Space time continuum trace back millenniums Make time its strenuous sway back this pendulum Process like Pentium pay homage and requiem Old knowledge and sediments located in tenements The home of the intelligent, hardworking, resilient Passionate and temperate immortalize the messages The vestiges of war in the questions I explore Open doors mi amor the quest that I endure A colonized man on these American shores With indigenous hands heavy labor at its core The knowledge of before informs the knowledge of the now Luzon and Mindanao, Visayas, I avow I say it loud traveling across the different towns Province I promise to do the fam proud Or perish in the darkness like six feet underground I come in unannounced time traveling and back Mcfly in a Dolorean to clarify the past Challenge certain paradigms that actively attacks The quality of life through them policies devised Killing prodigies that wanna be more than what’s ascribed Imposed or implied, hope stolen or deprived Regardless of the heartless we must grow as a tribe Connected through the history time lapse infinity Right back to laughter and tears yea that’s the symmetry Joy and the sorrow telling tales for tomorrow Pinoys and Pinays on this timeline we follow Truth is hard to swallow but it better than the lies So trust in the struggle and the ways that we rise

Be ashamed of our people We will never be Enough! We are savages, uncivilized, sub-human, barbaric No one can make us believe that We are destined for greatness Remember We are not worthy of love It is a waste to think that We are from a legacy of warriors That was never true because We are weak and inferior Don’t believe anyone that tells you that We can change our world

Left Home (Left Home) I’m Overseas (Overseas) Work hustle (Work Hustle) its holdin me Controlling me as I move with the wind And so I gotta find a way as this journey begins (bahala na) That first wave among others torn from my mother A slave on his way through the rain and thunder The waves that make graves of lost ways and I wonder If tomorrow is my last so I gaze at the wonders The stars up high navigate through the signs The symbols of the sacred engraved in the sky Looking for a signal an aide or a guide Bathala na envision ways through the tides A foreshadowing so harrowing of many days to come The danger in the sum amongst the strangers with the gun While the wind blows against me like its anger in the lungs They suffocate my culture so we hid them in the drums How I yearn to hear the kulintang ring in the sun I cling and I clung to the memories that was Be buried in these waters? or will it be the dust? My duty is a must with labor as my cuffs Left Home (Left Home) I’m Overseas (Overseas) Work hustle (Work Hustle) its holdin me Controlling me as I move with the wind And so I gotta find a way as this journey begins (bahala na) Navigate the Pacific like navigatin the system Navigating for a livin they invalidate my thinkin Palpitations in my chest as we press against the wind and Reach the destination like triangulate position Move product by the numbers I’m a product of the smugglers A target to the gunners turn a walker to a runner Different lands through the summers, enslave and plunder Invade we suffer, hunger pain with no slumber The evil force of men for spices and porcelain Shiny stones and ornaments horded by immoral men Pinoys on a boat steady scheming for an opening Jumpin ship movin swift with a hope to win Saint Malo away from the anglos A fishery that mirrors the past with the barrios Weather from the islands a crack in my smile and Begin to see the difference between livin’ and survivin’ Left Home (Left Home) I’m Overseas (Overseas) Work hustle (Work Hustle) its holdin me Controlling me as I move with the wind And so I gotta find a way as this journey begins (bahala na)

I got in, locked in, aim like a marksman A sea full of whites and a Pinoy with the dark skin Feelin like I’m boxed in, but nah I keep it rockin I came for the secrets that they used when they dropped in I’m sitting in these classes understanding practice The theory that informs it, I’m forward through the challenge No room for average or small talk and chatter I consumed their classics mastered their grammar Outlast the others exceeding standards An outcast that hungers with questions for answers Harvard or Stanford, Cornell and after Go back home to hone in on the matters I don’t standby I’m about to be a factor Getting mad high magnify what I’ve gathered Took from their chapters and stole from their lectures Manifest my greatness like a throne and a scepter Each one teach one Freedom Is that your reason Educate to imitate? or will you educate to liberate? I reject what they taught us I’ll be my own author I’ve never been rich I’m the kid of a farmer Not impressed by these doctors talking all that Chaucer Knowledge is indigenous the spirits that I honor They meddle with the monster, devil in the scholar I’m a rebel with a cause, Bonifacio with armor I speak to my peoples never read from their books I bleed Filipino, never bow to these crooks Never drown in the brooks brainwash us with lies I cautiously stride through these snakes in disguise Brown skin white minds that’s a man colonized The plan they devise to enhance the divide I’m advanced in my sight realness recognize Not that westernized eyes but rather emphasize How we humanize exorcise demons of genocide Cause the real revolution will not be televised Each one teach one Freedom Is that your reason Educate to imitate? or will you educate to liberate?

