The One And Only Language, Singlish!

Was browsing YouTube when I come across this Jack Neo song I heard long time ago... It's a tribute to our "National" language, Singlish. It'll definitely put a smile across your face.

Jack Neo - Why We Talk Like That

The one and only language, Singlish!
The one and only language, Singlish!
Why we talk like that, why we talk like that
Why we talk like that, why we talk like that
Eh why we talk like that?

Singapore is our country, and we all talk like that
This is something unique, and we are used to that
In fact we know that the grammar we use, is something is incorrect
Why like that, why like that?
I think is because of, Dialect! Die Die Lect!
Don't you feel that Singlish has become a language new format
And we are the only people in the world, talk like that!
As long as when we talk, you and me can catch! (Can catch meh?)
Singlish also means, "Simple English", do you know that?

As you know, some educated people also talk like that (Really ah?)
People like me half pass six, what do you expect? (Nothing lah!)
Look at those, white collar lah blue collar and no collar
Either at the hawker center or right inside message parlor
From the Cambridge Girl (?), so we call the PR officer
To the doctor, civil servant and all our teenagers (So many meh)
Including my grandfather and my grandmother
Also using Singlish, like nobody business!

In fact some of the "dua tao kay", also talk like that (but)
When they talk to the "ang moh", their English become damn slang
Actually the whole world know that their English is very bad
But just because, they are the boss
The whole world got to keep quiet and listen
I got the car and big house, I know how to make big money
So what if my English, is one piece one piece
That's what I say, that's what I say
You don't need to know the proper English
Because when I got the money I can buy the perfect ABC! (What the fish!)

Last time my friend speak English, act very bombastic (Mai hao lian lah!)
Those word he use, in the dictionary can't even find it! (Jia lat loh!)
And the poor thing is, he still think he's damn unique
He doesn't believe what he talk, make people feel so sick!
Actually the English I say is just a little bit
Don't you feel that my talking style... (I want to feel vomit)
What did you say? (Vomit!)
I thought I sound like BBC (Excuse me ah, do you know the word S.H.I.T)

Please don't ever ask me, who made us talk like that (So how?)
Also don't ask me, who should be blame for that (Then how?)
In terms of proper English, we better go step by step
So that Singaporeans conversation will one day be the best!

Are we born like that? Are we born like that?
Why we talk like that? Why we talk like that?

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Hungry for more songs describing Singaporeans, check out this "Typical Singaporean".