@Override
public synchronized void draw(Canvas canvas, MapView mapView, boolean shadow)
{
    super.draw(canvas, mapView, shadow);
    if (shadow == false) {
        int sz = this.size();
        for (int i = 0; i < sz; i++) {
            OverlayItem item = mOverlays.get(i);

            GeoPoint point = item.getPoint();
            Point ptScreenCoord = new Point();
            mapView.getProjection().toPixels(point, ptScreenCoord);

            Paint paint = new Paint();
            paint.setTextAlign(Paint.Align.CENTER);
            paint.setTextSize(mTextSize);
            paint.setTypeface(Typeface.DEFAULT_BOLD);
            paint.setShadowLayer(2.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, Color.DKGRAY);
            paint.setARGB(255, 255, 255, 255);

            canvas.drawText("myText", ptScreenCoord.x, ptScreenCoord.y-40, paint);
        }
    }
}