Ben lyrics

well a couple days ago i watched on tv The jacksons: An american dream, and when mj was young he had a rat in the movie his name was mr. rat but idk if that was the rat's actual name or not in the movie he got caught in a mouse trap, but any way i think he's singing about his rat cause in the movie he would tell the rat about what happend and the rat was his only true friend he could talk to cause mj was busy in music and didn't have ppl friends... he's saying that his rat is his only friend and mj is the rat's friend cause he understood that the rat wasn't a diseased thing and that mj understood that he had feelings and a beating heart even though every one thought that all rats were diseased beasts

He wrote this song about a mouse. It was his only friend as a child.

Actually, to understand the meaning you have to see the movie it is from, "Ben" the sequel to "Willard." Yes, the rat movie. In the second film Ben is a good guy, befriending a young boy who is lonely, mistreated by other children and alienated by the world in general. Ben is the new leader of the rats from the first film, and anyone who dares to bother this boy gets the whole pack of rats attacking them 'til they run off. While others see Ben as vermin to be shunned, the boy understands the value of loyalty & compassion shown him by Ben. Thus the "they don't see you as I do" sentiment. It's really very sweet. I will always prefer this version, but Crispin Glover did a very good cover of it in the extras of the remake of "Willard," where he played the title character, originally played in the 70s by Bruce Davison. Both excellent movies. It's sad, really, we had no idea poor Michael was so screwed up in the head that he would grow up to be such a freak. But he was wonderful then.

He, who write the song means he has a friend, not specifically named Ben. He has a friend who is always forsaken by others. But his friend must be happy because even if that is the case, he still have a friend indeed.