Absolute Panic - Native Alien Lyrics

Been to a couple places
Went to expand my mind
Encountered other peoples
Their skins the same as mine

But to them I'm alien
Who's travelled far
They all think that I'm so weird
I've got no culture
What's their bar?

I grew up in a far away land not far
Learnt the customs and traditions though I didn't look the part
But that don't mean that I don't know the things about you
I was raised the same by natives
Yet you feel I'm not on par

A native alien
Is what I am to you
I prove my color
But you say its not true
To you I'm skin
We ain't kin
But we could be
Why you getting so defensive
Over where I was born?

I feel you groan when I'm speaking
Native tongue would do more pleasing
It's that easing that I'm needing
But don't have because I grew up away
Today I feel a little unsafe
This alien knows that he's different
When you look at his face
And I say that I've been looking to stay
But i don't like what I've been hearing and you tell me to get out of the way

A native alien
Is what I am to you
I prove my color
But you say its not true
To you I'm skin
We ain't kin
But we could be
Why you getting so defensive
Over where I was born?

A native alien
Is what I am to you
I prove my color
But you say its not true
To you I'm skin
We ain't kin
But we could be
Why you getting so defensive
Over where I was born?

I feel a little exoticised
Tell me how you think it's really cool
But you never really wanna be together
Cause the pressure of your family is
Telling you that I'm just a foreign boy And I need to stay foreign
So I guess it gonna be like that
But Ain't it wack? The fact that because I lack the same in skin
And cause of the where I've been
You shut me out. Won't let me in
Friend
You see that it really stings
Judge hard on the sight of my tinted skin
Push back cause I see that you hurt within
Can't stand to the fact that we both are kin
Listen, I feel like I understand
Pushed back cause I know I ain't in demand
It's half not full, I don't represent
You can't see me clear you just fear me