Work hard Low Pay Blood Sweat Long Days Change ain’t gonna come unless we rise and fight today Hey yo I’m packin fish you know what it is I do this for the fam I do this for the kids Working for the man and working for his biz Working for the cash man I’m asking just to live You could find me in the thick grinding just to get A fraction of the kick but the fraction come in thin So I hustle in Alaska then to Cali then back again They might harass a brown brotha so I’ll tap them in the chin I studied the Kapitpunan what you thought I was joke Unafraid unrestrained I’ll bring the fire with the smoke Never play with my wage I’ll set ablaze to your hopes In a chase for the gold find my ace never fold My impatience could grow if they ain’t paying me more Might take to the streets point the heat at these foes Cause I’m about the piece if having peace is a no If they don’t cut me a piece of the pie then let it blow Work hard Low Pay Blood Sweat Long Days Change ain’t gonna come unless we rise and fight today You see that food on your plate, asparagus or grapes The salmon that you’re havin from these hands in this place Sun burning back breakin twist turn with pace Segregated by our race, unregulated hate So we fight back like light match fired up today I’m throwing hands if they plan to throw a scab in our way I’m in that picket line right now is get-it time Ain’t no limit when we’re in it all together shine My worth isn’t measured by the work or the heavy grind Rather it’s the pressure I push cause we getting live Good things coming united is how we stand Filipinos and Mexicans marching for our demands Chavez, Vera Cruz, Velasco, Huerta Itliong, Gines, in this time I swear ta Fight for the future survive my abusers Demand to be heard like the crow of a rooster Work hard Low Pay Blood Sweat Long Days Change ain’t gonna come unless we rise and fight today You know I got the blue collar blues Do what what I dos While trying to stay true I workin but while I’m working I organize I align purpose cause we gon rise up we gon stand Yea we gon picket gotta fight the man No we won’t stop no we won’t quit United we stand we gon build this bridge Work hard Low Pay Blood Sweat Long Days Change ain’t gonna come unless we rise and fight today

Post Traumatic Post Dramatic Post War Still War I’m going at it I couldn’t run from the man they put a gun in my hand They dump me in the slums where guns drum with the bang American man had me shooting at Japan I really miss the fam as I dig into this spam Eyes open I’m hopin I could still stand When the smoke clear have a cold beer and laugh Confront fear or crash, commandeer they bad Take to the rear, a clear shot, I blast I’m right here tryna to not faint or pass Blood stains and splats it’s a dangerous task I’m dangerous man with hate in these hands Kill or be killed that’s how the mind’s programmed I got the will of steel tank shooting through a dam Say a prayer when I can, forgive me I’m a man I carry sin, take pleasure when I put them in the sand I ask if God can stop me from going so mad Post Traumatic Post Dramatic Post War Still War I’m going at it Post traumatic episodes so erratic Bloody bones and panic death toll is tragic My breath cold in gunfire it so dire I manage Triggered by the triggers the explosions dramatic Hollywood reenactments rehashing the madness Relivin the past of these nightmare established And I stare in blankness a unpainted canvas Life feeling numb I succumbs to simply snapping Fist pound and slammin I get loud I’m bangin Derailed these tracks and can’t stop reacting Can’t stop I’m crashing, chaos I’m trapped in Likes steal bars it real hard to find peace I’m lackin Devastating times make a devastated mind Devastated I’m cryin while I’m hangin by a line A thread before I’m dead my life is in a bind Humanity decline from trauma overtime Post Traumatic Post Dramatic Post War Still War I’m going at it SRO Veterano Purple heart feel cold where did my benefits go Single room residence with stresses on my bones Ain’t no elegance this tenement is tremendously exposed To the elements the message is suffer in this hole The emptiness its grows while I’m yearning for my home Philippines but my current scene is vanilla beans I dreaming up Manila streets kakanin bibinka sweets But I’m trapped on Capp modly walls and filthy sheets Wait for full equity they contradictory Risking my life for a dream with false delivery Lost in the misery unwritten history Slowly losing my mind cause the enemy that kills Is the loneliness I feel withers at my will A hole in my heart opening scars Hold onto hope while hopin I won’t fall Post Traumatic Post Dramatic Post War Still War I’m going at it

