I Can Only Write My Name

[Verse 1]

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"



[Pre-Chorus]

Spent my life wishing

My eyes were shaped

A little differently

And always answered back

In English when my family spoke

To me



[Chorus]

Now I'm ashamed

I can only write my name

I can only write my name

I can only write my name...



[Post-Chorus]

I’m ashamed

And I'm the only one to blame

That I can only write my name

I can only write my name...



[Chorus]

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



[Verse 2]

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



[Pre-Chorus]

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



[Chorus]

Now I’m ashamed

I can only write my name

I can only write my name

I can only write my name



[Post-Chorus]

I’m ashamed

I'm the only one to blame

I can only write my name

I can only write my name



[Bridge]

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



[Chorus]

That I'm ashamed

I can only write my name

I can only write my name

I can only say



[Outro]

That I understand

And really I can’t

Stop running from who I am

And write my own name