What would you pay to see and hear a rap performance that is very disrespectful to the Chinese Communist Party and its collectivist-jingoist philosophy?
What if the lyrics of the rap song were:
Hey buddies, come and check this out
Double-click to like. 666!
Calling all the Western shills and roachesWe are the people of the great dragon…
Everyone is a descendent of the mighty dragon
Lifelong people of our motherland…Always proud of our long strong rootstock…
5,000 years and still Greatest of All Time
And:
You love your motherland, but you now live in London
Cambodia, Northern Myanmar, and Thailand
Yellow fellows everywhere, from NYC to LA…Phone calls every day from dusk until dawn
Calling cousins and nephews!
Calling all villagers! Come and join us now!
Hating on Japan and dissing the U.S. is our duty—fxxk!
Moreover:
Flooding YouTube, criticizing, and spreading fake news—false!
We are brothers. I’m taking the island, but not you
Then I’m off to get my Singaporean IC [identity card]…Forever a motherland’s citizen
In this life or the next, I’m proud of my nation
We are the people of the dragon…Your washed-up celebrities kneel for the RMB [money]
The front man is the Malaysian banned-in-China Namewee (Wee Meng Chee). The song is not perfect. It is also cruder than the above excerpts suggest. But it’s catchy, and the disdain for the Party and the Party’s tractable minions is impeccable.
Radio Free Asia reports:
According to the singer’s Facebook page, the song is satirically “dedicated to every Chinese at home and abroad from all over the world (including Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan), to defend the dignity of the Chinese people!”
“As a ‘descendant of the dragon,’ we must always remember: Love the party, love the country, love the chairman!”
Anyway, the YouTube music video of this song is free. And not yet banned from YouTube. So act now.
