Francis Magalona, 44

 

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“It’s been 4 hundred years of tears

For the brown man,

Still and all the fight has just begun

…3 stars & a sun!”  – Francis Magalona

 

Three Stars and a Sun (rap)

by Francis Magalona

 

Three stars and a sun, in one sky, so high,

I live and die and die will I for my

Motherland this is the land of my birth,

No purse is worth the price of this earth

Can we rise, can we all, hell no!,

Or should we all just take the fall?

Bless the man if his heart and his land are one

…3 stars & a sun!

3 stars & a sun! I’m ready to defend the 3 stars & a sun!

Ommision to a mission, transport for the brain,

Packed w/ stacks of tracks built for a train,

I eat lead, but I never let it be said,

“He said, she said,” it makes me see red

‘Cuz I don’t take bullshit & I’m ‘a pack it and push it,

And hit you w/ the full clip

Switch to mode lock-‘n’-load in the land of Juan

…the 3 stars & a sun!

3 stars & a sun! I’m ready to defend the 3 stars & a sun!

Bahay kubo kahit munti, may pula,

Bughaw, dilaw, atsaka puti

There is a need to sow the seed,

Toil the soil and plod until your hands bleed

‘Cuz this land is sacred,

Many a battle have been fought with hatred

Don’t tell me that you understand,

It’s been 4 hundred years of tears

For the brown man,

Still and all the fight has just begun

…3 stars & a sun!