Alec Benjamin - Boy In The Bubble

[00:01.03] It was 6:48, I was walking home

[00:02.52] Stepped through the gate, and I'm all alone

[00:04.53] I had chicken on the plate, but the food was cold

[00:06.28] Then I covered up my face so that no one knows

[00:08.28] I didn't want trouble, I'm the boy in the bubble

[00:11.78] But then came trouble

[00:14.03] When my mom walked into the living room

[00:15.78] She said, "Boy, you gotta tell me what they did to you"

[00:17.53] I said, "You don't wanna know the things I had to do"

[00:19.29] She said, "Son, you gotta tell me why you're black and blue"

[00:21.79] I said I didn't want trouble, I'm the boy in the bubble

[00:25.28] But then came trouble

[00:27.02] And my heart was pumping, chest was screaming

[00:31.28] Mind was running, air was freezing

[00:34.28] Put my hands up, put my hands up

[00:37.53] I told this kid I'm ready for a fight

[00:41.03] Punch my face, do it 'cause I like the pain

[00:46.78] Every time you curse my name

[00:50.28] I know you want the satisfaction, it's not gonna happen

[00:54.29] Knock me out, kick me when I'm on the ground

[01:00.30] It's only gonna let you down

[01:03.78] Come the lightning and the thunder

[01:06.03] You're the one who'll suffer, suffer

[01:11.02] Well I squared him up, left my chest exposed

[01:12.78] He threw a quick left hook and it broke my nose

[01:14.53] I had thick red blood running down my clothes

[01:16.03] And a sick, sick look 'cause I like it though

[01:18.53] I said I didn't want trouble, I'm the boy in the bubble

[01:21.78] But then came trouble

[01:24.03] And my heart was pumping, chest was screaming

[01:27.79] Mind was running, nose was bleeding

[01:31.29] Put my hands up, put my hands up

[01:34.28] I told this kid I'm ready for a fight

[01:37.78] Punch my face, do it 'cause I like the pain

[01:43.53] Every time you curse my name

[01:47.03] I know you want the satisfaction, it's not gonna happen

[01:51.03] Knock me out, kick me when I'm on the ground

[01:56.53] It's only gonna let you down

[02:00.78] Come the lightning and the thunder

[02:02.80] You're the one who'll suffer

[02:04.78] It was 6:48, he was walking home

[02:06.03] With the blood on his hand from my broken nose

[02:07.79] But like every other day, he was scared to go

[02:09.31] Back to his house 'cause his pops was home

[02:12.29] Drowning his troubles in whiskey bubbles

[02:15.04] Just looking for trouble

[02:17.53] Well, there's no excuse for the things he did

[02:19.28] But there's a lot at home that he's dealing with

[02:21.04] Because his dad's been drunk since he was a kid

[02:22.79] And I hope one day that he'll say to him

[02:25.53] "Put down those bubbles and that belt buckle

[02:28.53] In this broken bubble"

[02:31.28] Punch my face, do it 'cause I like the pain

[02:36.78] Every time you curse my name

[02:40.28] I know you want the satisfaction, it's not gonna happen

[02:44.54] Knock me out, kick me when I'm on the ground

[02:50.28] It's only gonna let you down

[02:54.03] Come the lightning and the thunder

[02:56.28] You're the one who'll suffer, suffer