As Heavy As Man’s Golden Greed

A metal neither black nor red,
As heavy as man’s golden greed.
What you do to stay ahead,
With friend or foe or arrow and steed.

What am I?

Lead. Lead is a metallic gray, is very heavy and in order to stay ahead of someone, you need to be in the lead.

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8 Comments on "As Heavy As Man’s Golden Greed"


ceres says
February 10, 2015 @ 15:26

Iron


Quake says
March 5, 2015 @ 20:40

Lead is next to gd on periodic table almost exactly the same weight a d make up which is why alchemist always try to turn it into gold


alwyn says
March 16, 2016 @ 11:51

Lead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Nathan says
June 10, 2016 @ 01:33

Steel
What you do to stay ahead
Iron is red


Nathan says
June 10, 2016 @ 01:33

Lead is black


Answer giver says
January 26, 2017 @ 13:39

This one doesn’t make sense…
It says neither BLACK nor red but..
lead is black??


Dan says
January 28, 2017 @ 14:00

Lead is gray, not black.


Answer giver says
January 26, 2017 @ 13:39

Oh ya, the answer is lead


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