Tear Me Down, I Dare You

Go ahead, try to tear me and the millions make that billions of people down.
White America, why must you oppress anyone who's different?
People come to this country in hopes of a better life and this is what you do?
Kevin Nadal pointed out invisibility to the Filipino culture.
The ignorance and hatred toward Filipinos in America

Filipinos are mainly ignored and looked over and when they're not they're discriminated against. People always talk crap about Filipinos and they get no respect. I feel so close to this because as a mexican-american  I face the same problems. Our skin is almost the same color; We have similar last names, religion, family values,etc. How does White America think they can do this to people? How? We are all human right? We are all equal right? Stop feeding us this bull that we all the same when in reality we're not.

           I feel this song relates to oppression and how we have to fight and in the end we will overcome this standard.

         Skies are crying, I am watching
Catching teardrops in my hands
Only silence, as it's ending
Like we never had a chance

Do you have to make me feel like
There's nothing left of me?

You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper

As the smoke clears, I awaken
and untangle you from me
Would it make you, feel better
to watch me while I bleed?

All my windows still are broken
But I'm standing on my feet

You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper

Go run, run, run
I'm gonna stay right here, watch you disappear
Yea--ohh
Go run, run, run
Yeah, it's a long way down
But I am closer to the clouds up here

You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Ohh Ohhhh!
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper

(Like a skyscraper)

Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper 

Tear me down, I dare you.

   - Renata