Seafood City (Prelude) Lyrics

I think about all these people

Going in and out of Seafood City, buying groceries

And I think about how many of them are working two to three jobs

And I think about them coming from the Philippines because there are no jobs

They come here

They work more than 40 hours

I've heard of people working 80 hours

Because rent is so high

And they buy the overpriced Filipino food coming all the way from the Philippines

And that's just such a twisted concept

When we could just have our people home and not be separated from their families

I see workers on their breaks here facetiming their families for their short breaks

And it breaks my heart that they have to do that

Look, I'm here to speak truth

I'm not here for fake news

I'll step up to the plate and do what I need to do

I'm the voice of a nation

This generation's soundtrack

So, don't switch it up on me with your alternative facts.

I think we need to redefine people power

We think about people power

As those several days in the streets to overthrow one president

But we need to build that long term

It's gonna take more than a few days

It's gonna take more than replacing a president

We'll need to build strong communities

We need to build long lasting people power

And we can be a part of building that here too

I know it is easy for us here in America

To feel so distant and disconnected from the home

But we are so much closer than we realize

And the privilege we have living in the diaspora

Gives us the duty to protect our people from the belly of the beast

Makibaka, huwag matakot

Isang bagsak, if one falls, we all fall together

Are we gonna forget, are we gonna forget?

We will kick out the foreign imperialists

Our people have ousted dictators and foreign rulers and we can do it again

We will do it again!

It's our generation's time to fight

I just want everybody to take it in their hearts that this is not the end

This is just the beginning

So, I wanna see everybody continue to get out here

There's over 110 of us here right now

History has its eyes on us

What we choose to do today will determine what tomorrow will look like

So, thank you all for being here

We'll see you in the streets

We'll see you in the classrooms, in your homes

We'll see you in the struggle

Mabuhay ang sambayanang lumalaban

Never again, never again, never again to martial law!

Never again, never again, never again to martial law!