Andrew Sam - RAA [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Intro: Andrew Sam]
This goes out to every non-Asian American in the US
You're about to hear about the Asian American struggle
And since you've struggled, too, you should relate to this
Then you can stop making fun of us and start standing with us
But this especially goes out to all you European Americans
Listen to the story of us Asian Americans, and start respecting us

[Verse 1: Andrew Sam]
China, Japan, Korea, wherever
We Asians left our homelands in search of somewhere better
War, imperialism, name it and we've faced it
Everybody ruined us, we all had to escape it
America gave us hope, and we just had to take it
Land of opportunity, we found out that they faked it
Land for the white people, that's why it was created
People don't know what's up, that's why I have to say it

[Verse 2: Andrew Sam]
It started with the poor / Heard the US would give more
Work hard for the family, who we'd send the money for
But all it was was slave work, abuse by the white man
Even if we had skills, English we didn't understand
That language barrier hindered our job prospects
Stuck in ethnic enclaves, and getting no respect
When they got sick of us, they banned our immigrants
Stuck here in small numbers, couldn't become citizens

[Verse 3: Andrew Sam]
And after civil rights, / they let fam'lies reunite
We'd bring our fam'ly over, thinking things'd be alright
But it was a disguise, refugees escaped from war
Allowed in the US, mostly to do low wage chores
They say it was to give a home, but they just wanted more workers
It was their war in the first place, out in Vietnam as some lurkers

[Verse 4: Andrew Sam]
The first generation, whether they were skilled or not
Didn't have the English to tell whites to give 'em jobs
So they told their children, us in generation 2
To study hard in school, it's the only thing to do
It's the American Dream, but on the Asian path
All that did was lead to jokes about how we're good at math
But you people don't know, that there's so much more than that
That we can entertain, like we can act and how we rap
Our great skills are denied, cause immigrants keep comin' in
And you look at them, then assume we're never fittin' in

[Verse 5: Andrew Sam]
You make fun of our race, then you shut up 'round the girls
Cause you're tryna date 'em, and it makes me wanna hurl
You can't have it both ways, you assholes needa show respect
Whites got white privilege, what more do you wanna get?
Whites got all the main roles, while we're evil or we're geeks
We're hypersexual ladies, just overall we're weak
That's how we're portrayed, but that's not who we really are
Portrayin' us like that is like space without the stars
So take what you've learned from me, then treat us like we're you
How you want others to treat you, cause we can do it, too