A Bowl Of Rice-顺子

[00:00.000]Taking my little voyage again [00:03.300]Thinking back into my childhood land [00:07.800]Drinking the white milk she forced me to [00:10.200]Hershey's chocolate syrup on Sundays too [00:13.900]Pouring tasteless white milk into the sink [00:16.600]Hoping that grandma didn't see me doing it [00:19.900]Couldn't drink nothing without color in it [00:22.900]Hating colorless society and proving it [00:26.900]Watching too much TV for a Chinese girl [00:29.900]Living in a new country called America [00:32.900]Yes she's beautiful she's got her special skys [00:36.900]But what about the ugly parts the conquerors hide [00:46.900]A bowl of rice is a bowl of memories [00:48.900]Shoving it down our hungry throats [00:51.900]A cup of tea is a cup of tears [00:55.900]Flooding down our thirsty throats [00:58.900]So I write a song to keep [01:01.900]The memories of you and me [01:05.900]It shall keep us warm at night [01:08.900]Even though you're out of sight [01:18.900]Being hit in first grade by a little black girl [01:21.900]I knew she felt trapped in her unjust world [01:24.900]She needed someone to beat [01:26.900]Because she too was being beat [01:27.900]By the same society I learned later dreaded me [01:44.900]The eyeline I was blessed which made me feel superior [01:47.900]Watching sisters slice up theirs who felt inferior [01:51.900]Things are not the same when the east meets the west [01:53.900]A foggy glimpse is what the got of America beautiful west [02:04.900]A bowl of rice is a bowl of memories [02:06.900]Shoving it down our hungry throats [02:10.900]A cup of tea is a cup of tears [02:13.900]Flooding down our thirsty throats [02:16.900]So I write a song to keep [02:20.900]The memories of you and me [02:23.900]It shall keep us warm at night [02:26.900]Even though you're out of sight [02:29.900]A bowl of rice is a bowl of memories [02:32.900]Shoving it down our hungry throats [02:35.900]A cup of tea is a cup of tears [02:38.900]Flooding down our thirsty throats [02:42.900]So I write a song to keep [02:45.900]The memories of you and me [02:48.900]It shall keep us warm at night [02:52.900]Even though you're out of sight [03:19.900]