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(Come together and listen # f' R7 l- N7 }% ?; r/ E" E# x9 B/ a9 oI brought news from my native land 2 P! m( J; N2 m8 E- c
I'll tell you how we live and what goes on ( t) Y. U$ ~3 R
From my beloved homeland.) - V' C3 @ ^, n( R0 T1 @/ \
0 ?, x3 m( N2 e& [' S( |Every place got a ghetto this is my version ( q! g( H" M0 E: X+ p4 W# T
Check it out... d* Q- q2 U9 `1 H! L/ q7 V
Listen closely yo, I got a story to tell ( G3 t. A$ j o4 I& O% @+ K1 H1 B& V
A version of my ghetto where life felt for real . d/ H7 n$ Q' D5 R4 A8 B
Some would call it hell but to me it was heaven . @0 M7 T( }: ZGod gave me the grace, amazin' ways of living $ k9 `5 j/ e/ r1 z3 O* i ] L6 WHow would you feel if you had to catch your meal? / K2 H- O& \+ g' q$ v8 Q0 p% H- pBuild a hut to live and to eat and chill in. . w D" T3 V7 J' JHaving to pump the water outta the ground & E# ?: ^ _+ X2 H2 L) ^8 C2 o4 G
The way we put it down utilizing what is around & s6 m) s6 v8 |+ [% R2 p2 U/ yLike land for farming, river for fishing . }- l; k+ z: ]; D: f7 S$ c; r: MEveryone helpin' each other whenever they can $ L' e/ |5 x" H/ J2 H
We makin' it happen, from nothin' to somethin' 8 r1 p4 Y3 {/ V- _6 a/ @
That's how we be survivin' back in my homeland ! J1 L, [% t" o% G5 v
6 R, U: L6 N- f- a, b& T7 D0 y! N $ `% G( v# o3 ?) c$ BYo, its been a while but... 9 j7 e9 L, p( _+ \ L0 g( k2 {
I been back home to my homeland, (check it out) to see what's going on ( L- M1 [5 N3 s) o2 H1 G) D6 R
Man it feels good to be back at home " I' f/ S. p o8 i9 V/ k, `And it's been a decade, on the journey all alone ! N+ B( l' w+ r4 R) W |9 r! qI was fourteen when I first left Philippines 0 J) a6 X% A4 w/ {/ ?* G6 d3 G8 @3 VI've been away half my life, but it felt like a day , x( i- D) U4 i) [6 }$ W: [( w. HTo be next to my mom with her home cooked meal ) P5 T) ~$ h. S$ z! l/ @Meant I felt complete, my emotions I feel! ) \7 P B. Y# G0 b, _5 u
Now life has changed for me in the U.S 2 B- {& x4 ^& K* @: c" j* f/ eBut back at home man, life was a mess... , ?, q! M9 @/ `I guess sometimes life's stresses gets you down . l4 N4 V) \) G9 N% Q) n H' t# aOn your knees, oh brother I wish I could have helped you out...