I Can Only Write My Name

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