Name: Qnoum Kaun Khmer (I am a Cambodian Child)
Duration: P00H04M06S
Description: "Qnoum Kaun Khmer" explores mixed-race Cambodian American identity.

Qnoum Kaun Khmer (I am a Cambodian Child)

from Cambodian Child (EP) by Tiffany Lytle

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

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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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from Cambodian Child (EP), released June 13, 2017

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