Leslie Low - Hey Peranakan

Hey Peranakan with your Achilles' heel
When you're on the tracks
Your train of thought becomes real
You're alive here in Tampines still
She'll stare back at you as you try to feel
Being self-aware or a paranoid schizoid
Is about as good as some cheap thrill
Looking to drown you in the hidden trenches
Looking to tunnel through your molehill
Hey you jingoist with your fervent zeal
Clap your hands onto those sallow faces
Bring up the blood from their deepest wells
Drink up their wine and piss all over their places
Sadly your ignorance hides behind a mask
Of endless chatter streaming by so fast
As it spills out onto the manicured street
Where forests and swamps once grabbed at your feet
Hey you chauvinist lay your prejudice down
This ancient myopia is back in town
Staring at your face struck a familiar chill
I think I'll turn away
You know I will
Might as well build you a mausoleum
And send our government the bill
Our people should have taken care of you
But their minds are at a standstill
Hey you Peranakan you're a dying breed
Nothing we could do but concede
We're losing our tongues as we speak
As foreigners paint our futures bleak
I feel insignificant
I'm an antique
All our revenants have past their peaks
No one's heard of us
We're just freaks
Here's my lock of hair
You can have it for keeps
Hey post-modernist
You're the hypocrite
Feel the sickness in my stomach pit
What you stand for isn't a good fit for the times
Who are you trying to kid
What you envision is always so hip
It's not real
It won't stick
Even the ones on your side have a bone to pick
Even if their numb skulls were once so thick
So thick

Written by:
Leslie Low

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