"Hmong Movement" - Duce Khan (Tou Moua) & Pagnia Xiong,

Translating by the wonderful Ze Moua because I asked her. Thank you sooooooo much!!!

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Hmong lyrics by Sara Vang
Translations and rap lyrics by Ze Moua

Duce:
peb cov hmoob yuav tsum koom ib lub siab ua ib pab
Our hmong people must come together with one heart and be one
peb thiaj pab tau cov neeg zoo ib yam li chai vaj
So we can help the people like Chai Vang
yog koj yog hmoob ces koj yeej paub qhov tseeb
If you are a Hmong, then you will know the truth
yog tim cov meskas thab plaub chai vaj thiaj li tua neeg
It’s because the American’s fooled around, so he killed
nco ntsoov tias peb tseem tshuav kwv tij neej tsa nyob tom teb chaws nplog
Remember that we still have relatives in the country of Laos
lawv tseem niaj hnub niaj hmo tua rog
Day and night, they are still struggling this war
nai phoo vaj pov koj twb ua tau ib tug nom loj
General Vang Pao, you are a high General
koj kuj hais koj cov meskas kom lawv muab ib co phom loj
Why don’t you ask your American to give us some guns
los rau peb cov menyuam laib uas tseem niaj hnub sib tua sib nkaug tom no
To our little gangsters who are killing one anther
muab lawv yuam los ua ib pab hmoob tub rog,
Force them to be a Hmong military group
muab lawv xa mus pab peb cov hmoob
send them to help our Hmong people
uas tseem niaj hnub sib tua nrog nplog
that are still fighting in Laos
peb cov hmoob tsis muaj cai hais tias peb tua rog thaiv hmoob teb chaws
Our Hmong people has no right to say we are at war for our country
Vim peb nkaum saum nplog roob
because we are in the mountain of Laos
tabsis peb muaj cai hais tias peb tua rog thaiv peb cov neeg hmoob
but we do have the right to say we are fighting for our Hmong people

Pagnia:
txij lub sijhawm no yeah
From this moment on forward yeah
kuv mam sawv nrog koj
I will stand with you
mam nrog koj tuav hmoob lub npe yeah
I’ll hold the Hmong title with you yeahh
thov sawv daws koom tes yeah
Please lets all help each other yeah

Duce Khan *rapping*
We’ve been waiting for a long time with out peace
Slanted eyes got us categories as Asian
Craving for a moment caused by discrimination
Back in Laos our villages are still blazing
My heart aching from the video I’ve seen on youtube
Here is the Hmong movement, it includes you too
We can’t settle for a draw, either you win or you lose
To my generation, it’s time to pay your dues
We survived in genocide so lets rise world wide
And lets do the math, lets multiply
Through the Vang Pao years Hmong peace had been petrify
So lets load it up and cock it back and let it fly
We can’t fight for our country so lets fight for our people
Our ancestor watching over us like bald eagles
Lets shit on our enemies like seagulls
This is just the beginning there will be no sequel

Pagnia:
txij lub sijhawm no yeah
From this moment on forward yeah
kuv mam sawv nrog koj
I will stand with you
mam nrog koj tuav hmoob lub npe yeah
I’ll hold the Hmong title with you yeah
thov sawv daws koom tes yeah
Please lets all help each other yeah

Duce:
kuv mam ua txiv neej yawg uas txhos caug thov
I’ll be the man who kneels down and beg
thov peb cov hmoob pab vaj pov
Beg for our Hmong to help Vang Pao
lawv hais tias peb tsawg tsawg peb ua tsis tau dabtsi
They say we are very few, we can’t do anything
kuv hais tias peb yog hmoob tuag nthi peb tsis yog ua si
I say we are true Hmongs, we are not fooling around
peb tsis yog ua dog dig peb yeej ua tiag tiag
We are not fooling around, we are for reals
peb twb khiav dim peb tsis tau txog siav
we’ve escape and are not out of breath
yog tsis muaj nai phoo peb tsis muaj txoj sia
If we don’t have the General we would have never survived
yog meskas xav paub kev cai cia hmoob qhia
If the Americans want to know how it is, let us Hmong tell them
peb twb pab meskas tua nyab laj
We’ve helped the American fought the Communist
xav hais tias peb yuav tau txoj kev pab rov qab
We thought we were going to receive help in return
xav hais tias yuav tau lub neej tshav ntuj
We thought we were going to live in light (living life in sunlight, metaphor, sunlight is happiness/peace)
ua cas ho tau lub neej los nag
then why are we living our life in the rain (living the life in the rain, it’s a metaphor stating that rain is gloomy, gloomy is sadness)
twb yog vim meskas cov lus ib txwm yog lus dag
it’s because the American’s words had always been lies
peb thiaj li tsa tshuav kwv tij neej tsa
so we still have families and friends
nkaum hauv hav zoov tsis hais lus vim tsis xav mag
hiding in the forest without saying a word because they don’t want to get caught
tsis xav tuag nyob nplog thiab nyab laj teb
They don’t want to die in Vietnam and Laos
thiaj ua ib siab nkaum nyob ib lub neej tos peb
So they hide and live a life waiting for us

Pagnia:
txij lub sijhawm no yeah
From this moment on forward yeah
kuv mam sawv nrog koj
I will stand with you
mam nrog koj tuav hmoob lub npe yeah
I’ll hold the Hmong title with you yeahh
thov sawv daws, sawv daws koom tes yeah
Please lets all, lets all help each other yeah

nco txog lub neej thaum ub lub kua muag poo
Tears falls endlessly as I reminisce of the past
thov, thov kom nej qhib nej ob lub qhov muag oh yeah
Please, please open both your eyes oh yeah
nej mam li paub,
Then you’ll know
nej mam li paub txoj kev, txoj kev tuag oh yeah
then you’ll know the way, you’ll know the way of death oh yeah
txoj kev, txoj kev tuag
the way, the way of death