Ben E. King (born Benjamin Earl Nelson in September 28, 1938 (died of natur… Read Full Bio ↴Ben E. King (born Benjamin Earl Nelson in September 28, 1938 (died of natural causes, aged 76 on April 30, 2015.) in Henderson, North Carolina) was an American soul and pop singer. He is best known as the singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me", a top ten hit in both 1961 and 1986.
In 1958, Ben Nelson joined a doo wop group, The Five Crowns. Later that same year, The Drifters' manager fired the members of the group and replaced them with The Five Crowns, who had performed several engagements with The Drifters. He co-wrote the first hit by the new version of The Drifters, "There Goes My Baby" (1959). He also sang lead, using his birth name, on "Save the Last Dance for Me," a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, "Dance With Me," "This Magic Moment," "I Count the Tears," and other The Drifters hits.
In 1960 he left the group after failing to gain a salary increase and a fairer share of the group's royalties. At this point he assumed the more memorable stage name Ben E. King in preparation for a solo career. Remaining on Atlantic, King scored his first solo hit with the stylish, Latin-tinged ballad "Spanish Harlem" (1961). "Stand by Me" was his next recording. "Stand by Me", written by King along with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller was voted one of the Songs of the Century by the Recording Industry Association of America. "Stand by Me" and "Spanish Harlem" were named as two of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and were both also given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.
King's records continued to place well on the pop charts until 1963, when British pop bands began to dominate the popular music scene. His hits after 1963 were "What is Soul?" (1967), "Supernatural Thing, part 1" (1975), and the re-issue in 1986 of "Stand by Me" following the song's use as the theme music to the movie of the same name.
In 1958, Ben Nelson joined a doo wop group, The Five Crowns. Later that same year, The Drifters' manager fired the members of the group and replaced them with The Five Crowns, who had performed several engagements with The Drifters. He co-wrote the first hit by the new version of The Drifters, "There Goes My Baby" (1959). He also sang lead, using his birth name, on "Save the Last Dance for Me," a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, "Dance With Me," "This Magic Moment," "I Count the Tears," and other The Drifters hits.
In 1960 he left the group after failing to gain a salary increase and a fairer share of the group's royalties. At this point he assumed the more memorable stage name Ben E. King in preparation for a solo career. Remaining on Atlantic, King scored his first solo hit with the stylish, Latin-tinged ballad "Spanish Harlem" (1961). "Stand by Me" was his next recording. "Stand by Me", written by King along with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller was voted one of the Songs of the Century by the Recording Industry Association of America. "Stand by Me" and "Spanish Harlem" were named as two of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and were both also given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.
King's records continued to place well on the pop charts until 1963, when British pop bands began to dominate the popular music scene. His hits after 1963 were "What is Soul?" (1967), "Supernatural Thing, part 1" (1975), and the re-issue in 1986 of "Stand by Me" following the song's use as the theme music to the movie of the same name.
Everyday
Ben E. King Lyrics
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It's evident I'm better than you ever said I'll be
You better step directly, better yet just never mention me
Unless you want the extra beef, you best believe I dead the beat
That effortlessly rest in peace
Impress 'em, then I press repeat
Uh, gimme my dues, you didn't hear that I'm the shit?
I came to bring you the news
I ain't the one, some two-timers got your numerals confused
She likes the way I'm rhyming, so I get oodles of nudes
You better chew all your food before you chokin' while you hatin'
I've seen every situation from the fakers'
Conversations to the critics' ravin'
I was center stage, they said I'd never make it
Flagrant information, now they beg for invitations
Save it, haha
I was knocked down nearly every day
Dusted off my crown nearly every day
Turned it all around, yeah I found a way
Never paid attention, now you checkin' for me every day
Hold up
I glowed up, now they all show love
Everyday
Hold up, I show up and the place goes nuts
Everyday
We get to work on time, like everyday (work)
No days off, we grind everyday (grind)
Murder, murder in America everyday
Hold off, smoke up every day, all-day
I'm insecure, paranoid and it's not okay
I still get up and go to war, every fucking day
Nothing can stop my forward motion tho', fuck out the way (inertia)
Suicidal, bad brains, I got that PMA (okay)
You got issues (you trippin', trippin')
That cap is DOA (dead)
Standard issues while you hatin' (hatin')
The fuck out the way (the fuck out the way)
Put your hate away (put your hate away) before I get you hurt
Don't throw it all away (don't throw it all away)
We do this every day
When it's time I'ma die with my eyes wide open
But not yet, I'm breathing, I'm chosen
I'm in the game playin', you on the sidelines hatin'
Hold up, show love when I roll up with Ms. Peyton
Yeah
You loose cannon, little Hulk
Bruce Banner, who's damaged?
