Why fingerprints?

Some have asked me about the title change to this blog from "My Legacy: Faisal Zulhumadi" to "Faisal Zulhumadi: Fingerprints...". Why not footprints? Or some other catchy terms or phrases that has similar meaning to leaving something behind. Well, to tell you the truth, it was because of a song. Yes, you guessed it, it is called "Fingerprints" by Katy Perry. I know, some of her other songs are perhaps, err... how shall I put it... erm... nah, I won't even attempt to label them, but this particular song struck a chord in me, and it has been a source of inspiration during times of perspiration. The lyrics says it all, and the music presents it beautifully. I play it over and over during times of stress and struggle, especially when getting reports done. Anyways, here it is in its fullest:

Voted most likely to end up on the back of a milk box drink
Looks like I'm letting them down
Cause seven, seventy-five isn't worth an hour of my hard work and time
When you can't afford half the s*** they advertise
Oh I'm worth more then they ask for than the toe-tag generation full of regrets
Oh I won't settle no, oh I can't settle

I wanna break the mold, I wanna break the stereotype
Fist in the air I'm not going down without a fight
It's my life and I'm not sitting on the sidelines watching
It pass me by
I'm leaving you my legacy
I gotta make my mark
I gotta run it hard
I want you to remember me
I'm leaving my fingerprints
I'm leaving my fingerprints
I'm leaving my fingerprints on you

Representing you and me
Don't you wanna go down in history?
Rather then end up begging on the streets
Trading under table favors for a place to sleep
Cause I'm worth more then this so stop writing prescriptions for my Ritalin
I can't focus
My attention

I wanna break the mold, I wanna break the stereotype
Fist in the air I'm not going down with out a fight
It's my life and I'm not sitting on the sidelines watching
It pass me by
I'm leaving you my legacy
I gotta make my mark
I gotta run it hard
I want you to remember me
I'm leaving my fingerprints
I'm leaving my fingerprints

Don't give up
Don't give in
Build your house on the rock
Oh not in the sand, in the sand, in the sand

It's my life and I'm not sitting on the sidelines watching
It pass me by
I'm leaving you my legacy
I gotta make my mark
I gotta run it hard
I want you to remember me
(I want you to remember me)
It's my life and I'm not sitting on the sidelines watching
It pass me by
I'm leaving you my legacy
I gotta make my mark
I gotta run it hard
I want you to remember me
Cause I'm leaving my fingerprints
I'm leaving my fingerprints
I'm leaving my fingerprints, in the end

... and it is on youtube! :-)