Been to China

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been to china - puffy c (Puffy C And The Southern Baptist Pig Face Choir)

i walked into beijing on my hands and knees
i was free of desease and i was feeling
like a chinese sewer rat
looking for a photo-mat
trying to develop my perspective
on the chinese collective gene pool
i'm no fool, i been to school
and I wasn't cool--I was studying with my
buddies in the dorm and i thought we had
a clue about the chinese scene
but i was totally green and i was badly misinformed

i been to china and it wasn't that big
that wall wasn't nothin', i stepped right over it
there were only five or six people there
and they all had long blonde curly hair
yeah i been to china, you don't need to go there
you don't need to go there

you wouldn't believe it up in tiananmen square
parties everywhere, people singin' songs
playing ping-pong
bells ringin' ding-dong, ding-dong
everybody's takin' a break
to throw down a milkshake
make no mistake
i was looking for some serious oppression
just one session i could mention
to my homies in the states
but i guess i'm gonna have to look some more
for something hardcore, 'cause this
was just about the same as goin' down the shore

i been to china and it wasn't that big
that wall wasn't nothin', i stepped right over it
there were only five or six people there
and they all had long blonde curly hair
yeah i been to china, you don't need to go there
you don't need to go there

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"been to china" by milwaukee youth center choir

been to china, been to china
been and gone

and I never meant to visit
I stayed 35 miles off the coast
by international convention, that isn't even close

been to china, been to china
been and gone

I told my crewmates, erase those databases
all those Big Red Top 40 tapes and cellphone traces
we don't want to have a speck of that when we land
and as we fell I cried out mayday
I don't know how we landed safely
I knelt and held the soil of china in my hand

been to china, been to china
been and gone, been and gone

then it turns out that my faulknerian idiot-manchild commander-in-chief
is using me to embark on a brand new cold war
and if it ever happens that he's the one incarcerated overseas
and he's relying on me to get him out, gonna even up that score

etc.

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by fluffy porcupine

erethizon dorsatum on a bad fur day / Been to China
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I've been to China
It's a fun place to be
There's a lot of shopping
And good stuff on TV

I've been to China
Hong Kong SAR
People there are friendly to you
Help is never far

I've been to China
Many special malls
But don't drink the water or
Diseases shrink your balls

I've been to China
Land of technology
Every shower has its own water heater
But you can't sit down to pee

I've been to China
Stuff is very cheap
And you must try fried dumplings
With soy sauce on the street

I've been to China
It's not very far
But I've only been to Hong Kong
Maybe it's not par

I've been to China
Walked there on my feet
Public transit there is good
When you get a seat

I've been to China
And it seems okay
But I feel sorry for them
When government gets its way