Anyone who even mildly follows football (aka soccer) would immediately know that Black Pearl refers to the one and only Pele. He brought a level of class and charisma to the sport that the world had never witnessed till he came on the scene.
While his football successes are well documented, what is interesting is a song he wrote and performed in a talk show hosted by another football great – Diego Maradona.
The song Pele sang was a self-composition about wanting “a normal life”.
“You want to be me, and I want to be you”, he sang, as if to an ardent fan.
Arguably the greatest footballer in the world at one point in time, wanted nothing more than to be “normal”.
Eveything has its pluses and minuses. If we want to import the positives in someone else’s life, we must be ready to import the negatives as well. It’ll always be a package. That is only normal.