Lyrics The Message - Q-York

The Message
- J. Palma - C. Bonjoc -
Lyrics written by Knowa Lazarus of Q-York

All my people around the world
What's going on? (What's going on?)
What's going on? (What's going on?)
Are we just gonna sit back & watch things fall apart?
What's going on? (What's going on?)
What's going on? (What's going on?)

Cold sweats hot, summer nights
Kids smile but they living on a dumpsite
Trash piles scavenge through that's they whole life
How can we say Pinoy Pride? Man it ain't right
Pollution in the Pasig river man it makes me sick
How can we be so poor when our countries rich?
And it's true, I'm a Fil-Am
But does it mean that I can't stand up for what's right? Does it matter where I'm from?
Some Pinoys say that I'm not Pinoy enough
It ain't my fault, I ain't choose where I was born
11 Million Filipinos all over the world
We professionals, a blessing everywhere we go
Jewels of the pauper polish minds into emeralds
Yeah, we sparkle in the darkness
You could teach knowledge but you can't teach heart, get it?

All my people around the world
What's going on? (What's going on?)
What's going on? (What's going on?)
Are we just gonna sit back & watch things fall apart?
What's going on? (What's going on?)
What's going on? (What's going on?)

So many move people from the province to Manila
Big dreamin'
Tryin' to find a better life for their kids and feed'em
Most struggle, only few succeed
Just to work at Mickey D's you need a college degree
So many different reasons but the same results
That's why our number one export is the workforce
We import rice and import chocolate
We can grow it local but we ain't on top of it
Yeah it's true our ecomony is growing fast
But it's because of the influx of foreign cash
That's sent back from the workers abroad
They left they loved ones for a job
And I'll admit it, I'm a product of that
My family left The Philippines & didn't even look back
And it's cool to give your money to charity
But until we give ourselves we'll be stuck in this reality

All my people around the world
What's going on? (What's going on?)
What's going on? (What's going on?)
Are we just gonna sit back & watch things fall apart?
What's going on? (What's going on?)
What's going on? (What's going on?)

Livin' life sacrificing for our families
Got us close to the edge of insanity
Workers in the Middle East livin'
Where men & women together are strictly forbidden
He was making that money sending it home
But the more time passed the more he felt alone
I'm alright he'd tell his wife on Skype
Using lotion to pass the Arabian nights uhhh
Then he met this guy
They'd hang out & they'd have a good time
Illegally one day they drank wine
Weird thoughts started crossing his mind
He told himself, I never felt like this
Next thing you know they started to kiss
All he wanted to do was get paid
Now he's getting deported
The doctor said he has AIDS