Rock tha pinoy!!

Hey everybody! I dont know about you guys, but im really starting to like the Black Eyed Peas! I have both their most recent albums (Thanks to K for that one!). One interesting factor is that the resident Filipino of the group - Apl de Ap - enters one filipino song (tagalog language) in every album. I hope this becomes a tradition with the group, cos Apl's songs are quite nice to listen to. Pinoys are so cool! (though, i probably think that more because of their cute female population though; tee hee...)




Anyways, heres the two filipino songs from the albums Elephunk and Monkey Business; including some translations i found from the net:

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SONG: The Apl Song

ALBUM: Elephunk



[Chorus in Tagalog]

Lapit mga kaibigan at makinig kayo

Ako'y padadalang, balita galing sa bayan ko

Yaung pamamahagi ang mga kuento

Ng manga pangyayaring ganaganap

Sa lupang pinangako



[English Translation:]

(Come together and listen

I brought news from my native land

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



[Sing the 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...



[Sing the chorus...]



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SONG: Bebot (Original Tagalog Version)

ALBUM: Monkey Business



A.

bebot bebot

be bebot bebot

be bebot bebot

be

ikaw ang aking/ay



B.

pilipino, pilipino, pilipino, pilipino



Verse I

hoy pare pakinggan nyo ko

eto nang tunay na filipino

galing sa baryo sa pangbato

pumunta ng LA nagtrabaho

para makatulong sa nanay

dahil sa hirap ng buhay

pero masaya parin ang kulay

pag kumain nagkakamay

yung kanin, chicken adobo

yung balot, binebenta sa kanto

tagay mo na nga ang baso

pare ko inuman na tayo



Verse II

masdan mo ang magagandang dalaga

nakakagigil ang beauty mo talaga

lambingin di nakakasawa

ikaw lang ang gustong kasama

yung bahay o kubo

pagibig mo ay totoo

puso ko’y laging kumikibo

wala kang katulad sa mundo ko

pinoy ka sigaw na, sige

kung maganda ka sigaw na, sige

kung buhay mo’y mahalaga, sige

salamat sa iyong suporta



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TRANSLATION BY: MilkPhish



Baby baby baby Be (3x) You are my

Baby baby baby Be (3x) You are my

Baby baby baby Be (3x) You are



Filipino! - Filipino! - Filipino! - Filipino!



Hey man listen to me

This is the real Filipino

Came from the barrio at Sapang Bato

Went to L.A. and labored

So to help mom

Because life is so hard

But the disposition is still bright

when eating we use our hands

The rice, chicken adobo

The balut, being sold at the corner

Share the glass already

My friend let’s all start drinking



Filipino! - Filipino! - Filipino! - Filipino!



Baby baby baby Be (3x) You are my

Baby baby baby Be (3x) You are my

Baby baby baby Be (3x) You are



Filipino! - Filipino! - Filipino! - Filipino!



Observe all the beautiful girls

Your beauty really drives me crazy

Sweetness is never tiresome

You’re the only one I want to be with at

Your house or nipa hut

Your love is for real

My heart always speaks

There is no one else in the world like you



You’re Filipino shout now, c’mmon

If you’re beautiful shout now, c’mmon

If you value your life, c’mmon

Thank you for your support



Filipino! - Filipino! - Filipino! - Filipino!



Filipino! - Filipino! - Filipino! - Filipino!



Baby baby baby Be (3x) You are my

Baby baby baby Be (3x) You are my

Baby baby baby Be (3x) You are my

Baby baby baby Be (3x) You are my

Baby baby baby Be (3x) You are my

Baby baby baby Be (3x) You are



Filipino! - Filipino! - Filipino! - Filipino!



Filipino! - Filipino! - Filipino! - Filipino!



You’re Filipino shout now, c’mmon

If you’re beautiful shout now, c’mmon

If your life is valuable, c’mmon

Thank you for your support



Filipino! - Filipino! - Filipino! - Filipino!



(repeat)



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Additional notes from MilkPhish:

"bebot" -- be´-bot is a street slang word for "girl" or "female" taken from the Tagalog word "babae" -- ba´-ba´-e




no derogatory implications whatsoever; Filipinos do not demean their females. the only demeaning word for females is a Spanish word, but none in Tagalog.