Superheroes (feat. Rodes Rollins)

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 cape

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 like it

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

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

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 because 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

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

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 there’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

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

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

Brokenness shipped to the youth

I beat the odds

But I almost was 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