The Question (feat. The Energy Collective)

When I was young
No one told me where I was from
I've got so many questions now
Cos so many things feel wrong
I only knew one side
See a part of me was gone
But being mixed race
Meant either way I do not belong
So confused
I had no culture and had no views
That's why I feel so lost
But I can't forget this truth
And it ain't on you
You did the best you could
You chose to protect us
So we wouldn't go through the things you would
But ignorance ain't bliss
Not when you're dealing with things like this
I learnt the importance of
Speaking to friends that are also mixed
Only take advice from the ones that feel this bit
Yeah I gotta shout out Soph and the family I built this with
So now it's my time learn
Even when it ain't sweet like treacle
Let the food, music & language
Define my sequel
And I'm sure in time it'll
Help me separate good from evil
The journey is mine
But the message is for my people

Who are they
Who are we
A simple question means so much to me
I see your ignorance is blinding like the sun
I see you're laughing cos you're thinking that you won, how
Who are they
Who are we
A simple question means so much to me
I see your ignorance is blinding like the sun
I see you're laughing cos you're thinking that you won, how

So time goes on
And I'm finding a new direction
But just when I think that it's good
Someone asks me the same old question
Where are you from?
I replied with the place I lived
The place I grew up, and learnt my ways
Since I was a kid
But somehow that ain't right
And it causes a problem
He asks where I'm really from
As if my response was nonsense
I know what he wants me to say
But I won't give him that satisfaction
I've heard this before
So now I just breathe and control my reaction
I tell him where my parents are from and
that I'd never been where my dad was born
So when you repeat this question
A part of my heart feels torn
He said he didn't mean to offend me
And that he just wanted to know
And I told him I had to explain it
In order for people to grow
I told him it's hard sometimes
Cos people have ill intentions
And feel no repentance
When I explain these things I've mentioned
So play this section
To those that are moving wrong
And repeat these words
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Like where you really from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Like where you really from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Like where you really from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Like where you really from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
Don't question where I'm from
They ask me this question
Time and time again
My response now is
War with my pen
I shout these words on repeat
To mirror my experience
You can choose how this story will end
But we deserve to decide
A home is much more than
Just where I reside
Generations of lies stay polluting your minds
But I will no longer hide