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I Can Only Write My Name

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I Can Only Write My Name

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Kids would laugh at my mom's accent

And the food that she made

Say that stranger

Is my brother

'Cause we all look the same

Thought I'd be cool if I could laugh too

Even at my own expense

I'd be just like all of those guys

All-American

Spent my life wishing

My eyes were shaped

A little differently

And always answered back

In English when my family spoke

To me

Now I'm ashamed

I can only write my name

I can only write my name

I can only write my name

I'm ashamed

And I'm the only one to blame

That I can only write my name

I can only write my name

I lost it all when I was young

So no one would ask me where I'm from

And now, I don't speak the language

Wouldn't even know how to say

That I'm ashamed

Wanna sit down with my grandpa

I know nothing about smile and nod

Instead of talking

Only way we know how

So forgive me, all the years I was embarrassed

Must of hurt to see I couldn't care less

I rejected my own culture

Like all Americans

Maybe I just never had a hero

I could look up to

It's hard to see yourself

In Superman when he looks nothing like you

Now I'm ashamed

I can only write my name

I can only write my name

I can only write my name

I'm ashamed

I'm the only one to blame

I can only write my name

I can only write my name

Lost it all

When I was young

So no one asked me

Where I'm from

And now, I don't speak

The language

Wouldn't even know

How to say

That I'm ashamed

I can only write my name

I can only write my name

I can only say

That I understand

And really I can't

Stop running from who I am

And write my own name

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