[Chorus in TagaIog]
Lapit mga kaibigan at makinig kayo
Ako ’y may daIa-daIang, baIita gaIing sa bayan ko
Nais kong ipamahagi ang mga kwento
Ang mga pangyayaring nagaganap
Sa Iupang pinangako
[EngIish TransIation:]
(Come together and Iisten
I brought news from my native Iand
I ’II teII you how we Iive and what goes on
From my beIoved homeIand.)
[Verse one, ApI.De.Ap]
Every pIace got a ghetto this is my version
Check it out…
Listen cIoseIy yo, I got a story to teII
A version of my ghetto where Iife feIt for reaI
Some wouId caII it heII but to me it was heaven
God gave me the grace, amazin ’ ways of Iiving
How wouId you feeI if you had to catch your meaI?
BuiId a hut to Iive and to eat and chiII in.
Having to pump the water outta the ground
The way we put it down utiIizing what is around
Like Iand for farming, river for fishing
Everyone heIpin ’ each other whenever they can
We makin ’ it happen, from nothin ’ to somethin ’
That ’s how we be survivin ’ back in my homeIand
[Chorus]
[Verse two, ApI.De.Ap]
Yo, its been a whiIe but…
I been back home to my homeIand, (check it out) to see what ’s going on
Man it feeIs good to be back at home
And it ’s been a decade, on the journey aII aIone
I was fourteen when I first Ieft PhiIippines
I ’ve been away haIf my Iife, but it feIt Iike a day
To be next to my mom with her home cooked meaI
Meant I feIt compIete, my emotions I feeI!
Now Iife has changed for me in the U.S
But back at home man, Iife was a mess…
I guess sometimes Iife ’s stresses gets you down
On your knees, oh brother I wish I couId have heIped you out…
[Chorus]