Has anyone heard the Apl Song? It's sung by Black Eyed Peas, and the chorus is sung in Tagalog. Anyways, I think it's really sad when I listened to it. Here's the lyrics:

[Chorus in Tagalog]
Lapit mga kaibigan at makinig kayo
Ako'y may dala-dalang, balita galing sa bayan ko
Nais kong ipamahagi ang mga kwento
Ang mga pangyayaring nagaganap
Sa lupang pinangako

[English Translation:]
(Come closer my friends and everyone listen
I brought news from my homeland
I'll tell you how we live and what goes on
From my beloved homeland.)

[Verse one, Apl.De.Ap]
Every place got a ghetto this is my version
Check it out...
Listen closely yo, I got a story to tell
A version of my ghetto where life felt for real
Some would call it hell but to me it was heaven
God gave me the grace, amazin' ways of living
How would you feel if you had to catch your meal?
Build a hut to live and to eat and chill in.
Having to pump the water outta the ground
The way we put it down utilizing what is around
Like land for farming, river for fishing
Everyone helpin' each other whenever they can
We makin' it happen, from nothin' to somethin'
That's how we be survivin' back in my homeland

[Chorus]

[Verse two, Apl.De.Ap]
Yo, its been a while but...
I been back home to my homeland, (check it out) to see what's going on
Man it feels good to be back at home
And it's been a decade, on the journey all alone
I was fourteen when I first left Philippines
I've been away half my life, but it felt like a day
To be next to my mom with her home cooked meal
Meant 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 I wish I could have helped you out...

[Chorus]

I haven't seen the video for this yet but I heard it was pretty good. You can watch it here:

http://www.xylophonefilms.com/bep.html
http://www.kidheroes.net/aplsong.htm

Black Eyed Peas sold out. Whack @$$ $hit. Fergie is whack.

Although, I do respect the group putting the philippines in mainstream america. It was also cool that they used filipino actors, artists and musicians in that video. It was also directed and produced by filipinos.

If you guys listen to hip hop check out and support the filipinos:

The Pacifics
Bham Boo (hard to find, underground)
Black Eyed Peas
Foesum

Just to name a few.

At least they showed the manongs protesting for their full benefits that were promised to them.

What have YOU done for your people lately, Mike???

i really admire Mr. alla pineda....
true pinoy!!!!!!

^^ me too

you know him?

I do now .

kim, did u watch his life story in 'Maalala Mo Kaya'? Coz i dont hav Tarbs so i was thinkin wether you've seen it?

my favorite song from them right now is "retarted"...

Downloading............

the video was very great! it was made for filipinos...
i really admire APL!

I almost cried when I seen them show the manong guy. It was also nice to see Chad Hugo of the Neptunes to finaly contribute to anything remotely Filipino...

yup, ive seen it.
it was played by the streetboys member, and who is a great actor, jhong hilario...
it was very touching.... he doesnt know his father and loses his kind stepfather....

where's apl from in pi? i saw him in pi channel showing him going back to the palayans and in mtb with teh b e ps performing, but i thought he was like african american the first time i saw peas.

yup!

Alla Pineda was born in Pampanga. He's negrito!(Kiddin' folks, we cant take anthropology that seriously!) Yeah he's half-filipino.


Hehe I haven't seen it yet but I didnt know the video would be sad. Chad needs to have thesame exposure as Pharrell! The guy is like mute in all their music videos...

i saw hugo wearing welcome to manila or some sort of manila souvenirs shirts on one of the neptunes or nerd pic shoot. that's about it in reppin his flip culture.

booo! bandwidth exceeded!!

what other part is apl, i mean he's definitely part something else.

^ Part African-American.

but he's filipino all the way no? i mean how many filipino biggies have come back and be tumitingin sa kanyang pinagagalingan, i mean i saw apl in tv doing farm work and stuff with teh crabaos in the rice fields. i guess since he's from pampanga that either one of his parents are stationed in olonggapo?