26.6. the day I was born
I learned to speak in a whole entire different form
my parents didn't budge, the fact I couldn't speak
instead, embraced me with care, signs they started to teach
back in my school times, life felt far from fair
kids got curious, gave me the daily stare
they couldn't understand, why am I using my hands?
never asked for sympathy, on my two I stand
never got fedup, always kept my head up
few times got knocked down but my pride made me get up
I couldn't speak, but that didn't make me weak,
I only got stronger when they ridiculed week after week
it's about time for you to open your eyes, open your mind
it's there for you to find, no longer time to decline
the jokes are on you, so what's it gonna be
this is our life unheard and as you've never seen
it's about time for you to open your eyes, open your mind
it's there for you to find, no longer time to decline
the jokes are on you, so what's it gonna be
this is our life unheard and as you've never seen
as I got older, made it to the university
even though the rest doubted. No one believed in me
slowly the attitudes changed, my life is rearranged
people no longer looked at me as I was strange
could you believe, that not until – 95
the rights of deaf man in law was not identified
but now sign language was our native tongue
so even my father could now show where he's coming from
he used to tell me if he got caught using he's hands
the teacher would take those hands and, give them a good wham
docs drilling holes in our head tryin' to be heroes
but if you look into their eyes you can see the sign of euros
but really they don't care
they just trying to make a profit, out of makin' the deaf hear
(yeah)Implants and wires, let 'em know we tired
how the hell that gon' change us and make us admired?
it's about time for you to open your eyes, open your mind
it's there for you to find, no longer time to decline
the jokes are on you, so what's it gonna be
this is our life unheard and as you've never seen
it's about time for you to open your eyes, open your mind
it's there for you to find, no longer time to decline
the jokes are on you, so what's it gonna be
this is our life unheard and as you've never seen
damn right we can't hear, But I don't care
we ain't disabled here, I use sign language yeah
we got our own language yeah, Proud of that I am
we got our own culture yeah, I'm bicultured here
we got our own history yeah, I'm part of history
we got our own society, this is my community
it's about time for you to open your eyes, open your mind
it's there for you to find, no longer time to decline
the jokes are on you, so what's it gonna be
this is our life unheard and as you've never seen
it's about time for you to open your eyes, open your mind
it's there for you to find, no longer time to decline
the jokes are on you, so what's it gonna be
this is our life unheard and as you've never seen