Bakunawa (feat. Ouida, Han Han & June Millington)

Woke up this morning, felt the sun Let it kiss my skin, I thought I won I braved the light and faced the dawn Who have you become? Do you think you've won Nakatitig sila sakin Isang bolo sa kamay Sa trono kumakain Sa gilid ko mga patay Ako ang bakunawa Sa gubat naghintay Yung inang kalikasan Ako ang hari at inay Ako'y hinahanap Na parang diamante Pilipina na babae Hindi dalaga; militante Ako ang bakunawa Nakatira sa dilim Akala mo nakatago Pansinin sa salamin Sabay na natin harapin Hindi mo ba napapansin And I was born with two tongues, so I carry two guns Sharper than a balisong blade in the sun Stars and a sun 'cuz the moon phase one Got a rhythm like a monsoon bagyo with a drum Sa loob ng tiyan, revolution that we won Mano po sa manang ko, Bathala Babaylan But the fire in my lungs, got the funk since '91 Gabriela, Nieves, and Maria combined into one I've been blue like the ocean we outgrew when we moved Point of view like I read 'til I'm white, that's the bluest Blue like the moon, like their eyes, and the bruises Howl at the moon, watch it bloom when I rule this Brown like the bamboo roots that we grew with Brown like the womb, the cocoon of the movement Bound to my doom 'cuz it looms like this tune Shoot you down like the moon, wear the crown, I resume Ako ang bakunawa Lumuhod kayo diyan! hoy hoy hoy hoy Hoy ako ang bakunawa! ako ang bakunawa Lumuhod kayo diyan! hoy hoy hoy hoy Hoy ako ang bakunawa! ako ang bakunawa Lumuhod kayo diyan! hoy hoy hoy hoy Hoy ako ang bakunawa! ako ang bakunawa Lumuhod kayo diyan! diyan diyan diyan diyan diyan diyan Can I break this cycle I was taught as truth Rewrite my story, unlearn my youth Thought I was these things that I know I'm not So I prayed to moons, but the prey was caught I learned their language to arm my words Protect my story so I said it first If I don't know me, what is my past If I don't know me, what is my path Tell me what is freedom, tell me what's your name Do you know your story? why do you feel that pain I carry on these shoulders all the weight from rain Fall from the bamboo, wash away the shame I got that earth, wind, fire living in my chest So many moons ago they thought I met my death But I'm free from silence when I speak this breath I said I'm movin' mountains when I speak my breath So let me reach my hmm Let me seek my hmm So let me speak my hmm Let me speak Let me speak I've been fearing darkness Not knowing I had to face the ones within Letting the sun touch my skin in hopes that I'd win Hands etched with sorrows deeper than the ocean's depths History rooted in my people's death, this breath been Enveloped Consumed Swallowed whole On nights where one moon seems fleeting so Even seven moons don't illuminate like my soul My rage? spoon feed her, moon eater, truth keeper Naa bay kahadlokan? wala diri Bisaya ni, ang dila hait kaayo tanawa 'ni Gikaon ang bulan, revolution in me Naa na ang bakunawa Rebirth a new moon