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Asian​-​American

from The American by Bear and the Beasts

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Recorded and mixed by Chris Andrews
Mastered by Chris Keffer
Bear Redmon on guitar and vocals
Noah Zinter on guitar and vocals
Trent Farchone on bass
Jake Koplen on saxophone
Justin Peterson on trumpet
Dan Briechle on drums
Sarah Ault on vocals

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Asian-American
Slant-eyed and Southern Pride
Alienated
cause I’m hyphenated.

Well I guess I don’t belong here,
I’ve been told I never did.
But I was born here…

I’m not the yellow man, nor the redneck’s son
neither would take me in. They kept me on the run.

Folks always ask me where I’m from.
I tell em, “Texas”, but it ain’t enough.
No it don’t suffice. They want my bloodline. They want my pedigree.
The want to know these things before they know me.

I’ve taken my licks now and I’ve dealt a few.
But I won’t apologize for not being you.

I’m a model minority so long as I do what’s expected of me.
“Just play real nice, kid. Do how the other’s did. And, let’s see some kung-fu fighting”
But the only kicks from me you’re gonna see are to your fucking teeth!

The 9066 and the 442.
Have left me feeling black and blue.
But it ain’t no cause for a precedent.
Cause I’m still a goddamn American!

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from The American, released April 14, 2020
Recorded and mixed by Chris Andrews
Mastered by Chris Keffer
Bear Redmon on guitar and vocals
Noah Zinter on guitar and vocals
Trent Farchone on bass
Jake Koplen on saxophone
Justin Peterson on trumpet
Dan Briechle on drums
Sarah Ault on vocals

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