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(I Can’t Speak My) Mother Tongue Lyrics by The Fung Brothers

2016

[Chorus: Andrew Fung]
And I can't speak my mother tongue
Growin' up, English was number one
Now I'm learnin' where my roots are from
Gotta learn me some, tired of feeling dumb
And I can't speak my mother tongue
Growin' up, English was number one
Now I'm learnin' where my roots are from
Gotta learn me some, tired of feeling dumb
[Verse 1: Andrew Fung]
Yo, I used to dread those phone calls to my grandma
And she my grandma but we spoke different grammar
Not white-washed, I'm just missing some culture
Why are the foreign words we learn always vulgar?
I should've taken Intro Chinese in college
I had some time, I wasn't going to Harvard
Maybe I didn't care, but I changed up a lot
Even my next girlfriend was straight up a FOB
But that ain't work like I thought, it's so hard to learn
There's multiple tones, pictures for words
But I gotta put in work, I might just immerse
I can't make excuses now, peep Zuckerberg! (Dà Jiā hǎo!)
[Chorus: Andrew Fung]
And I can't speak my mother tongue
Growin' up English was number one
Now I'm learnin' where my roots are from
Gotta learn me some, tired of feeling dumb
And I can't speak my mother tongue
Growin' up English was number one
Now I'm learnin' where my roots are from
Gotta learn me some, tired of feeling dumb
[Verse 2: David Fung]
Growing up, I only spoke a little
Just enough to make my grandparents giggle
Got an A for effort but I had to get better
Enrolled in Chinese class 'til I could write a whole letter
Some ABC friends questioned me
Said it was tedious, outdated, obsolete
Why study so much if you don't have to?
'Cause it's part of my identity, bro, I had to
[Verse 3: Dough-Boy]
Been back in the motherland since I was 17
There's still some places in the city that I swear I've never been
'Cause there's a lot of words on the map that I don't recognize
If I knew how to read I would've lived a better life
The only thing I could read is the magazine cover
And I could only write my name and some numbers (Numbers)
Every time I walk up to the venue
The only thing I order is just water on the menu (Uh, 一杯水呀，唔該)
[Chorus: Andrew Fung]
And I can't speak my mother tongue
Growin' up, English was number one
Now I'm learnin' where my roots are from
Gotta learn me some, tired of feeling dumb
And I can't speak my mother tongue
Growin' up, English was number one
Now I'm learnin' where my roots are from
Gotta learn me some, tired of feeling dumb
[Bridge: Andrew Fung & David Fung]
Now raise your hands if you're a little ashamed
Pops wanted us to know English when they came
Now I speak a little bit, level of a little kid
Even know some characters, I can even scribble it
Now raise your hands if you're a little ashamed
Pops wanted us to know English when they came
Now I speak a little bit, level of a little kid
Even know some characters, I can even scribble it
[Chorus: Andrew Fung]
And I can't speak my mother tongue
Growin' up, English was number one
Now I'm learnin' where my roots are from
Gotta learn me some, tired of feeling dumb
And I can't speak my mother tongue
Growin' up, English was number one
Now I'm learnin' where my roots are from
Gotta learn me some, tired of feeling dumb
And I can't speak my mother tongue
Growin' up, English was number one
Now I'm learnin' where my roots are from
Gotta learn me some, tired of feeling dumb
And I can't speak my mother tongue
Growin' up, English was number one
Now I'm learnin' where my roots are from
Gotta learn me some, tired of feeling dumb
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