Chinese New Year - 欧阳靖.mp3

[00:00.00] 作词 : Diego Montes/Jin Auyeung
[00:01.00] 作曲 : Diego Montes/Jin Auyeung
[00:03.34]
[00:05.01]Written by Jin Auyeung & Diego Montes
[00:11.04]my peoples keep their head up
[00:12.23]in the truest display
[00:13.47]do what they gotta do
[00:15.09]just to get through the day
[00:16.90]back in Hong Kong
[00:18.26]where they grew up and stayed
[00:19.82]until they immigrated to the US of A
[00:22.74]chasin’ the American Dream
[00:24.36]a ruff ryde for my pops
[00:26.35]guess what
[00:27.35]he still shut em down
[00:28.34]open up shop
[00:29.59]in the back of the kitchen
[00:30.77]makin’ wontons
[00:32.02]late nights out with my moms
[00:33.51]playin’ mahjong
[00:34.87]see I was a young’n
[00:35.93]but the culture was inside of me
[00:37.55]playin’ cards Big 2
[00:39.04]never want the diamond three
[00:40.97]every Sunday
[00:41.72]it was part of the tradition
[00:43.28]while y’all was at church
[00:44.52]dimsum was our religion
[00:46.26]I’m on a quest for love
[00:47.94]that’s just part of my pursuits
[00:49.74]no matter where I go
[00:50.86]I’m always stickin’ to my roots
[00:52.42]show you my world
[00:53.97]that’s all I’m tryin’ to do here
[00:55.96]cause for me
[00:57.02]everyday is Chinese New Year
[00:59.27]gung hay fat choy
[01:02.93]new day new hope
[01:04.67]but I ain’t new here
[01:05.74]lai see dao loi
[01:07.79]everyday is Chinese New Year
[01:10.39]gung hay fat choy
[01:13.26]new day new hope
[01:14.69]but we ain’t new here
[01:16.62]lai see dao loi
[01:19.41]everyday everyday
[01:20.86]while we on the topic
[01:23.08]I got something to reveal
[01:24.77]can I be real though
[01:26.14]I mean really real
[01:27.81]cause at one point
[01:29.12]yo I was losin’ sleep
[01:30.68]thinkin’ bout the first song
[01:31.98]that I ever released
[01:33.35]lookin’ back it was a
[01:35.04]lesson in my eyes
[01:36.22]and if you never heard of it
[01:37.39]hey that’s just
[01:38.83]a blessin’ in disguise
[01:39.52]learn Chinese dropped
[01:40.82]things never been the same
[01:42.18]credibility gone
[01:43.62]charge it to the game
[01:45.30]truly though seemed like a
[01:47.16]scene straight outta movie
[01:48.10]I was in the studio
[01:49.15]with 1/3 of The Fugees
[01:51.02]it’d be a understatement
[01:52.39]to say I was excited
[01:53.82]so when Clef said that’s it
[01:55.18]I ain’t hesitate to write it
[01:56.81]I was barely 21
[01:58.17]but that’s not an excuse
[01:59.60]I got on my own two feet
[02:00.97]and walked into that booth
[02:03.16]to make y’all proud
[02:04.27]that’s all I’m tryin’ to do here
[02:06.14]cause for me
[02:07.20]everyday is Chinese New Year
[02:09.06]gung hay fat choy
[02:11.68]new day new hope
[02:12.73]but I ain’t new here
[02:14.47]lai see dao loi
[02:17.52]everyday is Chinese New Year
[02:20.39]gung hay fat choy
[02:23.43]new day new hope
[02:26.05]but we ain’t new here
[02:26.67]lai see dao loi
[02:29.15]everyday everyday
[02:31.71]roll out the red carpet
[02:33.13]guess we’ve finally arrived
[02:34.63]0% luck 100% drive
[02:36.43]for your safety
[02:39.24]I went through the crash test
[02:40.85]life is a road trip
[02:42.15]can’t rely on MapQuest
[02:43.65]this is for my sisters
[02:44.83]and my brothers strugglin’
[02:46.01]here’s hopin’ that
[02:47.44]you can find comfort in your skin
[02:49.19]not better not worse
[02:50.48]we just equally blessed
[02:51.91]they say we fresh off the boat
[02:53.47]yeah the key word is fresh
[02:54.84]walk a mile in my shoes
[02:56.33]feel the pressure produced
[02:57.89] when you’re mentioned
[02:59.44]in the same sentence as Bruce
[03:00.80]Leeway none given
[03:02.43]hard to fill a tall order
[03:03.36]almost drowned in the hype
[03:05.04]now I’m just tryin’ to be water
[03:07.04]Chinese or not
[03:07.97]this is for whoever will listen
[03:09.70]listen we are more similar
[03:11.63]than different
[03:13.01]unite us all
[03:14.00]that’s what I’m tryin’ to do here
[03:15.68]cause for us
[03:16.93]everyday is Chinese New Year
[03:18.92]gung hay fat choy
[03:21.59]new day new hope
[03:24.38]but I ain’t new here
[03:24.88]lai see dao loi
[03:27.38]everyday is Chinese New Year
[03:30.18]gung hay fat choy
[03:33.47]new day new hope
[03:34.47]but we ain’t new here
[03:36.03]lai see dao loi
[03:39.06]everyday everyday