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Balikbayan [DripGold x Gambino]

from Imperfect Practice by KuyaChris

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lyrics

[Intro]
We are so far away from here

[Verse 1]
I wanna go back home, I wanna see my fam
Cause they the only people that I feel can truly understand
The reason that I drink, and the reason that I think
That this world is getting close to the edge, to the brink
I don't want to sink, but we always get these floods
And people praise the politics but all they get is mud
Then watch them complain, but they all just sit around
It's a love hate thing I got Filipino crowds

[Verse 2]
See I'm a thousand miles off, in a faraway land
Who am I to say how people should behave and spend their grands?
I'm not a saint, I've behaved in bad ways
But I'm here to appeal to reorient this place
My land, my country, my love, my honey
Worth so much more than all these drugs and money
Right about time that we start living our own lives
Be proud of your brown skin that captivates the eyes
You don't ever have to change, don't lighten your skin
Don’t let colonial mentality ever win
We've driven them out, but now we're driven on down
By all these local rich kids who are fighting for the crown
It's such a shame, so I propose the flame
To burn them all down before destroying the name of Filipinos
Are you proud of me?
Cause I'm a balikbayan and I'm proud to be
Filipino

[Outro]
Are you proud of me?
Filipino...
Know that I want some
Filipina...

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from Imperfect Practice, released March 5, 2015
soundcloud.com/dripgold

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KuyaChris Daly City, California

KuyaChris is Filipino American trying to make good music for a better world. He's still working on getting better, and there's still a lot of room to grow, but he's doing it. Get at him and collab!

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