The APL Song

Lapit mga kaibigan

At makinig kayo (listen up yo)

Ako'y may dala-dalang balita galing sa bayan ko

(Listen closely ya'll)

Nais kong y pamahagi ang mga kwento

Ang mga pangyayari nagaganap sa lupang pinangako



(Yo every place got a ghetto, this' my version of it, check it out)

Listen closely ya'll I got a story to tell

A version of my ghetto

A life felt for real

Some would call it hell but to me it was heaven

God gave me the grace, amazing ways of livin'

How would you feel if you had to catch a meal

Build a hut to live in, and to eat and chill in

Havin' to pump the water out of the ground

The way we put it down, udalizing what is around

Like land for farmin', river for fishin'

Everyone helping each other whenever they can

We makin' it happen, from nothin' to somethin'

Thas' how we be survivin' back in my homeland



[chorus]



(Yo, it's been awhile but I've been back home to my homeland

This what's goin' on)

Man, it feels good to be back at home (back at home)

And it's been a decade on the journey all alone

I was 14 when I first left Philippines

I've been away half my life and it felt like day

To be next to my mom with her home cooked meal, man

I felt complete, my emotions I feel

Now life has changed for me in the u.s.

But back at home man (life was a mess

I guess sometimes life's stresses gets you down

On your knees, oh brother, wish I could have helped you out)



[chorus]