Lyrics
Blummer - Way Too Long
born 19 years to the date, a late 80's baby
pops from Vietnam to Taiwan, moms was a lady
met overseas, got together, story is crazy
fell in love, marriage, then had themselves a baby
first kid christened Josh, battle of Jericho
then myself was birthed, a young cat with a flow
Jeremy, to the Alexander, last name Blum
Alexander the Great, that's what i would become
mingled blood in my veins, i was stronger than most
the interfusion, you could say, of the east and west coast
or in my case, the continents, the states and Asia
waited long as a youth, adversity wouldn't phase me
rephrase, i was obsessed, eager to impress
the world with a mad scheme to make mad cream
like the Wu-Tang Clan and rise up supreme
i've waited way too long to carry out my dream
tryin' to discover a calling in those days
i could be a lawyer, doctor, scholar, but life was a maze
the way cats looked at me when i was a teen
was half white, half asian, something "in between"
caucasians thought i was asian, asians thought i was white
so maybe now ya'll understand the dilemma of my life
backwards discrimination is an incredible bitch
i was never Chinese enough to fit into their niche
acceptance is tough, cliques are like needles
stabbin' into my arms, i really couldn't believe it
yo, i hated Dim Sum, some thought i was crazy
didn't wanna chill 'cause i was half-white, it phased me
and yeah, Jay Chou is cool but i can't sing his songs
i know more Jap than Mandarin, they all look at me wrong
blasphemy, isn't it? but i've learned to deal
waited oh so long, you wanna know how i feel?
now mixies are popular or some ish
you're cute if you got banana blood, a beautiful mix
but if you ain't lived it, you don't know what it's like
identity crisis confusion when you're just a tyke
it hurt my feelings, yo, my emotions a heap
when i'd sleep my tears buried me six feet deep
my heritage wasn't ill back in '99
back then i was young, i had no shine
but goals unfold on this golden road so cold
patiently waiting to blow, the greatest story never told
fast-forward, i latched to this rapping stuff
a fiend for the instrumentals, couldn't get enough
pen to paper like a dude on the undergrand rap scene
keystyles, peep the rhymes on the screen
to those who disrespect 'cause i'm half white half asian
i don't need ya'll, my raps already be blazing
i'm an ABHC, American-born-half-Chinese
i still bring it to ya wilder than these rappers overseas
American Gangster, maybe Frank Lucas
this is my hustle, yo, ya'll better watch how i do this
call me Black Thought, i won't forget my roots
Chinese name Bu Xiao Long, that's the truth
closest thing to Blum, Xiao Long for a dragon
a name that says great things are gonna happen
and it wasn't generic back in '88
mom didn't bite Bruce and Jackie tryin' to make me great
i'ma do my title right, fight my own fight
battle demons, show the world my rents were right
'cause a dragon lives on, sure as my story is long
i'll pass obstacles, burn a road to the throne
and ya'll trying to snatch me outta my zone?
this is only episode one, it's been way too long