To be honest, I don’t like being me I don’t like what I am, never liked what I see Never liked my mother’s accent, the language that she speaks I prefer if I could leave my family’s parties I’m reaching my limits, I can’t even vibe with it I mimic that white livin thinkin that I’m in it Everytime that I visit the mirror, my mind spinnin Wishin I was white despite the life that I’m givin They say that I’m trippin but that is further from the truth If I could get away then I would murder my roots Bring out the light in me with whitening cream Cause beauty is in the likes on my smart phone screen Magazines with pics where brown doesn’t exist Where brown isn’t the it that’s why I act like this Make a wish on a star hope that its gets me far Keep emulating white be the hunger of my heart Cause The truth is I Hate Myself I really hate myself So much I heard that black was a state of mind so I’ma make it mine Teased for being dark so I’ll start within the lines Of being black despite the fact I have a Filipino dad And my mom is from the islands, lets not marinate on that I got black friends that rap about mac-10 and such I bump that mac-10, kurupt, 50 cent, young buck Got that marijuana purp rolled in that blunt wrap cause I dress like, act like, and I get mad love I’m basically accepted, thats the race that I connect with We all from Africa, have you heard of that perspective? Evolution lets respect it we are one collective The mirror of my soul says I am black in my reflection Fraud? No detection. Can’t knock on my expression I study black movies, stay up on all my lessons Don’t hit me with them questions if you coming with that hate If you could change your gender can’t I change my race? Cause The truth is I Hate Myself I really hate myself So much

People Power People Power People Power Push forward this very hour People Power People Power People Power Push forward this is final hour I want to serve the people, I really wish to help A part of me is stopping me, cause paranoia’s felt What happens if they come for my fam and my self My five year old son with them guns on their belt Kickin in the door the state bringing war To the people that elected them but now its martial law They hurt you with curfews kidnap and murk you Government desert you so now I got to pause Lay low make no sudden movements cause the law Will sniff out my whole entire fam like a dog Threaten me to stop I’m talking bout the cops Believe me I am not tryna halt any movement I still believe in change, a real revolution But I can’t live my life without my son if I lose him God forbid my wife isn’t a victim of a shootin I have to fall in line with the current institution People Power People Power People Power Push forward this very hour People Power People Power People Power Push forward this is final hour Change is rarely smooth and to tell you the truth I understand why you choose the actions that you do But also understand its their plan make you snooze Make you feel afraid so terrified that we lose That music that they play so we comply to the rules Dying as a slave is a disgrace I refuse I only speak for me and the actions that I do I do this for the youth and also me and you The ones so afraid and ones in the grave The ones on the streets with guns pointed in their face Press toward capital with palpable rage Tear down the statues and the shackles of hate And I will die today if it means we could take Strides towards democracy equity equality People power now gotta switch the whole philosophy The movement can’t wait gotta move with velocity People Power People Power People Power Push forward this very hour People Power People Power People Power Push forward this is final hour

