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River (Chico Redemption)
04:32
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River (Chico Redemption) [2002]
Do you know how freedom sounds?
I said do you know how freedom sounds?
It sounds like spirits in the native trees
It sounds like thunder from the ground
CHORUS
Did you know that freedom looks like a river
flowing free and strong like how we found each other
And yes together we will work, try hard to make life better
the way that water carves through stone
But we can't do this alone...
There's a struggle in those hills
You can feel its power still
The women take down private property
In a peaceful act of the people's will
Sha la la la la la la la.......
Can’t you see its boundless force?
So strong it won't be moved from course
It's the sweetest form of gravity
The need for all things to be free
CHORUS x 2
SO we will come together
and we will build together
and we will fight together
to be free...
to be free.
RAP
Free like a river when it flows
Free like the winds when it blows (you know)
To get away far away just away from it all
Until the day, free to say no more pistols are drawn
and wash away all the pain that my people have felt
To lend a hand to those who suffered and they struggle for help
Cuz everyday's a new beginning so there's time for a change
and while tomorrow stays a mystery our struggle remains
Whatever life brings, know together we will make it
Everybody needs somebody life is what we make of it
and together we will rise we can't do this alone
For all my people over here, my people back home
Whether here or overseas in the belly of the beast
Can't wait for the day the mother land, my people be free
We gotta organize and mobilize so we can make you see
We come we will build we will fight to be free
We can't do this alone
No we can't do this alone
We can't do this alone
No we can't do this alone
So we will come together
and we will build together
Cause we are strong together
So we will fight together
I said we are strong together
So we will fight together
Till we win this revolution
Till we win this revolution
Till we win this revolution
Till we win this revolution
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2. |
Isang Siglo (100 Years)
05:28
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100 Years (Isang Siglo) [2001]
100 Years after cheating was signed in a treaty between liars and thieves
We wonder what would our country be like if our people had really been free
Would our lolos be lonely our women enslaved would we pay for our own rice to eat?
Or would families be strong on some land of their own, would we grow all the food that we eat?
CHORUS
No more of the silence
No more will we hide from our past
We will fight for a future
Where we speak out our pride in our land
And we act our pride in our land
We’ll take back our land!
100 Years after pipelines were built from America to overseas
Now we’re 2 million strong in a land that is rich, with a few opportunities
No more little brown brothers sisters no more of this bullshit about backwards friends
Now we’re 2 million strong in American means that we all are our homeland’s revenge!
CHORUS
Tagalog 100 years "Isang siglo" translated by Mike Sotero and “Igan” ng Bayan of DKK Baguio [2002]
Isang siglo matapos nilagdaan
Ang tratado na mapanlinlang
Ano nga kaya ang kahihinatnan
Kung malayang ganap ang bayan
May lumbay pa kaya, pangamba't kawalan
Ng katarungan sa lipunan
O sagana kaya ang bawat tahanan
Mabuhay sa kapayapaan?
KORO:
Huwag nang matahimik
Huwag na ring magkubil sa dilim
Bukas ay panghawakan
Itanghal ang sinilangang bayan
Kalayaan ng ating bayan
Ipaglaban!
Isang siglo na nang biyan ng daan
Pagsasamantala ng dayuhan
Sa Amerika'y nakipagsapalaran
Dalawang milyong kababayan
Nagsusumikap umahon sa hirap
Baya'y baon pa rin sa utang
Dalawang milyong silang magsisilbing punglo
Sa puso ng ating kalaban
KORO
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3. |
Victory
02:56
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It was early in the morning
Fresh pot of coffee boilin
Out on my front porch
What do I see?
Front page news claim’n victory
Victory!
Stand up tall as I face the horizon
Bare witness to a new sun risin
March’n in the street in sweet harmony
Fist in the air claim’n victory
Everything will soon be ok
I can’t believe the war is over
The people are free and ready to come over
Sing’n and dancing ready to take over
Stand up tall cause we know we belong
Pull up the weak till everyone’s strong
Ready to build as we face the horizon
Bare witness to a new sun risin
Firebomb whirlwind rough rugged and tuff
Rise up now people cause we had enough
Blood sweat an tears for too many years
Not another a day a slave or livin ‘n fear
So we light em up so we can burn it down
Then we pull the plug, Shut em down, shut em down
Victory!
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4. |
Diaspora (2009)
04:22
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There are times
When I am one with the field
And there are times
When the sun soothes my soul
In the morning, dusty winds take my pain
And in the evening, an old memory fades away
CHORUS
Your empty promise to provide
Food for my family and ways for us to survive
So then I spread my wings and fly –
From home
Now in the Darkness
Neons flash, the music starts
I dance to rhythms
Of a thousand lonely hearts
These men between my legs
They thrust a million lies
But these men between my legs
They’re how my children survive
CHORUS
But if you promise to provide
Food for my family and ways for us to survive
Well then I’ll spread my wings and fly –
Back home
Home….
Home…..
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5. |
Baila Ya!
