"Qnoum Kaun Khmer" explores mixed-race Cambodian American identity.
lyrics
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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