Ruby Ibarra - Who I Am lyrics

Mga kababayan ko Dapat lang malaman nyo Bilib ako sa kulay ko Ako ay pilipino Kung may itim o may puti Mayron naman kayumangi Isipin mo na kaya mong Abutin ang yung minimithi *white noise* (American Junk) Get it out of my bloodstream (American Junk) Get it out of my system (American Junk) I can only take so much (American Junk) Gotta get back to who I am *transition to actual rap* Kailangan na tayoy gumising, ating damdamin isipin At itong hangin linisin, puede na natin baguhin Bakit ba ganyan? naka posa ang ating kamay Mga preso ng secreto at mali sa saysay So not myself as i should be - less a self, more selfishly The press say i should sell myself to shelves but theres discrepancy: Identity thats meant to be and colonized mind in me Lying in our eyes till we find ourself as enemy Taught to use papaya soap like whiteness is the antidote Caught in colonized approach can't fight this, like im at the throat Question it? you start to choke, unless you lessen half your soul Pressin close this flattened nose, its told its best if I'm 'Cano Best if i erase the brown, color of the country's ground Color of the roots found beneath the lands of Mindanao People power sequel cuz this be the peoples hour So we need to see it now or we can't seek whats really ours This is for the place of my mother's land Where I got my face and these browner hands I used to be ashamed but now I understand Cuz this is who I am I said it's who I am (x2) I said Colonized mind, blind folded, so im hypnotized Compromised pride, bind hands, never reach the skies Modified eyes, cry truth, fail to recognize The disguised lies write views planted in our minds Callin me a dogeater prayin on some chicken bones Nation known for s** tours, order brides mailed to homes All of that is nonsense, they've never felt the misery They've never seen my province or know my country's history The blistered feet, pollution, greed, Spain and U.S. Colony Planted all this fallacy, corruption in mentality Marcos with regime and so no privacy for families People power used to heed the government monopoly The poverty that never sees improvement from economy Kayumangi, no equality, cuz white is what you oughta be The native tongue i try to speak is silenced by the mastery Of English that I'm forced keep to take the FOB outside of me This is for the place of my mother's land Where I got my face and these browner hands I used to be ashamed but now I understand Cuz this is who I am I said it's who I am (x2) Like Bulosan said, Americas in the heart But my blood is Philippines that keeps it pumpin in the dark So people wake up so we can learn about the issues Those we never learned in school, and missed in news Those we never find in books, so its a missed tool Never learned to hold up a fist, our minds the pistol Defined by a line in my mind called the hyphen So over time, I'm, tryna find the right height when Tryna reach the sky but I fight from being boxed in Wanna bridge the gap but my color is the toxin Cultures counteract, keep me back as a caution Of history and facts from my path so I'm tossed in Stuck between America and Philippines, though So i know that I'm both, so I struggle with this rope If I'm Filipino now with a flat nose Makes me Filipino then, but with my eyes closed Filipino ako sa dugo Filipino ako sa loob Filipino ako sa gawa Filipino sa mga mata Gumising na