THERE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE AND HIS NAME WASN'T MIKE,
HE READ A BOOK ON CHINA AND FOUND S0METHING THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE.
HE NEVER TOLD US WHAT IT WAS,
HE ONLY TOLD WHAT IT DOES INSIDE HIS MIND,
AND NOW THE MAN IS SCARED,
AND JUST TO THINK THAT YESTERDAY HE DIDN?T EVEN CARE.
MY FRIEND IS AFRAID OF CHINA,
HE'S BEING HONEST ABOUT THINGS THAT FRIGHTEN HIM.
MY FRIEND IS AFRAID OF CHINA,
IT?S HARD TO DEFINE-UH, BUT IF YOU'RE IN HIS CHINA
THEN YOU KNOW HE'S GONNA HATE YOU, YEAH HE'S GONNA HATE YOU! HATE! YOU!
I FIND MYSELF TO BE A REASONABLE GUY,
BUT NOW THIS CHINA HAS GOT ME WORRIED AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHY.
I THINK I SAW IT IN A DREAM,
ANOTHER TWISTO IN A STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS,
DON'T DOUBT MY SANITY,
I TRY TO BE SUBJECTIVE, BUT ITS HAPPENING TO ME. (YEAH)
NOW I'M AFRAID OF CHINA,
I?M BEING HONEST ABOUT THINGS THAT BOTHER ME,
AND I'M AFRAID OF CHINA,
IT?S HATRED AND IT?S MINE-UH, AND IF YOU?RE IN MY CHINA
THEN YOU KNOW I'M GONNA HATE YOU, GOD I'M GONNA HATE YOU! HATE! YOU!
LET?S GET AFRAID OF CHINA, LET?S GET AFRAID OF CHINA,
LET?S GET AFRAID OF CHINA, LET?S GET AFRAID OF CHINA, AHH... AHH...
LET?S TRY TO GET TOGETHER, SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT,
COMMUMCANON IS THE KEY T0 OVERCOMING FEAR AND HATE,
IT SOUNDS CLICHE. I KNOW,
BUT IF YOU?RE NEVER GOING T0 OPEN UP YOUR MOUTH,
THAT LINE IS OH-SO TRUE.
LET?S TRY TO GET THIS OVER, I?VE GOT BETTER THINGS TO DO. (YEAH)
AND WE'RE AFRAID OF CHINA,
WE'RE BEING HONEST ABOUT THINGS THAT MAKE US SICK,
AND WE?RE AFRAID OF CHINA,
DON?T TRY TO CROSS THAT LINE-UH, 'COS IF YOU'RE IN OUR CHINA
THEN YOU KNOW WE'RE GONNA HATE YOU, YEAH WE'RE GONNA HATE YOU!
HATE YOU! HATE YOU! YOU! YOU!
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