B Rebel- Yellow

Off the new mixtape/album "Frozen in Time", track #3.

The beat is a play on the stereotypical "Asian" sound; the song itself is a criticism of the way mainstream media (namely Hollywood) portrays Asians, and how Asians can reach their potential and find their niche.

LYRICS:

Verse 1:
i grew up in the heart of the valley
every single night had my heart in the alley
every single night i always had to study
even S-A-Ts and my pops was a study buddy
you know i aced mathematics, i did it as a habit
and went way beyond my demographic
doing all the rap shit, made me feel drastic
bout the only thing that i did that wasn't plastic...
i know i master it, way beyond the average
picking up the mic made me feel like a savage
much better than i am sittin with a steering wheel....
who am i kidding i'm the best and you know it's real....
you know the deal as i ate every meal
that was purple rice, to-fu made me feel even-keeled...
and then i was told to pick up the books
sometimes when i said i would, i would tend to write hooks...
it had be shook thinking that i'd never get a look
but i know i will, here we are, this is what it took....
whoever knew that a dude with the slanted eyes
would be gunning for the top, and the grand prize.

Hook:
this is me, yes i'm yellow...
this is me, yes i'm mellow...
this is me...yes i'm a yellow fellow...
if u didn't know me yet, well hello.

Verse 2:
time to go, as i'm ready for class
as i'm ready to pass, the test up in my ass
and i do it in a flash, like that with the gas
as i memorize flash cards that end up in the trash....
i feel educated, but man i haven't made it...
it doesn't matter so i feel that it's overrated
can't get a job with degrees like i am degraded...
but there's more to it all than what i contemplated.
everybody has a little bit of anguish
but they wonder if english is my language
yes it is, i'm American like you are-
looking like you're better than all that are from afar...
well...no matter what my race i'm a star...
just got a yellow face, just not the yellow car...
and Hollywood, just make us look NOT hard-
like we all nerds and with girls we never got far...
and make the white men take all the Asian women....
ain't it amazing how, Asian men are never coming?
with a white girl at the door ding dong-
making us look like all we say is ching chong...
enough of stereotypes, we bout a different life...
up in the stereo right, we got a different light...
i see Jin owning Freestyle Friday-
notching up wins stylin on 'em right away...
it was amazing from the top of the dome
i watched proudly, picked up the mic in my own home...
i see Jeremy Lin, balling it up again-
setting a trend for the Asian-Americans...
i see Dat Nguyen...he was a legend...
they all told us all it was okay to be different
to be everything that our parents have feared
we don't have to be doctors lawyers engineers.

Hook (4x)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• rap
• hip
• hop
• music
• asian
• Jin
• The Emcee
• Magnetic North
• Far east Movement
• reason
• kevjumba
• david choi
• nas
• jay-z
• asian hip-hop
• ucla
• library