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Are you ខ្មែរ? (បាទ!) Are you ខ្មែរ? (ចាស!)
Say it louder! We hella ខ្មែរ!
[Verse 1]
Backyard party in the 209
Tables in the driveway, folding chairs in a line
ពូ on the grill, Black Label on ទឹកកក
Glasses up, ជល់មួយ, heard it round the block
មីង on the dance floor, she been there since four
Rice cooker running on the extension cord
Pot of សម្លម្ជូរ, always room for more
ភ្លេងខ្មែរ on the speakers, rattling the front door
DJ play the Madizone, everybody in a row
យាយ doing steps that the young ones don't know
Step, step, turn, whole family in sync
ខ្មែរ party energy, harder than you think
[Pre-Chorus]
ភ្លេងខ្មែរពិរោះណាស់
បងប្អូន តោះរាំ
[Hook]
Hella hella ខ្មែរ (ចាស!)
From the 209 to the 510
Turn up the ភ្លេងខ្មែរ, តោះរាំ
សប្បាយណាស់, we don't stop tonight
[Chorus]
We hella ខ្មែរ! (បាទ!)
Hella ខ្មែរ! (ចាស!)
From the Valley to the Bay, yeah we hella ខ្មែរ
Stockton, Oakland, San Jose, Sac town too
ខ្មែរ party don't stop till the morning come through
រាំទៀត! រាំទៀត!
លើកដៃឡើង! ម្តងទៀត!
Hella ខ្មែរ, let's go!
[Verse 2]
Pull up to the 510 when the sun going down
Hit the 880, whole crew in town
408 cousins pull up in the Civic
ភ្លេងខ្មែរ so loud that the neighbors can't miss it
Hip-hop with a little bit of រាំវង់
Hands up, spin around, circle all night long
Looking ឡូយណាស់, every cousin dressed right
សំពះ to the elders, then we party all night
Two AM and ម៉ាក់ calling my phone
"ម៉ាក់, អត់អីទេ, I'm almost home"
Three AM, still dancing, phone on silent mode
ម៉ាក់ gonna get me, but the party still goes
[Dance Break]
DJ, play the Madizone! Everybody line up!
Step to the front, step to the back
Turn it around, now bring it right back!
Now play the សារ៉ាវ៉ាន់! Hands up high, let the fingers fly
Bend the wrist, bend the knees
Every មីង in the place got moves like these
Now slow it down, រាំវង់
Circle round, all night long
[Verse 3]
មីង asking when I'm getting married
Told her let me dance first, I ain't in a hurry
Gold hoops on, ក្រមា tied around my waist
Two-step into រាំវង់, every hand in place
Boys from the 408 trying to cut in line
Better ask my ម៉ាក់ first, she watching all the time
Call me អូន if you want, but you gotta earn that
Bring a dish for the table if you wanna come back
Little cousins on the side copying my moves
យាយ in the corner smiling, she the one who taught me to
[Verse 4]
Sac town in the 916
Fresno 559, keep it clean
Modesto in the building, 209 one more time
San Jose 408, Oakland on the line
From the fields to the freeway, parents paved the way
Now their kids running it up, hella ខ្មែរ today
Every ខ្មែរ in the Valley, put your hands up high
Every ខ្មែរ in the Bay, let me hear you reply
[Bridge]
Are you ខ្មែរ? (បាទ!) Are you ខ្មែរ? (ចាស!)
បងប្អូន, where you at?
ខ្មែរ in the Bay, and we never coming back... down!
ជល់មួយ! សប្បាយណាស់!
ឆ្នាំក្រោយជួបគ្នាទៀត
Hella ខ្មែរ...
KHMER IN THIS SONG
បាទ / ចាស: Yes (men say បាទ, women say ចាស)
តោះរាំ: Let's dance
ភ្លេងខ្មែរពិរោះណាស់: Khmer music is so beautiful
សប្បាយណាស់: So much fun
ជល់មួយ: Cheers!
ពូ / មីង / យាយ: Uncle / Auntie / Grandma
ទឹកកក: Ice
សម្លម្ជូរ: Sour soup
ក្រមា: Krama, the checkered Khmer scarf
រាំវង់ / សារ៉ាវ៉ាន់: Romvong / Saravan, the classic party dances
រាំទៀត: Dance more!
ឆ្នាំក្រោយជួបគ្នាទៀត: See you again next year
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