A BOWL OF RICE

Lyrics：顺子Shunza
Music：顺子Shunza/Joe'B'Baamil

TAKIN' MY LITTLE VOYAGE AGAIN
THINKIN' BACK INTO MY CHILDHOOD LAND
DRINKIN' THE WHITE MILK SHE FORCED ME TO
HERSHEY'S CHICILATE SYRUP ON SUNDAYS, TOO
POURIN' TASTELESS WHITE MILK INTO THE SINK
HOPIN' THAT GRANDMA DIDN'T SEE ME DONIN' IT
COULDN'T DRINK NOTHIN' WITHOUT COLOUR IN IT
HATIN' COLOURLESS SOCIETY AND PROVIN' IT
WATCHING TOO MUCH T.V. FOR A CHINESE GIRL
LIVING IN A NEW COUNTRY CALLED AMERICA
YES SHE'S BEAUTIFUL, SHE'S GOT HER SPACIOUS SKIES
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE UGLY PARTS THE CONQUERORS HIDE？
CHORUS：A BOWL OF RICE IS A BOWL OF MEMORIES
SHOVIN' IT DOWN OUR HUNGRY THROATS
A CUP OF TEA IS A CUP OF TEARS
FLOODIN' DOWN OUR THIRSTY THROATS
SO I WRITE A SONG TO KEEP
THE MEMORIES OF YOU AND ME
IT SHALL KEEP US WARM AT NIGHT
EVEN TOHGH YOU'RE OUT OF SIGHT
BEING HIT IN FIRST GRADE BY A LITTLE BLACK GIRL
I KNEW SHE FELT TRAPPED IN HER UNJUST WORLD
SHE NEEDED SOMEONE TO BEAT BECAUSE SHE, TOO, WAS BEING BEAT
BY THE SAME SOCIETY I LEARNED LATER DREADED ME……
THE EYELINE I WAS BLESSED WITH MADE MY FEEL SUPERIOR
WATCHIN' SISTERS SLICE UP THEIRS, WHO FELT INFERIOR？
THINGS ARE NOT THE SAME WHEN THE EAST MEETS THE WEST
A FOGGY GLIMPSE IS WHAT THEY GOT OF 美国 BEAUTIFUL WEST
CHORUS：A BOWL OF RICE IS A BOWL OF MEMEORIES
SHOVUN' IT DOWN OUR HUNGRY THROATS
A CUP A TEA IS A CUP OF TEARS
FLOODIN' DOWN OUR THIRSTY THROATS SO I WRITE A SONG TO KEEP
THE MEMORIES OF YOU AND ME
IT SHALL KEEP US WARM AT NIGHT EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE OUT OF SNGHT

(翻译：齐豫)

再次展开回忆的旅程　走进我儿时的园地　喝着外婆坚持的白色牛奶　还有星期天的巧克力糖浆
偷偷将无味的牛奶倒进水槽　祈祷外婆不会发觉　实在喝不下任何没有彩色的东西　痛恨那个容不下异色的社会
我就事见证　对一个中国女孩来说　不该看那么多电视　住在一个新的国度　名叫亚美利加　她是个美丽的国家
她的天空辽阔　然而那些征服者刻意隐藏了丑恶呢？　一碗米饭是一碗回忆　吞啊吞进我饥饿的喉咙
于是我写下这首歌　为了不忘有关你我的故事　它能在夜里温暖我们　即使你远在天边　不论你身在何处
小学一年级　一个黑人女孩打了我　我知道　她自觉被困在一个不公平了世界里
她需要将社会加诸在她的鞭苔在别人身上重演　那个多年后同样令我心寒了社会　天生的单眼皮让我觉得优越
看着姊妹们一个个因自恃逊色的割了双眼皮　东人西移　一切变得面目全非　他们想像中美丽了美国大西部
原只是雾里的惊鸿一瞥