Chinese Food-欧阳靖

[ti:Chinese Food] [ar:欧阳靖] [al:I promose] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Chinese Food - 欧阳靖 (MC Jin) [00:02.52]My live have been like [00:03.55]One long journey filled with a lot of ups [00:06.61]And definitely a lot of downs [00:09.52]Check it [00:11.07]I dedicate this verse here to my grandfather [00:14.12]Who passed away earlier this year [00:16.50]At his funeral I ran threw a box full of tissues [00:19.87]My tears are dry but I still miss you [00:22.57]And I promise I will never forget you [00:25.15]These last six bars just made it offical [00:28.09]Yeah I know he can hear me [00:29.97]Even though he don't speak English [00:31.66]He can understand clearly [00:33.57]What his grandson is trying to express [00:37.09]It's tough but I'm trying my best [00:38.88]I remember as a kid just running with him [00:42.01]Every year I'll spend a whole summer with him [00:44.63]Visited him in the projects [00:46.63]And he knew I was interred by them [00:48.39]Shiny objects cutting a Rolex [00:50.91]Out of magazine ads tell me [00:52.79]When I grow up I could buy one for my dad [00:55.29]So much energy like me quite clever [00:58.25]These are memories I will treasure forever [01:01.33]Every now and then I still sheld a tear [01:03.54]Walking through Chinatown [01:04.49]I feel his spirit in the air [01:06.24]For your legacy I go harder [01:08.26]Tell my kids that your great grandfather was a great grandfather [01:12.12]But let me walk you to this timeline take you back to my pops [01:15.87]And moms grind they both immaganted to this country as teenagers [01:20.48]You know tropical American dream chasers [01:23.55]Immagrating blew up like disco [01:25.91]As we moving to New York then to Frisco [01:28.72]My pops said NY let's go [01:31.02]This was in the 70's when he used too rock a fro [01:34.04]Bell bottoms pimp hat with the tilted brim [01:36.75]I seen the pictures and I still don't think it's him [01:39.72]Fast forward 82 that [01:41.68]When he met my moms got married and had a baby too [01:45.21]That baby's who [01:46.50]That baby's me Jin Au Yeung [01:48.91]My moms was whoa young [01:50.89]Only eighteen a senior in high school [01:53.56]When I was eighteen that's was my school [01:57.13]I'm in charge of her life [01:58.71]I put that in every single bar that I write [02:01.52]Picture a young couple trying to get on track [02:04.13]What are the options a resturant or laundry mat [02:07.41]So they plan A [02:09.09]For that plan [02:09.78]I was at the resturant every damn day [02:12.56]But I was only twelve [02:14.05]I justed wanted to play [02:15.35]When my friends would come I gave the food away [02:18.06]I know it that bad for business [02:19.95]So I appogize now [02:21.78]If it still make a differences [02:23.67]I guess deep down I just hated the fact I felt trapped [02:26.86]And that was my way of getting you back [02:29.19]I can't go back in time and I hate it [02:31.41]But I can't tell you [02:32.63]Your hard work was appacaited [02:34.88]See to the coustomer [02:36.34]That just a plate of rice [02:37.84]But to my family that sh*t can save a life [02:40.68]And this's more than Chinese food [02:43.03]It's a life story of a Chinese dude [02:45.82]And I ain't come here to tell you what to eat [02:48.37]Can't just serve food for thought over a beat [02:51.37]And I to tell you what to eat [02:54.17]It just food for thought over a beat