The Ballad of Keanu Reeves Lyrics

Keanu Reeves was born in Beirut in 1964

He grew up in Toronto, Canada

He is a Canadian citizen

He was not a good student

He struggled with reading

Keanu is dyslexic

He was a good hockey player and aspired to be a member of the Olympic team

He chose to be an actor

In the early 1980s, he starred in a Coca-Cola commercial

He did not age to look like Robert Urich, but Robert Urich reverse-aged to look like

Keanu

This can be seen in the wonderful world of Disney's Young Again

With all respect to the memory of Robert Urich, Spencer for Hire was a great television

show

He was in the film River's Edge, which was much like Twin Peaks, yet was not Twin Peaks

His breakthrough role came when he played Ted Theodore Logan in the cinematic masterpiece

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

He would reprise this role in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey in 1991

Also that year, Keanu made My Own Private Idaho alongside his dear friend, River Phoenix

River Phoenix would pass away a few years later

All respect to the memory of River Phoenix

It does indeed belong in a museum

Keanu is also a big fan of Formula One racing

Formula One is the top tier of motorsports

It is a magnificent global competition

Keanu also hosted the documentary Brawn, The Impossible Formula One Story

In addition to being an actor, Keanu is also a musician

Keanu plays in the alternative rock band Dogstar

Their first album, Our Little Visionary, was released in 1996

And it's Keanu who plays the bass guitar

But it was also in the summer of 1991 when Keanu starred alongside Patrick Swayze in

the blockbuster of all blockbusters, Point Break

This film, as well as Terminator 2, is the sole reason why 1991 was the absolute zenith

Of filmmaking

Portraying Johnny Utah, he was the overambitious FBI agent who befriended Patrick Swayze's

Bodhi

As the film unfolds, it reveals the duality of man and poses questions of mortality

Utah is a conniving lawman

Bodhi is a noble outlaw

They surf together

They jump out of planes

Though they are friends, they are also adversaries

The game of cat and mouse escalates into the greatest chase scene ever filmed, where Swayze

Wears a tuxedo and a Ronald Reagan mask

They run through houses

They set cars on fire

One even throws a dog at the other

Though they both are spared from taking a bullet, that is out of respect

It is out of love

Utah eventually gets his man, but he lets him go

He's not coming back

It's not tragic to die doing what you love

Patrick Swayze died in 2009

All respect to the memory of Patrick Swayze

All blessings to Keanu Reeves, and 1,000 thank yous for the filmography that he has presented

To us

Keanu Reeves was a legend before you even knew who he was

He was an icon before he was even known

May we all continue to be excellent to each other

May we all continue to be excellent