I got a plan, plan to escape this barren land Manila streets where killas be speaking with their hands Where the cannons go bang the poverty the gangs The philosophy is 3rd world hustle for the cash It’s a struggle for the math, the numbers, and the stats The runners with the stash cops gunnin on a wrath Kidnap with big straps martial law alive For these goons on the move while everybody hides Disappear die revolution on the rise People power on the streets marching to survive I don’t want to stick around I just want to get a ride Move stateside so I could taste the grapevine Get drunk off the dollar bill listen I just wanna chill Work for a propa meals please I got a lotta skill Let me pop a pill medicine for poverty Buy a car and live large owning property Study hard graduate that’s the policy Protect my dreams obstacles are never stopping me Brains think scholarly started as prodigy Skilled pro real goals movin like commodities Yeah I’m chasing money But my country needs For me to stay but I’m swallowed by the beast Yeah we need salvation We all need to eat But if we don’t make change then There will be no peace There’s a mass exodus fleeing from the elements Pesos or penniless waiting for remittances OFW hustle through the heaviness The more that we leave the more it brings decadence Something got to give important we set the precedence Big picture emphasis opposite of pessimist Structural change propagated in these messages Start our own industry no need for exiting Sisters and bretheren reclaim the land Protect from the scams of the imperial man The system that expands like bacteria can Infect the masses we all getting sick from the plan To exploit extract abuse our hands Abuse our labor and everything we have Everything to give so we giving them a slap A closed fist know this we gotta fight back Cause life can’t improve if we all leave in masses And life be the end if we don’t put into practice Theory to action reflection imagine Life without the beast cause we bleeded the dragon Yeah I’m chasing money But my country needs For me to stay but I’m swallowed by the beast Yeah we need salvation We all need to eat But if we don’t make change then There will be no peace I am second generation in this US nation Recruitment of immigrants to produce bacon Illusions of limitless wealth is blatant In the fact that the cash that these owners are takin Is so outrageous, but what other places Payin this rate while Philippines degraded Exploitation the grim situation Imperial conquest that got me pacing Confronting privilege while Philippine villages Suffer from greedy international pillagin I’m an individual but part of a collective Part of the system as I struggle to correct it Yeah I’m chasing money But my country needs For me to stay but I’m swallowed by the beast Yeah we need salvation We all need to eat But if we don’t make change then There will be no peace

I am American its who I am its who I see I am American there’s nothing more I’d rather be Don’t tell me bout culture cause culture don’t pay the bills Culture don’t bring success cause yes I’ll make a mill Stack paper and I invest I promise I’ll a make a kill Next level I’m climbin steps to a place up on the hill I’m American and there ain’t no comparison And to be real, that Filipino pride is embarrassin Overhyped importance but none of its supportive Pride didn’t get me paid, it was all in my performance Embracing the west and acting in accordance I’m chasin my best and never getting caught in Trivial factoids, identity distortions Explain how tattoos could make me feel enormous Talkin past history is literally boring Save that for the tortoise the ones that takin losses The ones in the darkness not knowing what a boss is They say that I’m ashamed but this game I put my all in I’m removing all the walls in the path that I trek Cause you have respect when you cashing these checks Never last be the best that’s why I have to to impress Be American? I am and I don’t have a regret I am American its who I am its who I see I am American there’s nothing more I’d rather be See what they did to you, object of the ridicule Make you apolitical or make you feel so miniscule To them you’re just the labor and not an individual Won’t see your layers reducin you to minimal They wants us uncritical dismissible and hurt Forfeitin history to never see our worth Hold the few up that blew up but really it’s a work What they drew up is a juke cause we ain’t suppose to learn Measured by your earning that’s the poison that they peddle Oppressor not concerned unless the voices of the rebel Gets hotter burn through the barriers of metal The social conditioning that limits our endeavors Our history is forever preserve our legacy Unlearn the hate thats conveyed by the enemy Learn to play the game without losing identity Losing our confidence, hope, and integrity Its more than individual, its about trajectory Its more than just residuals, it about our destiny Livin proud authentically nothing short of genuine Past present future our history is everything I’m not just American that’s not all there is to me Filipino American it’s what I rep til the death of me So let me live, let me be, let me shine, yea plant my seed Yea love your brown and love your roots, that’s the Philppines, Yea I love me I’m not just American that’s not all there is to me Filipino American it’s what I rep til the death of me

