Christopher Michael "Chris" Benoit (French pronunciation: [bəˈnwa]; May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler and murderer. During his 22-year career, Benoit worked for numerous major promotions including Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE). Benoit committed suicide after perpetrating the murder of his family.
In professional wrestling, Benoit was a two-time world champion, having been a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, and a one-time World Heavyweight Champion in WWE; he was booked to win a third world championship at a WWE event on the night of his death. Benoit was the twelfth WWE Triple Crown Champion and sixth WCW Triple Crown Champion, and the second of five men in history to achieve both the WWE and WCW Triple Crown Championships. He was also the 2004 Royal Rumble winner, joining Shawn Michaels as the only men to win a Royal Rumble as the number one entrant.
"Chris Benoit" is a song written by Insane Clown Posse and Mike E. Clark for the duo's 2012 album The Mighty Death Pop! A music video was filmed in June 2012, directed by the Deka Brothers. The album's concept "teaches us to respect the life we’ve been given and do our best to avoid an early death." The song was named after the professional wrestler, who died in a murder-suicide after killing his wife and son. A remix of the song appeared on the remix album Mike E. Clark's Extra Pop Emporium, and featured rappers Ice Cube and Scarface.
Inspiration for the song came from wrestler Chris Benoit, who murdered his wife and son before committing suicide. Insane Clown Posse broadly alluded to the murders in the song's lyrics, but the focus of the song is not the murders themselves, but of suddenly losing one's sanity, and eclipsing in violence. The song pertains to the album's overall concept, which "teaches us to respect the life we've been given and do our best to avoid an early death." The song was remixed by Kuma for the remix album Mike E. Clark's Extra Pop Emporium. The remix featured additional verses by Ice Cube and Scarface.
Down
A catastrophic demise
A catastrophic demise
A catastrophic demise
A catastrophic demise
A catastrophic demise
A catastrophic demise
A catastrophic demise
I'll measure up all regrets
I'll measure up all regrets
I'll measure up all regrets
I'll measure up all regrets
It builds up, feels up
Too much goes over board
What the f*uck am I doing?
Oh lord pressure stored exploded, unloaded
What the f*uck am I doing?
I had to, is really do, bad too
Went cucu
Gonna do
Clap back, stab, boom
Who knew
Sad news
What the f*uck am I doing?
I I I
Broke, it took some time
Slow poke
I finally gave way, when under deed
Down flow
No longer stearing choosen
An autopilot cruisin
Haywire, crash, virus
Pull your tongue out with player dispatch
No longer stearing, lost all control
Manipulation (manipualtion), it won't let me go
The pain exploded (the pain exploded), the pressure burst (the pressure burst)
I drop the wheel (I drop the wheel)
Heading for the worst
Heading for the worst
Heading for the worst
Heading for the worst
Heading for the worst
Let's go blight
Let go, hold tight
Wake up to this
Head to, is really too bad too
Close eyes?
You did this, this you
What the f*uck am I doing?
You got issues
What happened, shit I'm steping
All bloody myself I'm slapping
One day, all the sudden, I'll became too much, one day
Yes, finally will leash
What the f*uck am I doing?
Unleash the beast
He gets my controler
What the f*uck am I doing?
Took me over
Head to,
Is really too bad, too
Went cucu
Grab that, stab, foose
No longer stearing, lost all control
Manipulation (manipualtion), it won't let me go
The pain exploded (the pain exploded), the pressure burst (the pressure burst)
I drop the wheel (I drop the wheel)
Heading for the worst
Heading for the worst
Heading for the worst
Heading for the worst
Heading for the worst
I can take you over, permanetly
Because lie is a rope
I'm the cripler, Chris
And waa
A catastrophic demise
A catastrophic demise
A catastrophic demise
A catastrophic demise
A catastrophic demise
A catastrophic demise
A catastrophic demise
I'm heading for the worst
(A passion for the regrets)
(The crippler)
Heading for the worst
(A passion for the regrets)
(The crippler)
Heading for the worst
Heading for the worst