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book boyz - for the people lyrics

chorus – baron
asian american pray for the perfect balance
they’re mistaking our sk!lls nah that’s our talents
don’t disrespect our culture for a joke
listen closely to the truth that’s gonna be spoke

verse 1 luke
in our society we just stay slept on
we always on the bottom only getting stepped on
where are the asians on the rise to fame
don’t disrespect and mispr-nounce our name
it’s time to rise up and get the image straight
since 1882 the us was filled with hate
chinese exclusion act they kept us away
sorry for my accent do you know what i’m tryna say
shout out to the parents they did it by themselves
hard work and dedication they didn’t need no one else
bar set so high some things were out of reach
be a doctor or lawyer my parents they used to preach

verse 2 baron
racial tension is not new its not foreign
but when we look at asian history its been snoring
let me wake it up and spit these facts
in 1882 they banned us for ten years
chinese coming to america that was the fear
fast forward to april of 1942
pearl harbor was struck and the bombs they really blew
j-panese were blamed and they called them insane
internment camps started and they put them in the chains

verse 3 pat
in 1992 the la riots begun
koreans being attacked and the police? there were none
guns banging and buildings were being burned down
the lapd? they disappeared from the town
koreans and blacks man they were always on the bottom
when violence erupted the police didn’t stop em
now we can see there was hate against
several different races of asian descent

verse 4 pat
flow so crazy you know i go ballistic
we don’t want no trouble we wanna keep it, simplistic
easy for me like calculus and mathematics
or some crazy science chemosystematics
to be real don’t guess about what i’m doing
im me and i have my own things that i’m pursuing
no i’m not a chino, nor a gook, nor a ch-nk
“you’re eyes are so small bro like can you even blink”
“dude i heard i can blind you with floss”
“don’t you eat all them animals that have those paws” (2:47)
listen asia’s divided into 48 nations
thats 3,000 different forms of communication
so don’t combine all those cultures into one
not all asian food is egg rolls and wontons

chorus – pat
asian american pray for the perfect balance
they’re mistaking our sk!lls nah that’s our talents
don’t disrespect our culture for a joke
we hope you understood the truth that we just spoke
we hope that you learned something new just a few
from a song that’s written by 4 asian dudes
thank you for letting us share our point of view

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