Chapter III // Sharjah Town // Age(s) 25+

The home I grew up in and the life that I seek We're Third culture kids didn't know what that mean Then spoke to cedar he made this all clear A refuge life in home you don't seek With different traditions biome and speak New dialect culture life we ain't seen Life we ain't know but shit we gotta eat Mama said we don't bite the hand that could feed Lived this life we know how that felt Distorted cards the life that we met Young confused child in place that don't rest Can't understand the family stress Already miss home you barely just left And a refuge born your logic don't blend With some it do that's Hamad's consent Locals home most keep to themselves Don't build contempt we shared the same steps Two different masks one we share less We were all judged and that's how it went Secret double life girls and gays kept Identifying with whatever we found Random ass place called Sharjah town This where we came up culture-less bound Our only true home the love is now found Identifying with whatever we found Random ass place called Sharjah town This where we came up culture-less bound Our only true home the love is now found Mama drop me daily in the MRV Bus too expensive we live close by Cheap rent money saving no excess fees No cash for the cafe unless the homie buy Mama drop me daily in the MRV Bus too expensive we live close by Cheap rent money saving no excess fees No cash for the cafe unless the homie buy Mama drop me daily in the MRV (MRV) Bus too expensive we live close by (By) Cheap rent money saving no excess fees No cash for the cafe unless the homie buy (come on hamoody just five dirhams please) Rejected Growing up here you're rejected This that lie that we lead with When national wealth injected Generational wealth in our friendships (Rejected) Local homie got a mansion While my family broke no pensions And another too broke to comprehend him Awkward lives how we planted (Rejected) Pervasive rumors make us shape shift No depth to life its all basic Judge each other we the same shit Your untold story need attention (Rejected) No matter what you city you raised in No matter the country your fate pick Third culture kid no place in Third culture kid complacent The world is ours let your voices speak The souls that I knew the beauty in each Desolate location death of most dreams Design to want resign to those needs Of grind to five illusions you reap Your light denied and how could we ever see When enough hidden trauma not to ever fit Confusing persona tawdry fake rich Living in a bubble complacent with this I'm bursting that bitch denial ain't it Community built with IZEK it lives Culture with K for this love I give Identifying with whatever we found Random ass place called Sharjah town This where we came up culture-less bound Our only true home the love is now found Identifying with whatever we found Random ass place called Sharjah town This where we came up culture-less bound Our only true home the love is now found Identifying with whatever we found Random ass place called Sharjah town This where we came up culture-less bound Our only true home the love is now found Identifying with whatever we found Random ass place called Sharjah town This where we came up culture-less bound Our only true home the love is now found