Apple of my *sigh*
I was amused by Apl. De. Ap.'s Take Me to the Philippines a little less than a month ago. I stumbled upon another video on YouTube, "Mama Filipina". I was expecting something a bit less partial, something that would speak gladly of the homeland. So I tried to look up the lyrics. There were some nice thoughts alright, but I found some things, well, sad and demeaning.
What do you think? Is it a "yay"? Or a "nay"?
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An excerpt from Mama Filipina (2009)
listen everybody i got somethin to say
about the place where i came from back in the days
how we used to run around outside in the rain
and we didn't have much but we had everything
i'm reminiscing how we used to be
fresh fruits, blue sand but no equality
where the rich stay rich
and the poor stay poor
but if you look inside there's so much more
now it's a simple life
can't forget what it's like
weather so warm you can even swim in the night
but we still want to taste that american life, life
american life
mama, mama filipina
i never meant to give you up
i had to move to america
mama, mama filipina
i never meant to give you up
i had to move to america
i remember how we used to be
growing up in the land of poverty
now you gotta leave home
to feed the family
gotta make it in the land of opportunity
politician corrupting the economy
how they plan to buy the lies of the currencies
and they fail to see the sight and the real beleif
of my philippine island, beaches with white sands
hot springs made from volcanoes erupting
how people make life from nothing to something
filipina mama raising me right
for she still wanna taste that american life
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Check out the video.