kids can be so stupid - Axel Mansoor, Abhi The Nomad

I was walking down the path, I was walking it

Wind was biting at my back, it was biting me

Mind slipped back into the past

All my childhood bruises in a rush back to me

New kid in every class, there was always a silence

Then they’d ask what was wrong with my skin

Then they’d laugh as if I would choose this

Oh, kids can be so stupid

Kids can be so stupid

Kids can be so-

Wasn’t myself but it wasn’t enough

My foreign tongue shone through too strong

All that I wanted was a friend

All that I needed was a chance

A chance to show that I was just like them

Don’t be scared that I’m a little different

Won’t you let me into your club?

Won’t you let me prove I’m enough?

I was walking down the path, I was walking it

Wind was biting at my back, it was biting me

Mind slipped back into the past

All my childhood bruises in a rush back to me

New kid in every class, there was always a silence

Then they’d ask what was wrong with my skin

Then they’d laugh as if I would choose this

Oh, kids can be so—

Kids are just fucking cruel sometimes, y’know?

There’s many times that I tried to be someone different

You would do the same if you was stuck inside of my prison

I couldn’t catch a break, man, they really hated my pigment

The blacker the berry, sweeter the violence, clearer the vision, yeah

You can see it, the pre-existing condition

The kids are pointing and laughing, the parents that never listen

From dissin', fussin', and fightin' with bitches that never loved me

Turned their hatred to greatness, now ain’t a soul that can touch me

They were beating on my ass for being darker from the south

From parking lot abuse to barking at me like a lout

Never thought they’d see me immigrate, initiate a crowd

And you probably still a racist

Who the fuck is stupid now?

I was walking down the path, I was walking it

Wind was biting at my back, it was biting me

Mind slipped back into the past

All my childhood bruises in a rush back to me

New kid in every class, there was always a silence

Then they’d ask what was wrong with my skin

Then they’d laugh as if I would choose this

Oh, kids can be so stupid