OVERCAME (Radio Edit) Lyrics

I got a livid feeling pitted in my stomach

I'll probably face the furnace on the day of judgment

Cuz my heart is biased from this urban violence

So I put 10,000 hours into vows of silence

It's what I had to do just to get through school

Black and white the only colors in the photoshoot

I'm big stressed itching now my skins red

Peeling us apart, we say it's just like Dr. King said

Sometimes I wonder if I walked another path

Would I make this kind of music or be working for my dad

My family tried to raise me up but held me back

When I was bussing no discussion I was fearful of the blacks

I got plaques in my room and a chip on my shoulder

Got knocked on my butt now I stand as a soldier

I'm far from a Saint but I'm close to the culture

I quit playing games but this life isn't over

If they don't love us then let em hate

For asian people we overcame

We were shaken but we overcame

We were shaken but we overcame

If they don't love us, then let em hate

For Asian people we overcame

We were shaken but we overcame

We were shaken but we overcame

They beating on us just the other day the homie tried

To help an elder but they pistol whipped him in the eye

That reminds me of a time when I was 13

A white man broke into my home and then he broke me

Ten long years I bottled that up

Young heartbreaker just trynna get some

Putting on weight just trynna be seen

Fall back man I wanna be free

So formless stepped to my own two feet

I'm gorgeous you cannot shake my peace

This moment shows that we overcame

Our onus now I wanna hear you say

If they don't love us, then let em hate

For Asian people we overcame

We were shaken but we overcame

We were shaken but we overcame

They say they love us we all the same

They say we made it but who's to blame?

We were shaken but we overcame

We were shaken but we overcame

Anti-Asian race discrimination

Thrown into the pit but my heart is filled with patience

Double edged blade that I swing when I wrote this

When you turn the page are we friends or opponents?

My story of becoming is one of overcoming the hate in my heart

That poisoned my well-being and to the man who tried to break me

As crazy as it sounds, I've gathered enough love for you too