"The Apl Song"

[00:24.45] Lapit mga kaibigan at makinig kayo (Listen up y'all)

[00:30.06] Ako'y may dala-dalang balita galing sa bayan ko (Listen closely y'all)

[00:35.39] Nais kong ipamahagi ang mga kuwento

[00:39.92] Ang mga pangyayaring nagaganap sa lupang pinangako

[00:46.02] Yo, every place got a ghetto

[00:48.53] This is my version of it, check it out

[00:51.71] Listen closely yo, I got a story to tell

[00:54.42] A version of my ghetto where life felt for real

[00:57.08] Some would call it hell but to me it was heaven

[00:59.74] God gave me the grace, amazin' ways of living

[01:02.44] How would you feel if you had to catch your meal

[01:05.09] Build a hut to live and to eat and chill in?

[01:08.28] Having to pump the water outta the ground

[01:10.44] The way we put it down utilizing what is around

[01:12.86] Like land for farming, river for fishing

[01:16.05] Everyone helpin' each other whenever they can

[01:18.51] We makin' it happen, from nothin' to somethin'

[01:21.17] That's how we be survivin' back in my homeland

[01:23.87] Lapit mga kaibigan at makinig kayo (Listen up y'all)

[01:29.45] Ako'y may dala-dalang balita galing sa bayan ko (Listen closely y'all)

[01:34.51] Nais kong ipamahagi ang mga kuwento

[01:39.32] Ang mga pangyayaring nagaganap sa lupang pinangako

[01:45.16] Yo, it's been a while, but

[01:47.58] I've been back home to my homeland (Check it out)

[01:49.80] To see what's going on

[01:51.13] Man it feels good to be back at home

[01:53.58] And it's been a decade, on the journey all alone

[01:55.98] I was fourteen when I first left Philippines

[01:58.63] I've been away half my life, but it felt like a day

[02:01.36] To be next to my mom with her home cooked meal

[02:04.27] Man I felt complete, my emotions I feel

[02:06.93] Now life has changed for me in the U.S

[02:09.59] But back at home man, life was a mess

[02:12.28] I guess sometimes life's stresses gets you down

[02:16.61] On your knees, oh brother I wish I could have helped you out

[02:22.98] Lapit mga kaibigan at makinig kayo (Listen up y'all)

[02:28.58] Ako'y may dala-dalang balita galing sa bayan ko (Listen closely y'all)

[02:33.91] Nais kong ipamahagi ang mga kuwento

[02:38.44] Ang mga pangyayaring nagaganap sa lupang pinangako

[02:45.68] Help me, help me, help me, help me, help me, help me