

He's in ya ass, he's all up in your psyche too,

Now what's his name?

Cinderella man(3)

Cinderella,

Cinderella man(2) (hey, hey)

If I had a time machine

I'd be

Cinderella man(4)

Music is my time machine, so call me

Cinderella man(4)

Fuck catching lightnin'

He struck it

Screamed "Shut up!" at thunder,

And flipped the world upside down and made it rain upward

Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man.

Rewound the future to the present, paused it don't ask how,

Fuck the past motherfucker he's the shit right now

He's

Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man.

Cinderella man

Send the fellow Shady dane came to wrap the game up in cellophane,

Raise up from hell he came,

But didn't come to bore you with the Cinderella story,

Nor did he come to do the same,

Or can't afford to be a label in this day and age,

And at this stage of the game

Mediocrity can no longer be allowed to fly,

So say bye,

To the old H.I.

To the new, Que Sera

Consider it his last hurrah

Coup de grace

Raise 'em high in the sky,

Keep 'em up

Time to bring the place alive,

Thanks for being patient

I will make no more mistakes,

Shit my potato's baked,

Homie the veggies on my plate can fly,

My fillet is smoking weed,

Yea faggot the stakes are high

Shit I ain't even suppose to be here

By the grace of God,

The skin on my teeth

And the hair on my nuts I skated by,

Now y'all are on thin ice

With ankle weights I hate to lie,

How fuckin' irritated are you?

How much in your face am I?

And ain't shit you can do but fear it

Proof is here in spirit and

And I'm the spittin' image

I'll mirror it

When I stand near it,

Your pussy lyric,

I cunt hear it,

Who forms pyramids and raps circles around square lyricists?

Who?

Here's a clue.

He came to the ball in his wife beater,

Lost his Nike shoe,

It's in ya ass, he's in ya ass, he's all up in ya psyche too.

Now, what's his name?

Cinderella man(3)

Cinderella,

Cinderella man(2) (hey, hey)

If I had a time machine

Cinderella man(4)

Music is my time machine

So call me

Cinderella man(4)

Cinderella Man

Cinderella Man is an American film released in 2005, directed by Ron Howard, starring Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger, Paul Giamatti and Craig Bierko. It loosely follows the story of Real Life boxing champion James J Braddock, aka "Cinderella Man" (played by Russell Crowe). It was an uplifting underdog story, set in a time when the country very much needed one. 

The movie begins during what should have been the upswing of Braddock's career in the late 1920's. Braddock has it all a successful boxing career, a pretty wife, Mae (played by Renee Zellweger), and 3 beautiful children. Cut to several years later, we find out that Braddock was forced to abandon his boxing career after suffering a broken hand. His wife saw this as a both a blessing and a curse, as she feared for his safety in the ring, but knew boxing was the best way for Jim to support their family.

As the Great Depression hits, Braddock is forced to do manual labor, working on the docks to (barely) support his family, who live in extremely poor conditions. At one point, he takes public assistance (a great source of shame to him) to pay his electricity bill, allowing his kids to stay in the house. After another boxer cancels at the last minute, Jim's old manager, Joe Gould (played by Paul Giamatti) asks him to fight the number two contender in the world. 

There is little chance Jim will win, but this is a Ron Howard film, so...Jim wins the fight, thanks to new-found strength in his non-broken hand from his work on the docks, coupled with an uncompromising drive to support his family. After the stunning upset, Gould and Braddock discuss a full-time return to the ring. Mae is extremely angry with Joe for trying to profit from Jim's willingness to put himself in danger. She is surprised and humbled to see that Joe's belief in Jim is so strong, he and his wife have sold almost all of their possessions in order to pay for Jim's training.

As Jim continues to win fights, he moves closer to fighting the defending world champion, Max Baer (played by Craig Bierko), an arrogant and dangerous opponent in the ring. Jim's rags-to-riches story captivates the nation, earning him the nickname "Cinderella Man" and the fight is billed as a David vs. Goliath. Max Baer taunts Jim at every turn prior to the fight, attempting to humiliate him publicly. The boxing commissioner insists on showing footage of two of Baer's previous fights, where each boxer died from injuries sustained in the ring, so Jim is aware of what is at stake. But Jim's resolve remains strong and he insists on fighting, because he feels a duty to all those who believe in him. On the night of the fight, Mae cannot even bring herself to watch in person, or listen on the radio. In the end, of course, Braddock wins a stunning and hard-fought bout, enabling a Happily Ever After ending. But it is a Ron Howard movie, so this was to be expected.

