i can only write my name

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", spent my life wishing, my eyes were shaped, a little differently, and always answered back, in english when my family spoke, to me, now i'm ashamed, i can only write my name, i can only write my name, i can only write my name, i'm ashamed, and i'm the only one to blame, that i can only write my name, i can only write my name, 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, 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, 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, now i'm ashamed, i can only write my name, i can only write my name, i can only write my name, i'm ashamed, i'm the only one to blame, i can only write my name, i can only write my name, 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, that i'm ashamed, i can only write my name, i can only write my name, i can only say, that i understand, and really i can't, stop running from who i am, and write my own name