It’s crazy how 3 numbers can turn me from a friend
to a flight threat
like I had the ability to turn my watch to a bomb set
and any time I spoke an Arabic phrase
they would all look so afraid
like saying assalamu alaykum was code for “lets blow up the place,”
and I apologize for the 19 in humane
but note that 99% of us are sane
maybe I’m over reacting
honestly, what country would take the actions of a few and blame it on a whole civilization?
thank God we don't live in that nation
I live in the land of the free
sworn up and down for both you and me
but freedom is tested throughout history
so forgive me if I don't see
to blind and deaf to see sanity
and never hear reality
in a land where freedom doesn't really come free…

stares
screaming whispers
and pity
anytime a teacher brings up New York City
I’m labeled organized on the media’s table
those muslims are so unstable
fighting in armies against peace
the more of us, the more crime rates increase
3,000 deceased
and I apologized numerous times
even though I know it had nothing to do with me...
you call me that girl with the veil that's oppressed
but when you see a nun walk around you give her the utmost respect
but I want you to get to know me,
and what I believe
don't let them twist your mind; they deceive
don't trust everything that is said
all the media want is hatred to be spread
and tomorrow I'll introduce you to my scarlet letter
when I was a little girl I never walked next to my mother
because of how others viewed her
they didn't even know who we were
all those stares, All those word,
never phased her
All I wanted was to be from here
but swearing to this country would mean I was to forget I'm from there
how do yo forgot what brought you here in the first place,
its like looking at my ma and saying what you are is a waist
I’m from here today
all the struggles, all the history that goes through my veins
is no more than just history. now thats insane
but today I tell them I'm from there and I say it proudly
because these ignorant idiots don't know anything about me
now try not to see what is seen
and listen to me there is terrorism and there are terrorists live’n
but I’m here to remind you that thats not a religion.
I pitty the media because they're minds need help
love me or hate just as long as you do it by yourself.
I break stereotypes on a daily bases
A slick worded hijabi ohhh you should have seen their faces
so when I introduce myself tomorrow
I want you to know
me
and not the preconceived idea of me.