04:40
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Baila Ya! [2008]
Come to the dance floor
Everybody come and dance
No need to be shy
If you can move then come and dance
It gets lonely
when all we have is a big empty space
In between us
Warm the floor with your body heat
Melt into the beat
And feel your heart soar
With the music in the street
CHORUS
Baila Ya! X4
Heat is rising
From the pavement just like steam
Sweat from your body
Cools like water from the salty sea
It gets lonely
When all we have is a big empty space
In between us
Warm the floor with your body heat
Melt into the beat
And feel your heart soar
With the music in the street
CHORUS
Life is too short
To hide in the shadows
Our music will make the wallflowers bloom
Midnight turn to noon
And fire explode from the moon
CHORUS
Baila Ya! x8
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6. |
Desaparecidos
04:22
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Desaparacidos [2009]
You were always my special one
Light up the room for everyone
I always felt whole
With you by my side
Star gazer
And always one with the earth
One day you blossomed
Into this beautiful mighty woman
But I began to worry
Like any mother would
So fierce, brave and strong
Quick to tell it like it is
Always with a clenched fist
Rebellion in your heart
[Chorus:]
I can still remember
The last time I saw you
I still call your name a thousand times
As if it will bring you home
Then the knock on the door came
They say you’ve disappeared
Your voice was heard
Just as I’d always feared
Stargazer
Beyond your blindfold
Are you still seeing the same sky?
I’ve long prepared for this
But I could never prepare for this
In your place I raise my fist
With rebellion in my heart
[Chorus]
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7. |
Ka BJ (Puzzle)
05:56
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You had your life laid out like a puzzle
And everything fit perfectly
Work a while, make some money go out east
And move back to the Philippines
You had your life laid out like a puzzle
And everything fit perfectly
Work a while, make some money go out east
And move back to the Philippines
Well…well…why why why?
Well…well….why why why?
First I – cried and cried
Now I – understand
That I guess we’re gonna see you…
On the other side
You had your life laid out like a puzzle
Brought worlds together with your song
Culture keeper you kept your ancestors dancing
You sang harmonies till we had to sing along
Like oh…oh…
I remember when we were together
We’d laugh until the break of dawn
Never knowin tomorrow might not come
But I don’t know why cuz I can’t believe you’re gone
First I – cried and cried
Now I – understand
That I know we’re gonna see you…
On the other side
Oooooh……
Gonna see you on the other side, never gonna say goodbye, gonna see you on the other side, never gonna say goodbye
So, put on your angel’s wings
Go head fly round and check up on things cuz
We need your blessings
We need your comfort
That all we do will continue x4
So shine down on us
Please
Shine down on us
And we’ll see you in our dreams x4
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8. |
Tondo
05:04
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Tondo [2008]
I was born in a sqatter’s town
Down here in poverty
But my mama always sung to me
Of our people’s will to be free
So lord please don’t look upon me
With eyes of disdain or pity
Just give me strength and courage tonight
‘Bout to get together and make things right
I’ve got my back up against the wall
With mountain of false evidence pointed at me
But if fighting for my people is a crime,
Then guilty oh guilty I will plead
I’ve got to pickup pickup pickup what my father left for me
I’ve got to getup getup getup now brothers fight to be free
I’ve got to pickup pickup pickup what my mother left for me
I’ve got to getup getup getup now children unite to be free
We aint gonna wait for no false prophecy
And we aint got no friends in a high society
So get up get up cause there’s no where to turn
Ignite the light n fire watch Babylon burn
So how long oh how long, shall we suffer in peace?
March in arms now for life justice and dignity
Katipunan rise!
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9. |
World Go Blind
05:36
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World Go Blind [2008]
I opened up my eyes to see the sun had not arose
The morning birds flew down to me
They’re hungry
My hands were warm where you once held
My heart inside your palm
Now empty air is all I have
Can my own hands hold me?
Cuz the feast has turned to famine all the shelves are bare
And the bread we used to count on is no longer there
The crumbs have blown into the sea
[Chorus:]
Eye for eye will one day make the world go blind
And when we do then we might finally see
That you cut the cord
Turned me into an orphan child
But I raised myself, did it big
Now look at me
Oh everyone now look at me
[Chorus]
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10. |
Red Fighter
03:56
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Her struggles are not in vain
Cause the blood of resistance runs through my veins
This mountain, is her home
Where she tills the soil where her children grow
This river carries her people’s dreams
Of her past and future seeds
The way it is, we will not allow it to be
I close my eyes and follow her lead
Chorus
She carries the weight of the world
On the strength of her heart beat
She carries the weight of the world
On the strength of her heartbeat
I will still dance cause i’m not alone
I will still laugh cause i’m not alone
And i will still love cause i’m not alone
Her Struggles are not in vain
Cause the blood resistance runs through my veins
She resists their wars of genocide
And i see a different world through her eyes
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Diskarte Namin San Francisco, California
In 1999, DiskarteNamin arose from the underground of San Francisco’s political organizing and music scenes. Bred on resistance music from all over the world, we mix rock guitar with Latin and hip hop beats, reggae and funk basslines, folk blues and soul vocals, and indigenous influences from the Philippines. The result is a unique “Diskarte” sound that defies traditional music categories. ... more
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