homewordsound's video: We Belong Live @ Holla Days Magnetic North Taiyo Na Vudoo Soul Geunjin

[Magnetic North / Taiyo Na / Vudoo Soul / Geunjin] Footage from the charity event - Home for the Holla'Days '09 - to raise money and awareness for the Vietnam-based organization Aid for Children Without Parents' "Saving Children in Crisis" Program. Concert took place at the Swithwick Theater in Los Altos on December 19th, 2009. 600 in attendance and $21,000 raised! For more info: http://www.homefortheholladays.com Singers: Geunjin, Vudoo Soul, Taiyo Na, Dr. Kong Emcees: Theresa Vu, Derek Kan, Taiyo Na Keys: Jaron Lum Lead Guitar: Scooter Oyama Rhythm Guitar: Geunjin Drums: Abe Kim Bass Guitar: Chucky Kim Beatbox: Dr. Kong Host: Dan Diggity Magnetic North http://www.magnetichiphop.com http://www.facebook.com/magneticnorth Taiyo Na http://www.taiyona.com Vudoo Soul http://www.myspace.com/vudoosoul Geunjin http://www.myspace.com/geunjin ===== LYRICS as requested! ===== TAIYO (for fely garcia, former domestic worker) a letter to her kids was the last thing she wrote at a place in the bronx where she lost all hope she tried & tried to survive & provide but conditions she faced were too much to take left her 4 children in the philippines to nanny in the states and send 'em back dreams cuz that's the way it works in poor countries where there is no work & you have to leave! for little pay, long hours, no job benefits fired if you tell or just the hell of it abuse is what they call it, and so is slavery to be a migrant worker is to display bravery i imagine the sacrifice, it brings me to tears to not see your children for so many years fely belonged in our land of liberty but something went wrong when they took her dignity! CHORUS here, even when the smoke is cleared strong, even when the hope is gone cuz we're getting tired of proving we belong but we keep holdin' on! here, even after all these years strong, even when it all went wrong we're getting tired of proving we belong but we keep holdin' on! DEREK we've come a long way since long duk dong ridiculed for generations while they mock us and taunt with their chings chongs, rosie 'o dons but that joke's more dumb than george dub, and your mom... what? oh you wondering where i'm from? is it confusing this colored skin is of an american? isn't this the land of opportunity, rights, and equals? where hollywood likes to give asian roles to white people? but still we'll find a way to get on the tube props to yul kwon and american dance crews cuz that's what i call reality tv smack in your face, raw, like pacquiao handles beef, see if you can't recognize, then widen your eyelids instead of pulling 'em back, miley cyrus, these blind kids be keeping alive stereotypes like a virus but whatever ridiculous ignorant shit that you give us... you'll still find us here! CHORUS THERESA we're still here though they choose not to see us we aint ivy leaguers and tila tequila's only we that lonely matrimony of struggles pushed aside cuz they hold us up like trophies trophies, us model minorities but what about all the refugees of war? i speak for my south-east, asian brethren peace to my fam who grew up in camp pendelton like a pendulum, its back and its forth half of us is upper class, half of us is poor half of us is doctors studying health care the other half is babies having babies for welfare and as a sign of our grief when we miss home we die on our sleep so dont question why i'm inspired to speak cuz against all odds and despite your beliefs... we still here! CHORUS