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The Apl Song . m% ]3 e# f9 W5 T" ?2 I! Z黑眼豆豆 4 i* I$ u) _+ b4 b* g2 l# Q& l8 D- \! z: I; O- u
(Come together and listen } i% S6 T( @! ~) t
I brought news from my native land k1 A- c2 a# O) }) X* O) x
I'll tell you how we live and what goes on - c4 i/ E8 X" E8 Y
From my beloved homeland.) 6 C, R. W& v x1 _7 G
6 P8 x% h$ z9 {+ s4 aEvery place got a ghetto this is my version ) ]0 [5 K- Q2 e+ ?" V+ T' m. e+ n/ ICheck it out... 2 F6 u' y# W/ H
Listen closely yo, I got a story to tell 0 Z5 f, O7 g, T: o7 S! z% _; bA version of my ghetto where life felt for real 6 T$ z- Q& V8 X* [# P0 B" ^Some would call it hell but to me it was heaven 4 s3 G" s z" U% kGod gave me the grace, amazin' ways of living + T n+ l; }1 T) S& B$ ?2 EHow would you feel if you had to catch your meal? 1 o2 e P9 t: H" W! T9 ?% z, K
Build a hut to live and to eat and chill in. 3 j, q# t- N2 n; p; BHaving to pump the water outta the ground ! O- S3 ]0 N) V" j2 CThe way we put it down utilizing what is around 0 M O9 k- D5 |) I/ q, v- b$ L
Like land for farming, river for fishing & q: c: V8 ]4 V! L0 d0 FEveryone helpin' each other whenever they can , V/ S' s/ t: e2 eWe makin' it happen, from nothin' to somethin' ! {8 |" j* M! V$ `$ J
That's how we be survivin' back in my homeland 6 u( ^# e5 @; v0 n5 C$ d' q % j" b+ o2 M6 h% Y . }7 z" ?5 C: o2 v! J4 N. c& sYo, its been a while but... W/ T5 X& J9 m0 g; t
I been back home to my homeland, (check it out) to see what's going on 6 m7 k; j! Y: ]
Man it feels good to be back at home 1 g' d* m. S2 }* l, N8 Y, q
And it's been a decade, on the journey all alone 6 e. ]% j i- `* [9 N" \% ~* z
I was fourteen when I first left Philippines 1 P6 R9 @" [! V5 V* V j4 ~) UI've been away half my life, but it felt like a day . C/ ~1 O$ r9 P" lTo be next to my mom with her home cooked meal 7 X- X- Y- k/ C9 j0 ?) S# i" @9 nMeant I felt complete, my emotions I feel! + N, s8 d3 H0 p: z7 QNow life has changed for me in the U.S 6 j3 C6 ?- J: U/ q& v
But back at home man, life was a mess... ( I* I# [" G5 E" W8 ?6 V
I guess sometimes life's stresses gets you down ' H' Y6 l3 a S7 A+ qOn your knees, oh brother I wish I could have helped you out...