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