I'm grinding, I'm hungry, I'm famished, you vanished
Makin' a record that's taking a second
Then checking for what I'm doing, it's great
Feelin' my reckoning now it's consecutive
Eating up animals, licking my plate
Ayy, I am not the raptor, ain't no written statement
I get obnoxious when I snap on tracks, Whitney Peyton
Everything I spit is blatant, kicks are pretty basic
Last two girls I dated related kids to Satan
Little Hitter's back, I'm swinging for the fences
The game needs me, I don't need an intervention
I take my inner tension, then I get adventurous
No good is stupid, so eventually, they'll pay attention (I'm right here)
Problem was persistence, inconsistency
One man gang, I'm the general of this infantry (go!)
Angry infant, I am fired up and still charging (charge)
Oh gee, yelling at your kids like I'm a drill sergeant
I was knocked down nearly every day
Dustin' off my crown nearly every day
Turn it all around, yeah I found a way
Never paid attention, now you checkin' for me every day
Hold up
I glowed up, now they all show love
Every day
Hold up, (What?)
I show up and the place goes nuts (Chucky Chuck)
Every day
You die once, but you live your life everyday
Do what you like, love it, never waste your time away
It's a blessing when you're living life your way
Like I don't give a fuck, I kick it with the vibe stay
I'm only human though so yes, my mind it goes astray
I battle with these demons, I do it every day
Head of a sick fuck, yet Chuck's a sick cunt
Swap models, smoke blunt
Everyday I ease pain
Medicate, all I do is medicate
Head in the clouds, heads lord levitate
Let me set you straight, you can hate , I don't give a fuck
Just have fun and laugh, you don't want this bloodbath
I'm tellin' you, I'll get at you
Shit'll get pitiful
Playin' with the pistol got the missile
And it's aimed at you
Heat-seeking, I'm on your neck like every day
Knockin' at your door
You just wishin' that I'll go away (bye-bye)
'Cause I'm easily one of the greatest
No need to state it to basic rappers
I'm status under these stages I stay on
Overstepping foes like I'm A.I
The double crossed enabled to be computed
By suckers while they friends fly out the picture
Their ankles broken, my style sicker and slicker than COVID
Inside a liquid farm
Tasted like liquor sippers
Bouncing like ass on strippers
Shot it like stars and dippers
And grow bigger 'til we zipper
Come together as I behead 'em because I've been ahead
Of any plan or contingencies that they had instead
Don't ever fuck with the feds
I duck 'em and I back
Dodgin' bullets that they bustin'
Shotgun my melanin flesh
A felon know, yes, but only because my mind a threat
To the fabricated oasis, where your life has been set
I bring the dark like I'm set
Only to enlighten my grow
A round of applause for life from the God
I was knocked down nearly every day
Dustin' off my crown nearly every day
Turn it all around, yeah I found a way
Never paid attention, now you checkin' for me every day
Hold up
I glowed up, now they all show love
Every day
Hold up, I show up and the place goes nuts
Every day
I started wreaking havoc back to being problematic
On the stage I am a savage makin' every show a classic
My career's been documented and my name is well established
So is my struggle with addiction, go re-listen to Bad Habits
What didn't kill me, only made me stronger
I'll weather the storm
And lately I've been payin' reparations to the ones at home
So save your speculations as to why and where the fuck I've gone
'Cus first you gotta make it right at home and then you can move on
But I digress to those that seemed to fucking forget
How much I did invest in Kotton out there, now the King Klick (King Klick)
So quit the bullshit and keep your joints lit
'Cus your boy Jay Richt's back at it again
A pioneer in the weed rap game that's a fact
And now I'm circlin' back to everywhere on the map
And I ain't stoppin' 'til they toss me in the coffin
Even then I'll still be rockin', only with your pop poppin'
Everyday I'm getting better and better, my peak raisin'
Snatch whack emcees off the mic when the beat playin'
My sixteen's like the metal Wolverine made with
I made this while chained inside Stephen King's basement
The pavement, I'm banging your head until it crack
Then wait 'til you heal in the hospital, peel it back
Snatch your posters off of the wall then steal the tacks
Wipe my ass with it, all that you gimmies can feel the trash
In the city dump, all that garbage that never sold
I'm the diamond in the rough uh-huh make pressure fold
The block's hot, I want my opps better cold
In the morgue chillin', low willin' to take a load
If they roll up, we smokin' 'em like we fried hookah
My shooters put 'em in the sky like Jimmy Fly Snuka
Don't drive Uber, got a body in the back
It's the sub noise captain and somebody on the track, yeah, that
It's evident I'm better than you ever said I'll be
You better step directly, better yet just never mention me
Unless you want the extra beef, you best believe I dead the beat
That effortlessly rest in peace
Impress 'em, then I press repeat
Uh, gimme my dues, you didn't hear that I'm the shit?
