7000 Miles (feat. Ann One)

Hello America, break your backs for dollars, they don't carry ya 7, 000 miles away from home with language barriers Land of opportunity, tell me is good to ya? But 6 feet deep on stolen land is where they bury ya November 1991, papa came here with a wife 2 daughters, no money, but they wanted them a better life Piso to their name, so they piecing up the pain Ain't no peace in a position as an immigrant that's prayin For a piece of that Americana pie or for the C.R.E.A.M. To appease the dream they sold you, but it only was a dream For a piece of mind to thinking that my mama could be seen As an equal not a foreign immigrant, or in between I was a kid in the sky nothing but dreams in her eyes Hopin that we would survive, but mama those were the times They tellin us compromise, they always feeding us lies Made to believe I don't exist unless I wear a disguise 'Cuz I been constantly lied to, broken down til I cry Til I no longer recognize the person that was inside Until we fade like the sun, and we forget where we from Then we self hate til it's done, and never question it once So mama tell me won, the person that I become I have a sword for a tongue and a skin that shines in the sun And because the place that I'm from it still lingers deep on my tongue And so every word that's from my lungs can hold the weight of a ton If I'm ever slippin', I'm never looking down I do it for myself, til the end I hold it down And even when I'm sinkin, I'm never looking' down I do this for myself, til the end I hold it down Feeling homesick as we go, mama's never really home Cuz she workin all alone, livin broke, we need a loan Papa threatened mamas life, papa left with no goodbye Promised to myself inside no man will ever make me cry Now I'm thinking that I'm grown, all I wanna do is roam Runnin far away from home, in a crowd I feel alone Mama she be workin late, lines are showing on her face Too much pressure on her plate, I'm too selfish to relate Auntie said stay in your home, might get darker cuz you prone Look into the mirror, oh, Filipino blood and bones Questioning my skin and tone like I should I be embarrassed though Whiter skin is seen as gold, this is what we're always told Mama said to learn their way, every day I emulate 'Til identity erased, overcome by inner hate Teacher said to hide my tongue, they don't understand me none Hold my breath these foreign lungs too powerful they like a gun! I'm correcting mamas words, I'm embarrassed when she slurs What makes me better than her? this language wasn't her first Ruby can you get a grip? Find a balance, you might slip Mom and Donna need you quick, stop thinkin' that you the shit 7, 000 miles from home, but a million more to go Gotta make it on my own, I can feel I'm gettin' close 7, 000 miles from home, but a million more to go Gotta make it on my own, I can feel I'm gettin' close