[Chorus]

My eyes woven, glitters golden

You gon' catch me when I fall

Pictures broken, bitter potion

You don't answer when I call

It's been a while

Seems it took me way too long

To figure out

That all my heroes lost their capes

[Verse 1]

Hey Ben

I know you barely know me

But I often sit and wonder what it takes to be your homie

Yeah I know I'm in first grade, and you probably in 20

But I'll stick right by your hip, like your grip if you let me

See my mama be trippin' trippin' like "Boy stay away from 'em"

Make me sound like DMX when she tried paint you as Damien

But superheroes aren't evil nah, that's not likely

Plus evil people aren't the people that would buy me ice cream

See I peeped you from my window, and I studied all your moves

Biggest thing that I conclude I want respect just like you

I want to flex just like you, I want the best just like you

I think it's icky but I even want the cooties just like you

I picture us, on rides to school inside your truck

'Cause them kids so annoying, I swear I hate that yellow bus

Then we could go to Toys 'R' Us and probably buy like, everything

We'll be together soon Ben, I'm putting that on everything

[Chorus]

My eyes woven, glitters golden

You gon' catch me when I fall

Pictures broken, bitter potion

You don't answer when I call

It's been a while

Seems it took me way too long

To figure out

That all my heroes lost their capes

[Verse 2]

Yo Ben, it's me again

A little older now, you give me dap but still too young to be your friend

But I ain't trippin' off it 'cause I got couple bitches off it

They ask me "you know Benji", what you think, bitch you seen us talking

And all my homies pay attention now they see me different

You giving me dap so that clearly means I got the vision

They fall in line and I treat mine just how you treat yours

As if we got gem mines, passing time planting C4s

Look, I got the new white Js, I brush my hair for the waves

And now we looking the same, my mama mad at the change

She'll never get it, spend her time tryna sweat us

She ignoring all the growth from all the ways you made me better

'Cause I don't take no disrespect now, huh, I learned from you

Don't ask a question it's just man down right, ain't that the rules

And it's fear over love, 'cause that love shit don't last

We don't fear shit but love, that's the downfall of man

See I learned from you Ben, now I could earn for you Ben

I do whatever no homo, just want my turn with you Ben

I be concerned for you Ben, 'cause you my hero

I can help you kill these villains bro, you know this world is evil man

One more thing

Tell me how you always getting shorties with the yams

I get bitches but they shit on every bitch up in my class

I think it's something in the mac, yo bro you gotta teach me that

You'll give me everything I lack, yo bro you gotta hit me back, please

[Chorus]

My eyes woven, glitters golden

You gon' catch me when I fall

Pictures broken, bitter potion

You don't answer when I call

It's been a while

Seems it took me way too long

To figure out

That all my heroes lost their capes

[Verse 3]

Ay yo Ben, what's going on?

I been on you since I was a child but nowadays I'm quite grown

You would recite psalms, at least to me

Because your word was like the bible and that's what I lived my life on

It's kinda crazy I'm at your age when I first looked up to you

With information I stopped chasing now I'm looking through you

At 6 years old my biggest dream was riding in your Ford

At 20 something I feel schemed 'cause it was never yours

You told me "Take the power, fuck the love and they'll respect you"

And now you lost your power, got no love and they neglect you

But nah, I can't regret you, to me you're way too special

I send you angels on a daily, I pray they protect you

And since I'm older, figure we both could be the man now

I guess I'm solo, you approach me with your hand out

Can't help but think "Did you move like this all along?"

Was I blinded by the ice ignoring writings on the wall?

All that fighting shit's a force, all the stripes you get is false

I know it's in you, find your growth, can't see you like this anymore

Oh by the way

The girls with yams finally want me

But let's be honest, passed the body, them girls ugly

Bro it's funny younger me always considered you lucky

I look back on most of my actions, I consider me dummy

Not pointing fingers, I'm just honest man, you were the cause

But fuck the past, the biggest horror is you still ain't evolve

And we don't show love right, yeah you taught me that too

The older I got I just realized you was missing that too

Coping with your black and blues, brokeness shipped to the youth

I beat the odds but I was almost as fucked up as you

I write this teary, Ben

I just hope you hear me, Ben

Love you like no other but I can not have you near me, Ben

I'm learning that you didn't make me better, yo

I gave you what I lacked

Ay just get your shit together, dog

Don't even hit me back