"Just Be Happy"
Originally Sung: Chen Lei
Lyrics: Wu Jiaxiang
Songwriter: Wu Jiaxiang
Album: Tears of a Prodigal Son
Released: March 2002
Life is wide
Why do you need to know everything
Sometimes I'm sober
Other times I'm not.
Some people say it's good
Some people say it's bad
If you don't think about it so much
We're more comfortable in our lives
We're always worried that our cars aren't enough to beat us up
We're worried that our houses aren't big enough
Their food isn't good enough to eat
That our wives are too ugly
That we can drive a nice car and fear that it might get stolen
Their houses are hard to clean
It's hard to eat, but I don't know if I'll ever be able to clean my house.
The song "Just Be Happy", a very representative Minnanese song, sung by the famous Taiwanese singer Chen Lei, expresses a positive outlook on life, and the lyrics are y rooted in people's hearts, reflecting the optimistic attitude of Minnanese people towards life. 2004, Chen Lei held a 10,000-person concert in Singapore, and became the first Minnanese singer to open a large-scale concert in Singapore.
In 2005, Chen Lei was invited by China Central Television (CCTV) and became the first southern Fujianese singer to sing on CCTV's "Same Song" program. The famous song "Just Be Happy" became one of the top ten classic songs in Southern Fujian language by cross-strait votes.
Chen Lei (alias Chen Wuxiong) is a Chinese singer born on February 10, 1963 in Xigang, Changhua, Taiwan. His representative works are "The Wind is Penetrating" and "Just Be Happy". He entered the singing scene in 1991.
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