WHAT'S IN A NAME? Into this world I was born Named Ben Rice So I could be teased when I became an uncle Precisely what happened when I was fifteen And the teasing hasn't stopped yet Now I'm Uncle Ben Rice I think you know what's so funny about that Somehow, I'm now immune to it How many nicknames have I had I've lost count Memories once cherished Crash down too fast And I can't forget the torture Late at night, I can't sleep Lie there for quite some time Eventually drowsing off Drowning in my sadness Falling into a personal Hell Lasting for a few terrible moments Absently I mutter in my sleep Quite the spectacle am I Until I awake I have no control To be honest, I don't care Often, I hardly notice Because it happens so often Eagerly I face the day Nothing of which to be ashamed I believe in me Today is good Old, precious memories return Gladdening the day and my smile Often I am overly excited Realizing it's good to be me Damn the rest of em I am who I am To them, I'm someone else Only to them, that's me Doubtfully I do the questions Entirely unaware of the stares Bashfully I do my homework And all they do is stare at my foot So what if it points out to the right? Quit staring, it's not that big a deal Unless it rotates all the way around Enough already! Talk about it later! Because I have better things to do than entertain you Over and over I say the words Last time I draw attention to myself Yet I must be in the spotlight And out of it, too Likely I'll be overlooked Maybe not, but I doubt it Uncle Ben's Instant Rice Enough humor in it to last a week Repeated hourly Zoom by my house laughing Only because I'm me Dammit, you're worse off than I am Avidly I enjoy the fact that you won't be as rich as I Violently they shake me I don't care Driven by a desire to show them up And I will, I must Remind them I'm better Rice is good and so am I One more thing I can apply Zoo for my amusement Who will be inside? He who crosses my path I shall place Congratulations to the human race Here I am, the one and only Taken by a need to succeed Ruling over nothing and everything At the same time No one believes me So I must prove it Listen closely And take notes Together we shall accomplish so much Even after death Shall I be remembered I am a unique individual Never afraid to speak my mind Trained to be myself Over time, I can make it So can you, if you try Key to Heaven in hard work I am Ben Rice, Instant, Uncle Ben, Big Ben, Ben Gay Not nice to say, but said None of it matters to me You can judge me for yourself But you'd only blind yourself Even if you wore sunglasses Nothing can stop me Forget trying to stop me And leave me to myself Today is the day That I prove myself You won't believe your eyes On the table, I declare my independence Fuck you all, I'm my own self Because that's who I am And I'm Ben Rice So kiss my ass and go away Kick someone else's ass today Evil little men in your minds Taught to teach you suicide But that's okay Anything that works Lazy are you who put others down Lazy that makes me And I'll still be successful Nobody can stop it from happening Destiny calls Lovingly I answer it Until later Nobody knows you Can you remember me? How much is it worth to you? Do you want riches and fame? Are you trying to hide? Video camera hidden in the wall I watch you fall Dizzy I get spinning around in this chair Rolling on the floor I yell my name Cancel meetings, this is my day Enough about you, it's my turn Bring in money by the ton Until I stop having fun Tomorrow's another day My friends think I'm weird You can think the same Really, I don't care Everyone is sane And no one is to blame Laughter is contagious Nobody complains After I am gone My name will live on Eventually I'll see you again I'll enjoy it Suffering on an even field Bearing a dumb name that won't matter Edible parts of me Never to be eaten Just because I say so And you listen to me My influence is great I control more than I need Never again shall you feel the same Doing what it is you do And knowing what it is you know Violence will not exist Into my brain will go the knowledge Domains to be ruled shall remain alone Remember what I am saying Continue listening Everything makes sense What's in a name? Half of nothing, half of something? And if it is, what is it? These ae questions the answers I know not I am starting to feel normal So I forgive you I forget what you said against me Nothing matters anymore And that's just great Nothing matters anymore And this just keeps getting better My name is not important Everything is fine