Bakunawa ft. Ouida, Han Han & June Millington Lyrics

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