I came to bring you the news
She likes the way I'm rhyming, so I get oodles of nudes
You better chew all your food before you chokin' while you hatin'
I've seen every situation from the fakers'
Conversations to the critics' ravin'
I was center stage, they said I'd never make it
Flagrant information, now they beg for invitations
Save it, haha
I was knocked down nearly every day
Dusted off my crown nearly every day
Turned it all around, yeah I found a way
Never paid attention, now you checkin' for me every day
Hold up
I glowed up, now they all show love
Everyday
Hold up, I show up and the place goes nuts
Everyday
We get to work on time, like everyday (work)
No days off, we grind everyday (grind)
Murder, murder in America everyday
Hold off, smoke up every day, all-day
I'm insecure, paranoid and it's not okay
I still get up and go to war, every fucking day
Nothing can stop my forward motion tho', fuck out the way (inertia)
Suicidal, bad brains, I got that PMA (okay)
You got issues (you trippin', trippin')
That cap is DOA (dead)
Standard issues while you hatin' (hatin')
The fuck out the way (the fuck out the way)
Put your hate away (put your hate away) before I get you hurt
Don't throw it all away (don't throw it all away)
We do this every day
When it's time I'ma die with my eyes wide open
But not yet, I'm breathing, I'm chosen
I'm in the game playin', you on the sidelines hatin'
Hold up, show love when I roll up with Ms. Peyton
Yeah
You loose cannon, little Hulk
Bruce Banner, who's damaged?
I'm grinding, I'm hungry, I'm famished, you vanished
Makin' a record that's taking a second
Then checking for what I'm doing, it's great
Feelin' my reckoning now it's consecutive
Eating up animals, licking my plate
Ayy, I am not the raptor, ain't no written statement
I get obnoxious when I snap on tracks, Whitney Peyton
Everything I spit is blatant, kicks are pretty basic
Last two girls I dated related kids to Satan
Little Hitter's back, I'm swinging for the fences
The game needs me, I don't need an intervention
I take my inner tension, then I get adventurous
No good is stupid, so eventually, they'll pay attention (I'm right here)
Problem was persistence, inconsistency
One man gang, I'm the general of this infantry (go!)
Angry infant, I am fired up and still charging (charge)
Oh gee, yelling at your kids like I'm a drill sergeant
I was knocked down nearly every day
Dustin' off my crown nearly every day
Turn it all around, yeah I found a way
Never paid attention, now you checkin' for me every day
Hold up
I glowed up, now they all show love
Every day
Hold up, (What?)
