[Chorus]
Mama waitin' tables
Papa in the kitchen
Emily was hostess
I was doin' dishes
We was tryin' to make a livin' on a
Comeup
Ima stay true no matter what I do
Raised in a family serving food
Just made sure I wasn't in the dining room
'cause
Mama waitin' tables
Papa in the kitchen
Emily was hostess (Emily was hostess)
I was doin' dishes
We was tryin' to make a livin' on a
Comeup Comeup Comeup
Ima stay true no matter what I do
'Cause I was raised in a family serving food
Just made sure I wasn't in the dining room
[Verse 1]
Mama always had a dream that she could speak English
Translatin' in America, 50 state of mind
Never had the capital to be a star in the field
Ended up putting fish on a clean dish
Never felt so defeated
How did she even
Interpret her feelings
Her mama was dancing
Her sister was singing
Her husband was hopeful
Mayumi was dreaming (Mayumi was dreaming)
I seen her, balance 10 plates with five fingers
What a talent
To be openly sharing your culture with strangers
Slowly but surely
She showed me the way of the Shogun is patience
Came to Durm
Set up shop in the city
Serving that maki, unagi, nigiri
Sippin' that sake, Asahi, Kirin
We be thankin' that food that we eat
'cause
[Chorus]
Mama waitin' tables (Mama waitin' tables)
Papa in the kitchen (Papa in the kitchen)
Emily was hostess (Emily was hostess)
I was doin' dishes
We was tryin' to make a livin' on a
Comeup Comeup Comeup
Ima stay true no matter what I do
Raised in a family serving food
Just made sure I wasn't in the dining room
In that dining room, In that dining room
Stay away from that dining room
Georgie, what are you doing?
Get outta that dining room, boy
How many times I gotta tell you (Japanese)
Get outta that dining room
See all these customers eyeing you
Get out that dining room
[Verse 2]
Papa always had a dream but I never really knew
He couldn't remember so I never had a clue
He never had a friend, no ace boon koon
Guess it got left in his hometown, too
He had to take a job that he didn't really choose
Had a strong voice that he couldn't really use
That's why immigrants be cookin' that food
It's the only way to communicate witchu
Seen him put a knife through a sea of dead dreams
Oh but the life force that the dead brings
Slave to the work, wanna be set free
Made me wonder, would he resent me? (Yah)
Is it rightful to think he be right his own life
Knowin' his child would document this
But I'm writing and I'll fight for the time
That his family was callin' him with his own life on the line
I wanna save you, I wanna thank you
For giving me more than a plateful
Y'all a penny and me more than gradeschool
Y'all told me the reason you sacrificed all of the things that you loved even if you were made to
To show me the strength through only one man can achieve
What the greats do
If you love what you do when you faithful
Yo, my failures can never try blame you
And now all of my victories claim you
We used to have a wishing well
And the wishes never came through
But I guess our dreams came true
Even if-
[Chorus]
Mama waitin' tables (Mama waitin' tables)
Papa in the kitchen (Papa in the kitchen)
Emily was hostess (Emily was hostess)
I was doin' dishes (I was doin' dishes)
We was tryin' to make a livin' on a
Comeup Comeup Comeup
Ima stay true no matter what I do
'Cause I was raised in a family serving food
Just made sure I wasn't in the dining room
In that dining room, in that dining room
Stay away from that dining room
Ah, Georgie-kuh, what're you doin'?
Get outta that dining room
How many times I gotta tell you?
Stay outta that dining room
See all these customers eyeing you
Get out that dining room
[G's mom speaking Japanese]
[? Lyrics needed]
[G. Yamazawa]
Okay
