My Story Lyrics - Singles - Benefit

Once there was a little kid named Benefit 

Walked around town with a frown, face down, lookin bent 

Had problems inside, his little sister just died 

Keep your head up little man, all you got is your pride 

He said 'the world doesn't want me, and neither does my daddy 

He'd rather get drunk and puff blunts then have a family' 

That's real, and ain't nothing realer then that 

The world is much colder then the steal of a gat 

But yet he moved on, he fought to stay strong 

In this cold world, to stay warm he put a jacket on 

Made of 100 percent pain 

The label said the only way to wash it was to stand on the rain 

But he still was cold, the other kids were old 

All he really wanted in life was Jordan's and gold 

Then he'd be set, getting fine girls in berrets 

See him with a boom box and fat boys cassettes 

If he got into a fight, he'd throw down 

But he's a little skinny kid, about 70 pounds 

And he had a loud mouth so nobody stepped to him 

But I guess if they would've, well I guess that he'd do 'em 

But it didn't get to that, this little aristocrat 

Tryin to live phat, smashing mail boxes with bats 

Runnin wild through the streets, his mouth would make peace 

Used to play football in mud with baseball cleats 

That's the life in my memory inbedded in my brain 

As he started growing, things started to change 

(Hook) 

Who has the right to know? 

My life's a standing flow 

Who can say, what's right or wrong for people? 

As Benefit got older he started to realize 

Everybody's smile was just jealousy in disguise 

If he turned his back, how is that, a knife would be in it 

Draw my face-to-face in any place, no one would begin it 

If they knew, what this kid had been through 

Nothing nice, fed sacrifice off of lifes menu 

But things lately, were starting to get crazy 

And if they stuck around maybe, his mom would lose a baby 

So they broke out, headed down south on route 

This kid was still actin wild, thought he was tough no doubt 

Dealt a difficult hand, but he had to play with it 

Emotionally disturbed when the kid never quit it 

Immediately took charge when in his new neighborhood 

Makes me laugh thinkin when he made forts from wood 

And if anybody touched 'em, then that's their ass 

If anybody frontin, to the creak they get cashed 

In school, everybody sayin 'who's the new kid?' 

'I heard he's from Chicago, last week know what he did 

Such and such,' that's how rumors get started 

But at lunch acting all retarded eatin Capt'n Crunch 

Thought he was funny, little dummy makin a scene 

Lookin happy on the outside, but inside mean 

Lotta anger built up, from things in the past 

Such an unreal life, reality hard to grasp 

That's the life in my memory inbedded in my brain 

As he started growin, things started to change 

(Hook) 

Who has the right to know? 

My life's a steady flow. 

Who can say, what's right or wrong for people? 

He moved again, now his moves totaled thirteen times 

Started gettin serious, writin serious rhymes 

He began workin, hustling the company 

Pockets full of cash, now every day a shopping spree 

Got away with it, finally got caught and ?bullshitted? 

They didn't fire 'em, instead the job he quitted 

His life is slowed down, different then in the beginning 

Only worse, cause little bitches had him sinning 

Fell in love one time, maybe twice, who knows 

Only problem was the girls weren't nice, but hoes 

It was a big mistake, messed up the kinds mindstate 

The trade? his best-friends for nice ass and a date 

Wait, what's goin on here? the girls left him 

Now he's scarred from left ear to right ear 

That's his whole brain, now his lights are gettin dim 

Cause what he did to his best friends, happened to him 

Now he cares about nothin, feeling sick everyday 

Thank God, eventually the pain went away 

Now he's grown mad, then he ever has been 

Up late at night at home, his only friend is his pen 

Writin angry to get out frustration out through poetry 

Treating girls the exact opposite of noblely 

The struggle continues on, documented in every song 

Made it this far, confident he'll live long 

That's the life in my memory, inbedded in my brain 

And it's true as he grew, things did change 

(Hook x3) 

Who has the right to know? 

My life's a steady flow 

Who can say, what's right or wrong for people?