Thank You Lyrics

Everytime you use paper to pass a note

Say Arigatou (Arigatou)

When that note you read spills all the tea say

Xièxiè

When your teacher blows up your spot like gunpowder

Say Salamat

And when they move your desk like a pawn when their playing chess

Shukriya

You complain and sing your sorrows like a karaoke tune

Say Cám ơn

Next time be slick like silk don't get caught

Gamsahamnida

Better yet don't pass notes and pay attention to the lesson

Use a calculator for math and a compass for directions

These are inventions from pacific islanders and asians,

And all of those words are the different ways we can thank them

Arigatou

Xièxiè

Salamat

You can thank me

Shukriya

Cám ơn

Gamsahamnida

You're welcome

Where you think all these things came from

Asian and Pacific Islanders

They get it done

Look at your life, Look at your life

Many things we use come from AAPI

LED Lights wouldn't bright up the night

With out Shuji Nakamura and his inventive mind

Don't you love the graphics in the games you play

Dr. Chae Ho Shin Made OLED display

Dr. Pansak Siriruchatapong made a computerized

CT scanner to check your brain

Ajay Bhatt Made the USB so data can thrive

Then Pua Khein-Seng made USB flash drive

Jawed Karim, Steve Chen and another dude

Made the it possible to learn things on Youtube

And malaria infected people just like the flu

Until the cure from nobel prize winning Tu Youyou

Momofuku Ando made instant ramen

Andrew Kim help designed the Tesla we're all driving

Abelardo Aguilar, erythromycin stops infections

Yvonne Brill made propulsion system for space exploration

These are inventions from pacific islanders and asians,

And all of these words are the different ways we can thank them.

Arigatou

Xièxiè

Salamat

You can thank me

Shukriya

Cám ơn

Gamsahamnida

You're welcome

Where you think all these things came from

Asian and Pacific Islanders

They get it done