Chinese Lunar New Year Song by The Fung Brothers Lyrics
[Chorus: Andrew Fung & David Fung]
Red envelopes, it's a Lunar New Year
Big family dinner, it's a Lunar New Year
Watch the lion dance it's a Lunar New Year
Kung hei fat choy, it's a Lunar New Year
Red envelopes, it’s a Lunar New Year
Big family dinner, it's a Lunar New Year
If January 1st is your only new year
Then come and celebrate a Lunar New Year
[Verse 1: Andrew Fung]
Hold up, give it to me now
Thank you for the 50 dollars folded in the hong bao
Glad I'm still single so I'm feelin’ like a child
‘Cause once I get married, then I have to give ‘em out
Asians get like us
See the tong sam? Try to dress like us
Never met three dudes rep like us
The Gregorian calendars cool but trust
This is tradition, 500 years, don’t wanna miss it
Good luck I'm wishin', but no superstition
Duck and chicken, it's so delicious, dishes are just finger-lickin’
But I'm too ambitious to stay up out of the kitchen, what?
Catch me at the Chinatown pa-rade
’89 babies, Year of the Snake
So go and do something great
Chuc Moong num moi, Viets they celebrate, sun leen
[Chorus: Andrew Fung & David Fung]
Red envelopes, it's a Lunar New Year
Big family dinner, it's a Lunar New Year
Watch the lion dance it's a Lunar New Year
Kung hei fat choy, it's a Lunar New Year
Red envelopes, it’s a Lunar New Year
Big family dinner, it's a Lunar New Year
If January 1st is your only new year
Then come and celebrate a Lunar New Year
[Verse 2: David Fung]
Ooh, I know you lovin’ Chinese New Year Time
Make you think about how it’s Chinese foodie time
We've come a long way from that Chinese coolie time
Now it’s the Lion Dance, oooh, shake-ya-booty time
Oh, word? Clean your house, what you sweeping on?
Red clothes, red paper, gotta keep ‘em on
Food's the one thing that we never cheapin’ on
Just ‘cause (Gong xi fa cai!)
Just ‘cause it's good luck, superstition
But we can modernize a few of the old traditions
So I make sure I got a fresh cut, fresh fit
But still hit 99 Ranch for fresh fish
Visit relatives, red packets with 8 bucks
Make it rain lai see, we hoping for great luck
Americanized, hard to follow the mythology
Year of the Snake, celebrate with no apology, xin nian
[Chorus: Andrew Fung & David Fung]
Red envelopes, it's a Lunar New Year
Big family dinner, it's a Lunar New Year
Watch the lion dance it's a Lunar New Year
Kung hei fat choy, it's a Lunar New Year
Red envelopes, it’s a Lunar New Year
Big family dinner, it's a Lunar New Year
If January 1st is your only new year
Then come and celebrate a Lunar New Year
[Verse 3: Jason Chu]
Yeah, bro, we in the alleys
From Beijing all the way to southern Cali
Got the family all together eatin’ food we made with Granny
Plates on the table spinning from your uncle to your auntie (Yum)
Firecrackers like the 4th of July
Irony this ain't the summer, it's the wintertime
Festivals are a cultural bridge
The whole globe celebrates this
Girl, I'm Chinese and proud
AKA B's are for me not allowed
And after we eat, I will be on the couch
Watching TV with cousins in my uncle’s house
Uh, this year it's the Year of the Snake
In the zodiac that means intelligence and grace
You were born in this sign? Then do not feel ashamed
2013, new year, kuai le, uh
[Chorus: Andrew Fung & David Fung]
Red envelopes, it's a Lunar New Year
Big family dinner, it's a Lunar New Year
Watch the lion dance it's a Lunar New Year
Kung hei fat choy, it's a Lunar New Year
Red envelopes, it’s a Lunar New Year
Big family dinner, it's a Lunar New Year
If January 1st is your only new year
Then come and celebrate a Lunar New Year
Red envelopes, it's a Lunar New Year
Big family dinner, it's a Lunar New Year
Watch the lion dance it's a Lunar New Year
Kung hei fat choy, it's a Lunar New Year
Red envelopes, it’s a Lunar New Year
Big family dinner, it's a Lunar New Year
If January 1st is your only new year
Then come and celebrate a Lunar New Year
[Verse 1: Andrew Fung]
Hold up, give it to me now
Thank you for the 50 dollars folded in the hong bao
Glad I'm still single so I'm feelin’ like a child
‘Cause once I get married, then I have to give ‘em out
Asians get like us
See the tong sam? Try to dress like us
Never met three dudes rep like us
The Gregorian calendars cool but trust
This is tradition, 500 years, don’t wanna miss it
Good luck I'm wishin', but no superstition
Duck and chicken, it's so delicious, dishes are just finger-lickin’
But I'm too ambitious to stay up out of the kitchen, what?
Catch me at the Chinatown pa-rade
’89 babies, Year of the Snake
So go and do something great
Chuc Moong num moi, Viets they celebrate, sun leen
[Chorus: Andrew Fung & David Fung]
Red envelopes, it's a Lunar New Year
Big family dinner, it's a Lunar New Year
Watch the lion dance it's a Lunar New Year
Kung hei fat choy, it's a Lunar New Year
Red envelopes, it’s a Lunar New Year
Big family dinner, it's a Lunar New Year
If January 1st is your only new year
Then come and celebrate a Lunar New Year
[Verse 2: David Fung]
Ooh, I know you lovin’ Chinese New Year Time
Make you think about how it’s Chinese foodie time
We've come a long way from that Chinese coolie time
Now it’s the Lion Dance, oooh, shake-ya-booty time
Oh, word? Clean your house, what you sweeping on?
Red clothes, red paper, gotta keep ‘em on
Food's the one thing that we never cheapin’ on
Just ‘cause (Gong xi fa cai!)
Just ‘cause it's good luck, superstition
But we can modernize a few of the old traditions
So I make sure I got a fresh cut, fresh fit
But still hit 99 Ranch for fresh fish
Visit relatives, red packets with 8 bucks
Make it rain lai see, we hoping for great luck
Americanized, hard to follow the mythology
Year of the Snake, celebrate with no apology, xin nian
[Chorus: Andrew Fung & David Fung]
Red envelopes, it's a Lunar New Year
Big family dinner, it's a Lunar New Year
Watch the lion dance it's a Lunar New Year
Kung hei fat choy, it's a Lunar New Year
Red envelopes, it’s a Lunar New Year
Big family dinner, it's a Lunar New Year
If January 1st is your only new year
Then come and celebrate a Lunar New Year
[Verse 3: Jason Chu]
Yeah, bro, we in the alleys
From Beijing all the way to southern Cali
Got the family all together eatin’ food we made with Granny
Plates on the table spinning from your uncle to your auntie (Yum)
Firecrackers like the 4th of July
Irony this ain't the summer, it's the wintertime
Festivals are a cultural bridge
The whole globe celebrates this
Girl, I'm Chinese and proud
AKA B's are for me not allowed
And after we eat, I will be on the couch
Watching TV with cousins in my uncle’s house
Uh, this year it's the Year of the Snake
In the zodiac that means intelligence and grace
You were born in this sign? Then do not feel ashamed
2013, new year, kuai le, uh
[Chorus: Andrew Fung & David Fung]
Red envelopes, it's a Lunar New Year
Big family dinner, it's a Lunar New Year
Watch the lion dance it's a Lunar New Year
Kung hei fat choy, it's a Lunar New Year
Red envelopes, it’s a Lunar New Year
Big family dinner, it's a Lunar New Year
If January 1st is your only new year
Then come and celebrate a Lunar New Year