Vocabulary:
achievement / approximate / astound / challenge / confident / decline / detect / impressive / independent / reliable
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Listen. This is the real life story of Ben Underwood, one of the most amazing people you’ll ever know. Guaranteed.
Little Ben was born in California,
A little baby but he’s looking quite normal.
So his mom was so surprised
To find he had cancer in his eyes.
The doctors said, “We can save his eyes,
But if the cancer spreads, your boy could die.”
His mom thought for a while, then she declined,
She said, “No, I don’t care if my boy’s blind.”
So the doctors removed his eyes,
Now he couldn’t see, but they had saved his life.
So yeah, you think your life is hard?
Try growing up with no sight at all.
Life challenged Ben, it made him fight,
So Ben learned to see without the light.
Yes, this will shock and astound you,
Ben learned to see using sound, dude.
He started making clicks, and it’s strange,
When he walked around, yeah the sound would change.
He could hear a “click” sound bounce around,
You know, bounce off a wall or off the ground.
So he could discover and detect
Cars and walls, and he wouldn’t forget.
No one told him, “You can’t; just quit it,”
So Ben just did it!
Had the chips stacked against him, but he rose up!
Had the chips stacked against him, but he rose up!
Had the chips stacked against him, but he rose up!
But he rose up, but he rose up!
Listen up, man, can you believe it? This kid
Ben rocking this amazing achievement?
Something he did and it was never easy,
But he did it with a smile like it was breezy.
And he didn’t feel sad for himself or bad for himself,
He learned to rap for himself.
You won’t believe it, but hold up, wait, He learned to play b-ball and rollerblade.
’Cause with his clicks he could approximate,
Figure out roughly where the basket lay
. I mean, he wasn’t starring in the NBA,
But his jump shot was pretty good—ha ha.
He invented a reliable way,
Something he could depend on for like finding his way.
He was a fighter, like Cassius Clay or Rocky,
You say, “You can’t”; he says, “Watch me!”
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’Cause he was confident, believed in himself,
He was independent, not needing your help.
To see this kid surfing, it’s so impressive,
So amazing, I mean it will leave you breathless.
Ben saw like a dolphin does,
With his clicks bouncing off the walls and stuff.
No one told him, “You can’t; just quit it,”
So Ben just did it!