The Question (feat. The Energy Collective)
Yusuf Yellow
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When I was young No one told me where I was from I've got so many questions now Cos so many things feel wrong I only knew one side See a part of me was gone But being mixed race Meant either way I do not belong So confused I had no culture and had no views That's why I feel so lost But I can't forget this truth And it ain't on you You did the best you could You chose to protect us So we wouldn't go through the things you would But ignorance ain't bliss Not when you're dealing with things like this I learnt the importance of Speaking to friends that are also mixed Only take advice from the ones that feel this bit Yeah I gotta shout out Soph and the family I built this with So now it's my time learn Even when it ain't sweet like treacle Let the food, music & language Define my sequel And I'm sure in time it'll Help me separate good from evil The journey is mine But the message is for my people Who are they Who are we A simple question means so much to me I see your ignorance is blinding like the sun I see you're laughing cos you're thinking that you won, how Who are they Who are we A simple question means so much to me I see your ignorance is blinding like the sun I see you're laughing cos you're thinking that you won, how So time goes on And I'm finding a new direction But just when I think that it's good Someone asks me the same old question Where are you from? I replied with the place I lived The place I grew up, and learnt my ways Since I was a kid But somehow that ain't right And it causes a problem He asks where I'm really from As if my response was nonsense I know what he wants me to say But I won't give him that satisfaction I've heard this before So now I just breathe and control my reaction I tell him where my parents are from and that I'd never been where my dad was born So when you repeat this question A part of my heart feels torn He said he didn't mean to offend me And that he just wanted to know And I told him I had to explain it In order for people to grow I told him it's hard sometimes Cos people have ill intentions And feel no repentance When I explain these things I've mentioned So play this section To those that are moving wrong And repeat these words Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Like where you really from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Like where you really from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Like where you really from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Like where you really from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from Don't question where I'm from They ask me this question Time and time again My response now is War with my pen I shout these words on repeat To mirror my experience You can choose how this story will end But we deserve to decide A home is much more than Just where I reside Generations of lies stay polluting your minds But I will no longer hide
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