[Chorus: Taiwanese Hokkien / Mandarin]
How can I tell you my true feelings
Our cat is making noise in the middle of the night
I-i-a-a it wants to drink milk
It'll still be a few more months until you're grown up
Why can't I remember how old I was when I stopped wearing diapers
A person who wants to grow up, it only takes three months
Mama, you want some sugarcane?
Mama, I'm the happy ganjaman

[Verse 1: Taiwanese Hokkien / Mandarin]
Your guys' sugar is neither sweet or easy to eat
It's fake sugar, not like our sugarcane
Our sugarcane is big and crispy
Biting into it is satisfying and doesn't dry out the mouth
Our sugarcane is the sweetest, my mama proud of me
You're planting sugarcane man, not sweet potatoes
My mama's Taiwanese, can't read the ABCs
Don't worry, I'll translate for her

[Chorus: Taiwanese Hokkien / Mandarin]
How can I tell you my true feelings
Our cat is making noise in the middle of the night
I-i-a-a it wants to drink milk
It'll still be a few more months until you're grown up
Why can't I remember how old I was when I stopped wearing diapers
A person who wants to grow up, it only takes three months
Mama, you want some sugarcane?
Mama, I'm the happy ganjaman
[Verse 2: Taiwanese Hokkien / Mandarin]
When I don't get what I want I start to whine
Didn't know the value of time when I was young
Only realizing later on that opportunities to go home are few and far between
Before I was planting sugarcane at home, now I'm in the city growing taro
Raising my head and seeing the same moon, it was you who told me it's called the moon
You were always beautiful and you're still beautiful after all these years
Oh mama, ya mama, don't let your hair get white so soon
Why don't you take a day off and chew on some sugarcane

[Chorus: Taiwanese Hokkien / Mandarin]
How can I tell you my true feelings
Our cat is making noise in the middle of the night
I-i-a-a it wants to drink milk
It'll still be a few more months until you're grown up
Why can't I remember how old I was when I stopped wearing diapers
A person who wants to grow up, it only takes three months
Mama, you want some sugarcane?
Mama, I'm the happy ganjaman