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Inspired by the anti-dictatorship movement in the 70s in the Philippines to overthrow former President Ferdinand Marcos and today’s growing mass movement against fascist president Rodrigo Duterte
#OustDuterteNow #JunkTerrorLaw #StopTheKillingsPH
lyrics
VERSE 1
Four hundred years
we been enslaved
Stolen our land and
Stripped us of our names
White men came
to take our riches and Gold
Subdued our minds and bodies
with the cross and the sword
Told us we’d be saved
if we follow the Lord and obey
but what good has come
from forcing us to work for their greed
Had us believe
we owe them
when they’d grant us grace
conquered subjects of empire
left with generations of pain
CHORUS
Brothers, sisters
Get up
Show these fascist pigs our strength
Sisters, brothers
We got
The right to fight
We don’t got to live this way
Brothers, sisters
don’t give up
We don’t got to be afraid
Sisters, brothers
We got
The right to fight
Create a change
KA LAYA:
There's tyranny enacted by the fascist state
Can't take no more, no time to waste
They're spewing all lies, spreading terror on the masses
But when it comes to mass tests, cops shoot bullets to combat us
No jobs, no food, sick patients case after case
People dying under lockdown -- it's a shameful disgrace
All these whack arrests got me bitter -- ampalaya
Mga taong Pilipino, hindi tunay na malaya
This repression breeds resistance, so the masa gon' rise
We can't fall into demise, but cut colonial ties
The people can see that it's the ill institution
We gotta take it down, only way is revolution
Cuz ngayon ay lumalaban, the struggle is now
We up in Malacanang, like Duterte come out
It's like EDSA number three, cuz we making history
Feels like First Quarter Storm back in 1970
Imperialism is the real virus
Socialism is the cure, open up your eyelids
So let's unite as one and fight side by side
Til we see liberation in our lifetime
CHORUS
VERSE 2
One puppet president to the next
And killings rise every day
but when we defend our rights
we’re called a terrorist to the state
This fascist government would rather blame the poor
than change the game
and we’re fed up and ready
To fight back and create a new way
CHORUS
credits
released September 2, 2020
Produced by Silahis & Menchie Caliboso
Co-written by Ka Laya
Artwork by John Haas
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