We can change our world Don’t believe anyone that tells you that We are weak and inferior That was never true because We are from a legacy of warriors It is a waste to think that We are not worthy of love Remember We are destined for greatness No one can make us believe that We are savages, uncivilized, sub-human, barbaric-- Enough! We will never be Be ashamed of our people

My people my past my pains we struggle we'll fight we'll change our future do whatever it takes the power in the present so press for better days High tech but life gets treated like its right The balance between nature and artificial lights Birth the opposite of greed and the opposite of fight Observe the monuments I see in this in the futuristic time A honor to the movements, opportunities to thrive Mixed race different shades no scrutiny or lies Jeepneys at swift speeds ingenuity designed Taking flight at great heights where Pinatubo still resides Turn that molten into energy controlling our destiny Water flows free without the plastic sitting heavily On beach shores where trees forms where people can free farm Eat from the land and give back that’s the key for Substance cause success is all that we reach for I look out to edge I’m surprised I don’t see war I don’t see a place for grenades and making C4 Just a nation full of hope so that my folks could just eat more Seashores and mountains sacred lands profound and Money ain’t a thing cause we all drink from the fountain Of equity our efforts be deep and astounding We’ve been fighting for heaven but I think I just found it My people my past my pains we struggle we'll fight we'll change our future do whatever it takes the power in the present so press for better days What would happen if stayed here and never went back To the timeline where crime finds its way into the cracks Flooding through dam shedding blood so they amass The wealth and all the cash, a ceiling made of glass I would rather stay here in this future and relax Kick back to nice beaches can I really leave my past? Or is it called my present perhaps this is a message Maybe this is all a dream to teach me a deeper lesson About my actions and my purpose, tasked with a certain burden Let it cut into my soul like the scalpel of a surgeon Extract me from this dream so I can get back to the workin Cause nothing’s guaranteed in this sea of uncertains Visions premonitions of the future passed the curtains The fog of the unknown nothing promised so I’ll go Back to make it happen I’m just glad I’m not alone I got friends and comrades in urban sites to farmlands Fighting for this future believing we all can Believe that we all stand we gather like soft sands We forming like voltron go strong like rock bands Because action in the now is how we move these clockhands My people my past my pains we struggle we'll fight we'll change our future do whatever it takes the power in the present so press for better days

I got the Utang na loob Utang loob Utang loob But we gon make it all good I got to pay this debt cause of gratitude Payin infinite respect that’s my attitude Absolute effort for the ancestors backing you Uplift and carry you comprehende the magnitude Interest I have accrued to testify and rectify Ignorance of dissonance revolt never televised Be bold exemplify to reach for the best inside Compassion empathize speak clear and edify We hear the past in present now collectivize Energized collective drive preventing genocide The values that past through generations never dies Stare into the devil’s eyes revel in the rebel rise Human non mechanized the essence of my people Continual blessings through expressin Filipino Sampaguita scented new beginnings as the tree grows Progress inspired by the heroines and heroes I got the Utang na loob Utang loob Utang loob But we gon make it all good Picture Bonifacio moving through the barrios Katipunan blood pumping heavy like its cardio Ready set gotta go gotta change the locks and chains Freedom kalayaan for the people in alotta pain Blue collar prosper but they ain’t getting proper pay Sooner or later explode like a bomb delay Important that I gotta say its rooted in love The movement is us evolution is a must Build and destroy institutions now push Steal from the spoiled distribute it to us Do what is just, the meek will inherit Speak free or declare it, the burden that we bare its Vital that we share it otherwise you perish Underline this message so that everybody gets it Move with few regrets its how we manage through the stress Cause the debt of getting free is the debt that we accept I got the Utang na loob Utang loob Utang loob But we gon make it all good