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The leading single to ITM's second mixtape, TAGLISH
Album Art by kwøngdoodles (Instagram: @kwongdoodles)
lyrics
Hook
Rapper ka ba? Opo, opo
Rapper ka ba? Opo, opo
Ha? Rapper ka pa? Opo, opo
Aba Rapper ka na Opo, opo
Verse1
(*beams) Looking out for inner-peace, looking out for outer-peace
Looks like the man in the mirror’s running outta memory
Need Lola’s recipes, finger-licking remedies
Baon for my soul I hope I don’t forget the melody
Of life’s symphony, I’m singing along this The
Sound of Music if it wasn’t white as fuuu-
-dge, heh, got deep roots but still been a young bud
Telling all these billboards they still ain’t, dark enough but I’m still
Killing these raaps, running the traack, telling these rappers to get in the baack
Chatting like Chano yeah boy and we baack, but I’m no copy cat Bayani on my haat
Taga-Real ang salita ko, probinsyano - ganayun
Amerikano pero marunong siya mag-Tagalog I’m the
Rapper, spitting in Taglish, miss my drummer Mister Mathis yo
ktb that’s classic, ya slaps no bars all ad-libs
My jams all bars no mattress, gotta stay woke to know what rap is that’s
Rhythm and poetry wait for ya nose to bleed here, lemme get you a napkin, ITM
Verse2
I like to dream and sleep, I like to raf por pree
I like to tell some suckas such and such in a sixteen
Tagalog is my right, English is my biggest vice
Food for thought in my Mother Tongue most-a ya’ll don’t even got no rice
Taga Quezon salita (*double) ingleesh-ingleesh wala na
Bumalik ako sa bayang ‘to ay nako baliktad
Pi-nóy pa ako tingnan mo ang balat, ang
Puso, ang ulo, maitim ang lahat Opo
Rapper na ako pala, ay grabe ‘di mo ba alam?
'Asaan ang mga Kababayans? Walang pera? ok lang yan!
Ambágan lang, basta sapat, basta lahat ay masaya, ma-
-halaga ang barkáda kahit ang balak ay “bahala na”
Malamang kuwentuhan lang, kape-alak inuman na!
Kamusta ka na? Buhay pa eh, buti naman, (*chuckle) di wala na
“Amerikano pero mahal mo ba ang bansang ‘to?”
Opo, kasi mula rito ang aking dugo, Iyaaa!
credits
released January 17, 2021
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