I'm just a blue.

Yes, I'm only a blue.

And I'm sitting here observing my queue.

Well, it's a long, long journey

To be a candidate master.

It's a long, long wait

Before escape from disaster,

But I know I'll be a purple some day

At least I hope and pray that I do

But today I am still just a blue.

Gee, Blue,

You certainly have a lot of patience and courage.

Well, I got this far.

When I started I wasn't even a blue

I was just a gray

Some folks back home decided they wanted a purple son

So they called their gang on WhatsApp, and they said

You're right, there oughta be a purple.

Then he sat down

And wrote me out and introduced me to Codeforces.

And I became a blue, and I'll remain a blue

Until they decide to make me a purple.

I'm just a blue

Yes I'm only a blue,

And I got a massive waiting long-line o’ queue.

Well, now I'm stuck being lazy

And I'll sit here and wait

While a few Codeforces contests decides my fate

Whether they should let me be a purple.

How I hope and pray that they do,

But today I am still just a blue.

Watch those Codeforces standings!

Is that entire leaderboard about you?

Yeah, I'm one of the lucky ones.

Most blues never even get this far.

I hope they decide to give me favorable delta

Otherwise I may retire.

Retire?

Yeah, retire to my queue.

Ooh, but it looks like I'm gonna continue!

Now I go to my friends list

And see my place.

If you placed well, what happens?

Then I take another contest and the whole thing starts

All over again.

Oh no!

Oh yes!

I'm just a blue

Yes, I'm only a blue

And if my contest plan comes through

Well, then I’m off to the system tests

Where I’ll watch my friends’ places

With a lot of other blues

Pray my code passes edge cases

And if it does, then I’ll be a purple

How I hope and pray that I do

But today I am still just a blue.

You mean even if in every contest you get

Purple performance, you can still remain a blue?

Yes, that's called an FST.

If I fail system tests

I have to go back to practice

And take another contest

And by that time you're so old …

By that time it's very unlikely that you'll become a purple.

It's not easy to become a purple, is it?

No!

But how I hope and pray that I do,

But today I am still just a blue.

You AK’ed Div. 2, blue

Now you're a purple!

Oh yes!!!