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O​/​PO [Prod. by Accent Beats]

by ITM

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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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ITM Quezon City, Philippines

ITM (reiteration of the Tagalog word, “itim” meaning "dark") is a 2nd Gen Filipino-American emcee born and raised in Northern California. He moved to the Philippines in 2018 to live with and serve the urban poor in Metro Manila. Repping Riverside, Quezon City, ITM creates to inspire his "kababayans" to reclaim and decolonize their identities and meaningfully reconnect back to the Motherland. ... more

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