Orange Chicken! Lyrics

Once upon a time in the land of Asia

People made food, it was really good

Dang, history happened

And centuries later, that food got shook

But that food still good

Changed a lil bit like all things do

Here in America, now a diaspora

What's an Asian American to do?

Do I be a purist and simply eschew

Any food that my ancestors wouldn't approve?

Pretend like I'm not a walkin' talkin' ball of contradictions and second-gen immigrant youth?

Nah man screw that imma run it

I'm feelin free. And I love it

Imma like what I like, Imma want what I want

And I get what I got cuz I want it

I move to the beat to express myself (express myself) (express myself)

Cool shoes on my feet to express myself (express myself) (express myself)

I throw a hand up to express myself (express myself) (express myself)

I go to Panda…to express myself

I don't care what the people gon' say

Bout what I put on my plate

Imma do this my way

Cuz you know that I'm East enough

That I'm West enough

If you don't like it then

Tough

I eat my orange chicken

Without a hint of shame

This chicken so dang tangy

I don't care that it's a chain

I eat my orange chicken

Without a hint of shame

This chicken so dang tangy

I don't care that it's a chain

When you's an Asian fella

You get ste-re-o-typed

It's hella lame when people say the dumb ish on their mind

Do you despair about it

Cry that they're wrongbout chu?

Here's what to do

Just keep on doin you and you and you and

Maybe I'm cool, maybe I'm a geek

Either way, my cheeks, they're in the drivers seat

Maybe who I am and who I wanna be

Is the same damn thing, that's sweet. Yeet.

And every little bit of thing that you see

One bite, you'll find it juicy

I'm the type to flip a stereotype

And that's the type that gets into ya stereo

I move to the beat to express myself (express myself) (express myself)

Cool shoes on my feet to express myself (express myself) (express myself)

I throw a hand up to express myself (express myself) (express myself)

I go to Panda…to express myself

I don't care what the people gon' say

Bout what I put on my plate

Imma do this my way

Cuz you know that I'm East enough

That I'm West enough

If you don't like it then

Tough

I eat my orange chicken

Without a hint of shame

This chicken so dang tangy

I don't care that it's a chain

I eat my orange chicken

Without a hint of shame

This chicken so dang tangy

I don't care that it's a chain