Sunday, June 28, 2009'♥
With love ♥
We live in Singapura
Written by:Hossan Leong
We Live In Singapura
Sang Nila, Utama
Saw a lion, alamak
Name the village Singapura, then run very far
Years later, ang mor came
Stamford Raffles was his name
Posed for statues very nice, we kenna colonize
(instru)
Singapura very strong
Big guns all, pointing wrong
Japanese, came on bikes, invade us from our backside
War is over, ang mor back
Singaporeans no respect
Commies come, make a fuss, Singapore independance!
CHORUS
I live in Singapura
It’s not perfect living
But at least it’s interesting
I live in Singapura
Though it’s kind of crazy
We win other country
David Marshall, Lim Yew Hock
National Anthem starts to rock
Yusof Ishak the big man, guess who’s PM?
Malaysia say, come join me
Two of us be same country
Then not happy, Then make PM cry
PM Lee lead country
Build jurong and HDB
Made the country clean and green, opposition cannot win
JB Jeya no more funds,
Chee Soon Juan won’t eat his buns
Lim How Doong, what a goon, ‘Don’t talk cock’ in parliament
CHORUS
I live in Singapura
It’s not perfect living
But at least it’s interesting
I live in Singapura
Though its kind of crazy
We win other country
Kick out from Malaysia Cup
Michael Faye pain in the butt
S-League, Tea Dancing, Ah Bengs love Modern Talking
McDonalds Hello Kitty
Everyone drink Bubble tea
Crushing cockroach Margaret Chan, James Lye is VR Man
(instru)
Reclaimation, Tuas Causeway
Malaysian water buay ho sei
Mahathir’s friend Datuk Anwar, Mathathir says he’s chow Ah Qua
NDP, aunties rush
Everyone it’s fun to flush
Bubble gums are all banned, ask your friends buy from thailand
CHORUS
I live in Singapura
It’s not perfect living
But at least it’s interesting
I live in Singapura
Though its kind of crazy
We win other country
Driving car, not funny
Bid on cars with C-O-E
E-R-P, Road Tax, PARF until I want to barf
Why our locals have to pay?
Foreign talent are okay
Housing estate upgrade
by contractors who go pok kai
IMF must follow
Want to protest, go indoors
M-R-T not so fast
Newater they laugh at us
I live in Singapura
It’s not perfect living
But at least it’s in-teresting
I live in Singapura
Though its kind of crazy
We win other country
Baby bonus, maid levy
Singtel Shares give out for free
Jack Neo, Kit Chan, sexy pastor Ho Yeow Sun
Beckham parties with models
Has affair but no one knows
S-league, go world cup, can come true if they don’t suck
Mahathir then Abdullah
Bar top dancing at the bars
Budget airlines start to pa (ie fight) Stop speaking Singlish lah
Gay is okay says PM
SM Lee becomes MM
PM Lee the same name, here we go all over again.
WE LIVE IN SINGAPURA!
Q1)Name the village Singapura,then run very far(Hyperbole)
Everyone drinks bubble tea(Hyperbole)
MRT not so fast(personification)
Malaysia say come join me,two of us be same country(personification)
Singapura very strong,big guns all pointing wrong(personification)
National anthem starts to rock(personification)
Tea Dancing(personification)
Budget airline starts to pa(hokkien for fight)(personification)
IMF must smile more(personification)
The writer uses personification as he wants to give us a clearer idea of what the things/objects maybe feeling,so he breathes life into them and let them do the talking,then he uses hyperbole because they will exaggerate an event and usually make it more interesting.
Q2)I like this song because it illustrates a uniquely Singaporean lifestyle and some knicks of our history in a lighthearted and satirical way.It also is full of comedy,similar to mr brown's podcasts,and humour is very popular among Singaporean youths.Also,this was a popular song back when I was in primary school,i had first found it on youtube,found it hilarious,introduced it to my friends,and they all liked it.Eventually,this became our theme song,we even modified it to fit us,we would sing it during recess and nearly everywhere......the good times.
This song is also popular because of it's writer's guts to write it and perform it in the parliament.
