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Imperial Benevolence
04:37
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Imperial Benevolence
Neat nah chong moc wing (come away)
Neat nah chong moc nih (come here)
Neat nah chong ouy wing (Give Away)
Give them everything
Neat nah chong chouy wear (Help them)
Neat nah chong moc here (come here)
Who wants to come home
We'll help you, the unknown
You're not alone
Warm blankets here
Shelter no fear
You're not alone
Our vision's clear
We'll get you here
(instrumental)
But then you'll arrive, and you'll find
That really we are out of our minds
You will see another side
That the American dream can provide
We'll tell you-go back
We'll tell you-go home
We'll say you're different
We'll leave you on your own
We'll tell you-go back
We'll tell you-go home
We'll say you're a threat
And leave you on your own
You're not alone
But we'll always take what we want
All by yourself
But you'll never fight us again
You'll never be
We'll take our imperial powers
On your own
And subjugate you to the very end
Music BREAK
You're not alone
We see you clear
From over here
You're not alone
Our vision's clear
We'll get you here
Neat nah chong chouy qnoum (help me)
Neat nah chong help me
Neat nah mer after me (look after me)
We gave you everything
We gave you everything
Translation:
*neat nah chong = "Who wants to…"
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QNOUM KAUN KHMER
I grew up in this place
Full of small town grace
Working all day
To escape reality
I thought I was the one
To be oppressed by none
As I belong to one
And the other is my sun
(4 beat)
But Qnoum kaun Khmer
Buntay they say that I
Am just too white
To be Kaun khmer
Qnoum kaun Khmer
Buntay they say that I
Am just too white
To be Kaun khmer
So where do I fit
Between the giver and the given
Do I have to be
One or the other?
How do I identify?
Am I just another spy?
Are they giving me a try
Experimental other
Qnoum kaun Khmer
Buntay they say that I
Am just too white
To be Kaun khmer
Qnoum kaun Khmer
Buntay they say that I
Am just too white
To be Kaun khmer
Your words hurt those
That surround you, though you know
Nothing but your own
Boats on a stormy sea
Sometimes we're the ones
That suffer from the guns
You think shoot words
Are they harmless words
They are not harmless words
(Pause)
Qnoum kaun Khmer
Buntay they say that I
Am brown or white
qnoum kaun khmer
Qunoum kaun khmer
And Ma qunoum says that i
Am just right
Because qunoum kaun khmer
Qnoum kaun Khmer
Buntay they say that I
Am just too white
To be Kaun khmer
Qnoum kaun Khmer
Buntay they say that I
Am just too white
To be Kaun khmer
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5. |
We
05:36
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We
Don't really know how to fight
But we do KNOW
How to live and die
WE, we CAN'T
Can't control our minds
We must survive
We
have seen our families die
And we've felt the
Bones of sacrifice
Feel
Trauma of our blood lines
We must survive
(short instrumental)
We
have heard our families died
And we've seen the
Bones of sacrifice
Feel
trauma of our blood lines
For them we survive
We,
We know our history will thrive
in the minds of
those who've seen the night
we
have faced the genocide
yet we're still alive
dance for me
sing my songs now
Don't forget that I am the one
who has made
barriers come down
as i sing at my temple a gun
We
Don't really know how to fight
But we do KNOW
How to live and die
We,
we CANT
Can't control our minds
We must survive
(instrumental)
We
Don't really know how to fight
But we do KNOW
How to live and die
We,
we CANT
Can't control our minds
We must survive
We,
We know our history will thrive
in the minds of
those who've seen the night
we
have faced the genocide
yet we're still alive
(short instrumental)
dance for me
sing my songs now
Don't forget that I am the one
who has made
barriers come down
as i sing at my temple a gun
We
have proven that we've arrived
and We do know
the histories of our lives
see
our mothers' sacrifice
For them we survive
(Breakdown) for them we thrive
for them….
we
(pause) cry
(music crescendo)
(long instrumental)
We
Don't really know how to fight
But we do KNOW
How to live and die
WE, we CAN'T
Can't control our minds
We must survive
We
have seen our families die
And we've felt the
Bones of sacrifice
Feel
Trauma of our blood lines
We must survive
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6. |
What's the Point?
03:21
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