Awaken the Beast

They say I don't deserve to be here In a drunken rage I never asked to be near This constant hate that I face Condemned for wearing skin darker Not what lies within They say I don't deserve to be here That I should leave this place I never asked to be here This constant fate that I hate Condemned for speaking my native tongue among them And my own don't understand What I feel I exist in the in-between of worlds all alone They don't know what I am Just that I am not one of them And my own will never know How I suffer silently I am never at home Even amongst my own As far back as I can recall I've felt the very sight of me Awakens the beast They refuse to shake my hand For the way I dress As though through that they understand That I am worth less Their eyes They violate I and those with me They refuse to accept my service For the way I appear As though it would make the others nervous Just by having me near Their eyes Discriminate I and those like me And my own don't understand what I feel I exist in the in-between of worlds all alone They don't know what I am Just that I am not one of them And my own will never know How I suffer silently I am never at home Even amongst my own As far back as I can recall I've known the very sight of me Awakens the beast