What I can be

It's not as easy as you think
the world I live in everyday
I'm not as happy
always laughing
as people probably portray
not the epitome of sluttiness society portrays
people expect tragedy from me
yet they don't know my last name.
They see my curly hair
almond shaped eyes
assume I'm Mexican
say the farthest I'll go is making fries
cause I'm from a different land
Say that my GPA
is 1.8
i'll be pregnant by then
this is what I don't get
cause last I checked
I was American
I'll be forever judged
cause of my blood
where I come from
ain't good enough
for all you
authorities
that I can never
ever please
because my skin's a little tan
and came into this world unplanned
But you don't know me
and it's showing
ignorance
cause where I'm goings
farther than
you guys were hoping
not going to live up to what you believe
you're gonna see
what I can be.