I show up and the place goes nuts (Chucky Chuck)
Every day
You die once, but you live your life everyday
Do what you like, love it, never waste your time away
It's a blessing when you're living life your way
Like I don't give a fuck, I kick it with the vibe stay
I'm only human though so yes, my mind it goes astray
I battle with these demons, I do it every day
Head of a sick fuck, yet Chuck's a sick cunt
Swap models, smoke blunt
Everyday I ease pain
Medicate, all I do is medicate
Head in the clouds, heads lord levitate
Let me set you straight, you can hate , I don't give a fuck
Just have fun and laugh, you don't want this bloodbath
I'm tellin' you, I'll get at you
Shit'll get pitiful
Playin' with the pistol got the missile
And it's aimed at you
Heat-seeking, I'm on your neck like every day
Knockin' at your door
You just wishin' that I'll go away (bye-bye)
'Cause I'm easily one of the greatest
No need to state it to basic rappers
I'm status under these stages I stay on
Overstepping foes like I'm A.I
The double crossed enabled to be computed
By suckers while they friends fly out the picture
Their ankles broken, my style sicker and slicker than COVID
Inside a liquid farm
Tasted like liquor sippers
Bouncing like ass on strippers
Shot it like stars and dippers
And grow bigger 'til we zipper
Come together as I behead 'em because I've been ahead
Of any plan or contingencies that they had instead
Don't ever fuck with the feds
I duck 'em and I back
Dodgin' bullets that they bustin'
Shotgun my melanin flesh
A felon know, yes, but only because my mind a threat
To the fabricated oasis, where your life has been set
I bring the dark like I'm set
Only to enlighten my grow
A round of applause for life from the God
I was knocked down nearly every day
Dustin' off my crown nearly every day
Turn it all around, yeah I found a way
Never paid attention, now you checkin' for me every day
Hold up
I glowed up, now they all show love
Every day
Hold up, I show up and the place goes nuts
Every day
I started wreaking havoc back to being problematic
On the stage I am a savage makin' every show a classic
My career's been documented and my name is well established
So is my struggle with addiction, go re-listen to Bad Habits
What didn't kill me, only made me stronger
I'll weather the storm
And lately I've been payin' reparations to the ones at home
So save your speculations as to why and where the fuck I've gone
'Cus first you gotta make it right at home and then you can move on
But I digress to those that seemed to fucking forget
How much I did invest in Kotton out there, now the King Klick (King Klick)
So quit the bullshit and keep your joints lit
'Cus your boy Jay Richt's back at it again
A pioneer in the weed rap game that's a fact
And now I'm circlin' back to everywhere on the map
And I ain't stoppin' 'til they toss me in the coffin
Even then I'll still be rockin', only with your pop poppin'
Everyday I'm getting better and better, my peak raisin'
Snatch whack emcees off the mic when the beat playin'
My sixteen's like the metal Wolverine made with
I made this while chained inside Stephen King's basement
The pavement, I'm banging your head until it crack
Then wait 'til you heal in the hospital, peel it back
Snatch your posters off of the wall then steal the tacks
Wipe my ass with it, all that you gimmies can feel the trash
In the city dump, all that garbage that never sold
I'm the diamond in the rough uh-huh make pressure fold
The block's hot, I want my opps better cold
In the morgue chillin', low willin' to take a load
If they roll up, we smokin' 'em like we fried hookah
My shooters put 'em in the sky like Jimmy Fly Snuka
Don't drive Uber, got a body in the back
It's the sub noise captain and somebody on the track, yeah, that
The lyrics to Ben E. King's song "Everyday" are divided into four sections, each with its own set of verses. The first section addresses the singer's confidence and skill in the music industry. They assert that they are better than people have given them credit for and advise others not to mention them unless they want to start a conflict. The singer also mentions their ability to effortlessly impress others with their talent.
The second section focuses on the singer's resilience and determination. They reveal that they have faced constant challenges and setbacks but have always found a way to turn things around. They have gained attention and gained a following, emphasizing that people now check for them every day. This section also highlights the success and adoration they receive from their fans.
The third section delves into themes of hard work and perseverance. The singer mentions their commitment to their craft, stating that they never take a day off and are always grinding. They also touch on the prevalence of violence in America and the need to smoke marijuana as a form of escapism. The singer acknowledges their own insecurities and battles with paranoia but asserts that they continue to fight every day. They warn their haters to get out of their way and not throw away their opportunities for success.
The fourth and final section addresses themes of personal struggles, ambition, and self-expression. The singer acknowledges their imperfections and battles with inner demons. They mention their addictive tendencies and past struggles while also celebrating their accomplishments and growth. The singer emphasizes the importance of living life on their own terms and not wasting time. They also touch on their reputation in the rap game and express their determination to continue making music and evolving as an artist.
Overall, the lyrics of "Everyday" convey themes of confidence, resilience, hard work, and overcoming personal struggles. The singer asserts their skill and talent, highlights their journey to success, and emphasizes the importance of staying true to oneself in the face of challenges.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, O/B/O DistroKid, Songtrust Ave
Written by: Brett Saunders, Charles Devries, Paolo Gomes, Robert Castillo, Shane Bunting, Timothy McNutt, Whitney Peyton Smith, William Edward Lauderdale
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