"Have you eaten yet?" Is what my grandma says to me Chubby 'cuz she feeds me snacks Swear my name is Scooby Up there in her kitchen every late night Noodles at the banquet for the long life That's why, we got this love that won't die Love to every strip mall store called "Pad Thai" Every hood Chinese take-away, Indian buffet You let our parents provide, this food is heavenly Shouts to every dim-sum girl, you are my favourite Shouts to every line cook workin' doubles on the daily Food is love, that's what grandma taught me, I ain't hatin' But if you ain't about the culture, please don't try to "elevate it" If you ain't about the culture, don't try to "elevate it", nah If you ain't about the culture, please don't try to "elevate it" Just the taste of you Brings me back home Just the taste of you Brings me back home We show our love in different ways, cooking is a form of reciprocity Family Style, Brother Nature, that mean everybody eats I'm like Eddie Huang on beats, boogie down, steady cookin Something fresh like hotpot meat, ain't no Betty Crocker feast This is culinary culture, not just commerce to us Korean BBQ, adobo, dimsum, ramen and pho Back then we had to cook with scraps, that's what Chop Suey was Now we got lines to get inside our restaurants like a club Authentic Asian food in the scene is few in between Middle fingers to your Lucky Lee's fusion cuisines That try and demonize what we eat, reduce it to memes Like, "They'll eat anything! They're not even human, it seems!" The media paint us as savages, public eating it up How you gon talk about our spices? You ain't seasoned enough Like "We ain't whitewashing your dishes, we just cleaning it up" No vultures allowed, get out, if You Peeking, then Duck (BOW) Just the taste of you Brings me back home Just the taste of you Brings me back home Halmoni, grandma, what I wouldn't give Just to taste your food right now Cooking with you, hearing beautiful stories Your food become your crown and glory Just the taste of you Brings me back home Just the taste of you Brings me back home