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The Apl Song 9 G9 W6 r) ]( h! W% k黑眼豆豆 8 t- q- x# K9 N [. ?# _6 [* ? ; C- Z( M& L3 x(Come together and listen - q# k* E* f XI brought news from my native land ' L9 _& m2 ~( c3 q
I'll tell you how we live and what goes on ! l6 m( e! X5 M- d8 \( [2 f1 S
From my beloved homeland.) & \2 @0 W! s& c" Z
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Every place got a ghetto this is my version 3 q( f6 z. S: a% o2 s0 Q
Check it out... 9 D% \( q+ X$ h# q% `Listen closely yo, I got a story to tell " O8 p2 N, \5 l6 f+ Z0 r
A version of my ghetto where life felt for real 3 \6 c4 t& J- s- [: }0 P2 m
Some would call it hell but to me it was heaven u1 Y; D- v, i4 iGod gave me the grace, amazin' ways of living . Y# S$ n( F8 D+ X* LHow would you feel if you had to catch your meal? ! e4 c3 [& `1 U+ \8 o i1 G4 K0 J% d
Build a hut to live and to eat and chill in. 1 s& M1 F, W; y# S9 G6 THaving to pump the water outta the ground & U5 C4 t5 b# Y$ b# ^3 O. }: nThe way we put it down utilizing what is around $ ~4 [3 s4 K% y5 [Like land for farming, river for fishing / b+ q3 M' v' ^* t/ e4 s. |Everyone helpin' each other whenever they can ) l! d# q9 ^8 a# J, G/ h; R
We makin' it happen, from nothin' to somethin' : o0 P# Y1 [" x( T
That's how we be survivin' back in my homeland . t8 @; d$ y$ ~, R
* c5 s) m- \8 y2 I, X$ `8 u7 D " b2 l7 h3 q/ X7 {Yo, its been a while but... ( a/ t$ l% \1 G0 I" K* {- QI been back home to my homeland, (check it out) to see what's going on $ b |0 X' L9 P c' x: S
Man it feels good to be back at home - m. w4 k$ K! g9 G( _% |. O( p9 z3 x
And it's been a decade, on the journey all alone % [, V. S+ a t9 b3 o0 F9 zI was fourteen when I first left Philippines 8 v1 S- N- f2 M& k& r
I've been away half my life, but it felt like a day ) \) B0 [* O0 J1 MTo be next to my mom with her home cooked meal 7 m2 |7 w8 b6 Y& g4 @# YMeant I felt complete, my emotions I feel! 5 A2 E' ^" w @1 T" e
Now life has changed for me in the U.S \; v1 X# K8 \2 WBut back at home man, life was a mess... & ?% D1 F* ?" b6 h) eI guess sometimes life's stresses gets you down 8 ]* t8 {1 K6 J
On your knees, oh brother I wish I could have helped you out...