its rude to stare

its rude to stare
but they don't care
do it anyway
just another shit day
we live out in the midwest
not really a place to claim the best
but it's living here that's a test
when you don't look like the rest
you've got brown skin
people thinkin you're osama bin
focused on iraq trying to win
they wouldn't look twice if you were a Pole or Fin
ignorant people peer with a gaze
they seem to be coaxed from their brain haze
typically you'd watch 'em waddle around lazed
but when they see brown skin they're brazen
i don't quite know what they think i am
maybe a kid with a bomb in his hand
strange they'd call me a wolf i'm more of a lamb
but stereotypes seem to be high in demand
they'll take a good look and not turn away
seems like this'll be happening every day
is this really the american way
hate on your brothers infringe on their freedoms with rage
i just write all the gawkers off as fools
they seem to be brainwashed and republican tools
they never raise a hand nah they'll follow the rules
but they've got hungry eyes like a thief after jewels
now im beaten down with the feeling
its not great my courage they're stealing
my creativety gone it's got me reeling
as inside my veins the bloods congealing
but im ready to confront this daily problem
i'm done with doing nothing i want to deal with them
they need telling like the cock to a hen
sleep it off with some good old REM
but people bristle with fear
every time i come near
as if they're the deer
and i'm the car speeding here
people need to see how dumb they look
they stare and think its like reading a book
peering over every cranny and nook
but in reality it feels like you're skewered on a hook