The film is loosely based on the real events of Jim Braddock's career. The filmmakers did take some liberties in the name of entertainment value, mostly in the depiction of Max Baer. In the movie, Baer is a true villain, a brutal and unsympathetic Jerk Ass who deserves nothing more than to be knocked off his pedestal by the more deserving and hard-working Braddock. This does not differ from press accounts at the time, which used this sensationalized view of Baer to promote his fights. However, all personal accounts from the time (including Braddock himself) have nothing but good things to say about Baer, a kind and earnest man, who made wise-cracks and was generally well-liked. In Real Life, Baer was only responsible for the in-ring death of one man, Frankie Campbell. 

This incident haunted Baer for the rest of his life, and he actually paid for the education of Campbell's children out of his winnings as a gesture of remorse. Cinderella Man was a hit with critics (one of the best-reviewed films of that year), but not at the box office (just a $60 million domestic take). There are several theories as to why. When it was released, it was up against another boxing movie that had already garnered much box office success earlier in the year. It was also released in the summer, which critics largely agreed was not the right time for an emotional and evocative Oscar Bait film like this. Some theories also cite the negative portrayal of Max Baer. The filmmakers took a rather unusual step to boost ticket sales, by offering to refund the ticket cost of anyone who was dissatisfied with the film.

Cinderella Man

Cinderella Man is a 2005 American drama film by Ron Howard, titled after the nickname of heavyweight boxing champion James J. Braddock and inspired by his life story. The film was produced by Howard, Penny Marshall, and Brian Grazer. Damon Runyon is credited for giving Braddock this nickname. Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger and Paul Giamatti star.

Plot

James J. Braddock is a hard-nosed, Irish-American boxer from New Jersey, formerly a light heavyweight contender, who is forced to give up boxing after breaking his hand in the ring. This is both a relief and an upset to his wife, Mae: she cannot bring herself to watch the violence of his chosen profession, yet knows they will have no good income without him boxing.

As the United States enters the Great Depression, Braddock does manual labor as a longshoreman to support his family, even after badly breaking his hand. Unfortunately, he cannot get work every day. Thanks to a last-minute cancellation by another boxer, Braddock's longtime manager and friend, Joe Gould, offers him a chance to fill in for just this one night and make a little money. The fight is against the number-two contender in the world, Corn Griffin, and Braddock is seen as little more than a convenient punching bag.
Braddock, however, stuns the boxing experts and fans with a third-round knockout of his formidable opponent. He believes that because his hand is now healed, he is fit to fight. Against his wife's wishes, Braddock takes up Gould's offer to return to the ring. Mae resents this attempt by Gould to profit from her husband's dangerous livelihood, until she discovers that Gould and his wife also have been devastated by hard times.

With a shot at the heavyweight championship held by Max Baer a possibility, Braddock continues to win. Out of a sense of pride, he uses a portion of his prize money to pay back money to the government given to him while unemployed. When his rags to riches story gets out, the sportswriter Damon Runyon dubs him "The Cinderella Man," and before long Braddock comes to represent the hopes and aspirations of the American public struggling with the Depression.

A title fight against Baer comes his way. Braddock is a 10-to-1 underdog. Mae is terrified because Baer, the champ, is a vicious man who reportedly has killed at least two men in the ring. He is so destructive that the fight's promoter, James Johnston, forces both Braddock and Gould to watch a film of Baer in action, just so he can maintain later that he warned them what Braddock was up against.

Braddock demonstrates no fear. The arrogant Baer attempts to intimidate him, even taunting Mae in public that her man might not survive. When he says this, she becomes so angry that she throws a drink at him. She cannot bring herself to attend the fight at the Madison Square Garden Bowl or even to listen to it on the radio.
On June 13, 1935, in one of the biggest achievements in boxing history, Braddock defeats the seemingly invincible Baer to become the heavyweight champion of the world.

A graphic at the end of the film reveals that Braddock worked on the building of the Verrazano Bridge, and that he later owned and operated heavy machinery on the docks where he worked during the Depression. Also, he and Mae used the winnings to buy a house, in which they spent the rest of their lives.