Gold is the color of my skin, they said it cause my ancestors sinned but that not how the story begins. Its cause god kept me in the oven till i was golden brown. We never learn this lesson cause we're taught the other way around....
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they give bandaid solutions to issues they say dont exist and some of us settle cause it seems too hard to resist when minimum wage keeps proverty at bay when you dont live paycheqe to paycheque but you live day by day now istituted education they say offers better options but if you cant afford, cant even access dont tell me there isnt some kind of currption tell me how much more difficult must it get before social change isnt just dreamt but finally met Now if your still unclear of exactly what im sayin take a look around and see how we miss direct our hate n’ brother against brother, class divisions whats been made n’ internal racism gots my sistahs makeup caked n’ Is this quality of life under whos criteria is happiness measured on these scales ray me fa so la the sound of music is the sound of music is the sound of a tick time is running out, you better catch up qick If you cant do it for you, do it for the next generation for kaya mahal, baby danger, you gotta find that personal connection yah, god might love but them answers dont come from above they come from the masses when push comes to shove Its our experience that makes us strong in what we do we get whats wrong n whats right so to the end we’ll see it through im not sayin that transformation will come easy we’ll take it slow cause we still gotta be breezy They say simple living hard struggle is the struggle of the classes make n’ take criticizm dont be offended, dont be passive Like lauryn said, you gotta walk then learn then grow spirit gets stronger with every passing blow Do what you can live up to your full potential do you just talk the talk or can i give you full crediential Dont sentence the truths to the confines of your pillow if you dont speak out loud how will society ever know dont speak out loud is all that you’ll be told dont speak out loud, no longer the victim but ur the foe maybe i shud break it down n’ be a little more specific the problem starts on the utha side of the pacific Where kapatids at kasamas by my side we’ll come to challenge really question exactly why were so rich in culture live so poor our experience is denied our struggle for human rights our basic needs why do they turn a blind eye for And were forced to make a livin on foreign shores and were forced to fold that linen while our qualification is ignored and were forced to keep on grinin even though our body and our minds sore and you give em all you got and still they want some more so you keep on pushin through cause your anak your dedicated and you swore for Cause your duty is to fill the bellies of the little ones you bore and you strugge for your fam and you struggle for so much more and you strugge for your fam and you struggle for so much more Kasi kahirap nga ang buhay when you believe in feudal whys like this is a womens place and wealth lies only in paper chase and your told never to make goals high cause only birds can learn to fly and only birds can learn to fly and only birds can learn to fly But with a little more concious education were no longer slaves of these kinds of misconceptions and with a little collective advocation backward thoughts cant be born with this kind a’ contreception and were no longer drawn in by tempting deception and if you make mistakes you learn to make correction and if you make mistakes you learn to make correction and if you make mistakes you learn to make correction So let this struggle let it be your stepping stone and let this mic let it be my megaphone and let this song remind you that in struggle your not alone and in struggle your not alone and in struggle your not alone