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Confused
03:29
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As I stand here in this crowded room, there is something I don’t know
Why do I feel like my life isn’t worth it, worth as much as my counterparts
I don’t even know if I can do this myself
Where am I to go when I don’t feel myself
I don’t even know if I can do this myself
Where am I to go when I don’t feel myself
Do I ask for help? Or do I look for cover?
It’s the same it’s the same now, constantly running from what I could’ve been
Life without representation its so fucking well you see
Life without representation its so fucking well you see
And yes I heard it all, i read all about it
My people aren’t welcomed here, time to go now
But hold on wait a minute, sir I don’t understand
Why you're yelling at my father calling him a wetback
I am not meant to strive on
I am a failure at heart
No this is not all my fault
It's what I was taught from the start.
Life without representation its so fucking well you see
Life without representation its so fucking well you see
Now tell me how I should live
Life without representation its so fucking well you see
Life without representation its so fucking well you see
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Estoy atrapado
Trapped within the ruins that infest the walls of my eyes
Life is plain and dull as it is presented to me
In this world I dwell
I cannot fathom or understand
Porque no nadie me puede explicar
De donde vengo
Porque no veo la realidad de frente de mi vida
O soy Hispano o soy Americano?
Resurrect me
Resurrect me
Resurrect me for I feel my life is gone
The brown boy recites the white lie every time im fine
They taught me to hate myself
Double consciousness paired with constant vigilance makes for one hell of an american experience
Only skin deep is made shallow and hollow when you speak about equality while you equally bother me
Only skin deep is made shallow and hollow when you holler about equality while you equally bother me
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Lost
04:27
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Nothing but a distant person, instead a reflection of someone whom I don’t recognize
I will not kneel, I will not die
I will remember to eat the dirt on the ground
And in the times that I needed guidance
There was no one there
No one to explain what this life means
This is a call from my mind
How many times have we come here trying to aide the lost?
Not knowing which group I belong to
I am inferior to the rest
At least that’s what they said to me
A fucking campesino that is meant for secondary roles
Just take a look around
Don’t believe me just take a look at our nation
My time has come to realize self worth, inside my skin, inside this compassion, and inside all of my virtues.
The clock is ticking I can no longer see, what I was meant to ever be
I cannot live with this inside , I cannot wait till the day that you die
I cannot live with this inside, I cannot wait till the day that you die
I cannot live with this inside, I cannot wait till the day that you die
I cannot believe that you’re alive, why won't you die
This time on Earth has taught me one thing, my identity is lost and unable to be found
I porque yo estoy perdido y ya no puedo encontrar las respuestas a las preguntas adentro de mi cabeza
I porque yo estoy perdido y ya no puedo encontrar las respuestas a las preguntas adentro de mi cabeza
Y yo me he ahogado en el rio de abominizimiento, y no puedo respirar
I porque yo estoy perdido y ya no puedo encontrar las respuestas a las preguntas adentro de mi cabeza
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Estamos en este lugar perdidos otrabrez
Y no puedo entender
Donde es que llo pertenezco
Not knowing where I belong to
Where I belong
Why must you try and belittle me?
Is the tone of my skin not bright enough for you?
I’m getting sick and tired of not
Finding a sense of belonging, belonging to you, or him or her. It’s a constant game
This image has shattered, the mirror has cracked, this vision of me was impaled deep with hate, the hate and the ignorance of the world. The world that tells me
I am a criminal,
I am less than you
I am burden to those around me
Estoy cansado
Déjame Vivir
No intentes de tomar esto de mi
You want me to lay low
You say I’m a coward
But I just want to push on
This is a promise I made to myself to never give in and succumb to your views
This is a promise I made to myself to never give in and succumb to your views
Tomalo puto no me dejes encontrarte hablando mal de mi
Toma tu odio y deja me vivir en paz
Stuck in the middle
You're full of shit
They'll sleep on streets with nothing to eat and never bitch
Build the wall motherfucker, it ain't stopping shit
Can't change who I am and I wont deny it
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Oppression
02:33
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Can’t forget, won’t regret
Can’t forget, won’t regret
No sleep
Can’t forget, won’t regret
Watch your mouth when you’re talking to me
Trapped
Inside of broken words
Can’t seem to find who I am
This has to end
Trapped
Inside of broken words
Can’t seem to find who I am
This must end
Lost in translation, I can’t understand what this means or what you are telling me
Lla llego la hora en que llo entiendo porque me siento de esta manera
Mi vida no será dictada por tus palabras o tu opresión
This is life caving in, I can’t see where it goes
Why do I feel this way?
Unable to find a place to call my home
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Desperation
02:26
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Second from my home
But not anymore
I take my words and grow from them instead
I'll take your hate and learn to compromise it
No sentire desperacion
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Refinement Paterson, New Jersey
Heavy music from Paterson, NJ.
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