[00:09.82][00:12.25][00:14.93][00:17.78]La la la lalala...
[00:23.15][01:23.76][02:22.22]Lapit mga kaibigan at makinig kano / Come together and listen (Listen up yo)
[00:30.10][01:29.07][02:28.58]Ako''y padadalang, balita galing sa bayan ko / I brought news from my native land (Listen closely yo)
[00:34.68][01:34.45][02:33.52]Yaung pamamahagi ang mga kuento / I''ll tell you how we live
[00:40.21][01:39.42][02:38.61]Ng manga pangyayaring ganaganap / and what goes on
[00:42.49][01:42.16][02:41.47]Sa lupang pinangako / From my beloved homeland
[00:46.13]Yo, every place got a ghetto this is my version (Check it out...)
[00:51.20]Listen closely yo, I got a story to tell
[00:53.95]A version of my ghetto where life felt for real
[00:56.97]Some would call it hell but to me it was heaven
[00:59.65]God gave me the grace, amazin'' ways of living
[01:02.19]How would you feel if you had to catch your meal?
[01:05.22]Build a hut to live and to eat and chill in.
[01:07.83]Having to pump the water outta the ground
[01:10.72]The way we put it down utilizing what is around
[01:13.17]Like land for farming, river for fishing
[01:15.73]Everyone helpin'' each other whenever they can
[01:18.46]We makin'' it happen, from nothin'' to somethin''
[01:21.27]That''s how we be survivin'' back in my homeland
[01:45.47]Yo, its been a while but...
[01:47.74]I been back home to my homeland, (check it out) to see what''s going on
[01:50.75]Man it feels good to be back at home
[01:53.36]And it''s been a decade, on the journey all alone
[01:56.12]I was fourteen when I first left Philippines
[01:58.83]I''ve been away half my life, but it felt like a day
[02:01.44]To be next to my mom with her home cooked meal
[02:04.31]Meant I felt complete, my emotions I feel!
[02:07.06]Now life has changed for me in the U.S
[02:09.54]But back at home man, life was a mess...
[02:12.56]I guess sometimes life''s stresses gets you down
[02:16.29]On your knees, oh brother I wish I could have helped you out...