[00:00.000] 作词 : Nak
[00:00.130] 作曲 : Sam Ock
[00:00.260]She told me, "How could you say you're
[00:03.570]Filipino if you don't speak Tagalog?
[00:08.030]You're a disgrace"
[00:12.090]
[00:16.220]Since then, I never quite felt Filipino
[00:21.210]But at the same time, I never felt fully American
[00:27.590](It's in the words I never say)
[00:30.640]But I know who I am
[00:33.370]Dear Tita
[00:35.380]Let's open discussion
[00:36.070]We approaching the truth and we all hoping to touch it
[00:39.330]Been a long time coming 'cause I'm concerned we got separated
[00:41.920]Diverging won't get us any closer to summit
[00:44.340]I remember that chilly night back in Chino
[00:46.430]You told me I'm disgracing us Filipinos
[00:49.060]'Cause I was never taught, couldn't speak Tagalog
[00:51.880]Though we share the same blood, Rizal, Aguinaldo
[00:54.630]God knows I try to beat the anguish
[00:56.530]Feeling like I can't love the motherland if I don't speak the language
[00:59.670]Never thought I'd be hated on by my own people
[01:02.140]This American dream, this freaking whole sequel
[01:04.800]What's a blossom when all the roots are ashamed of it?
[01:07.530]I'm hardly processing what the nature is
[01:09.920]Though I didn't learn the language of our home
[01:12.030]I'll love it with the language that I know
[01:13.980]This is all I know (Tita)
[01:14.940]Though the islands assemble as a whole shun me
[01:17.350]I never felt I'm accepted up in my own country
[01:19.930]Even my label of "Asian" often brought into question
[01:22.450]I feel a harder disconnection when talking complexion
[01:25.160]Why you pointing fingers?
[01:26.240]You can't grasp what's happening while avoiding splinters
[01:29.070]Similarity can trick, you better know the difference
[01:31.390]Of no identity and no identity
[01:33.240]I take history to support the inference
[01:35.360]Lapu-Lapu propaganda movement
[01:37.260]Revolution, Bonifacio, the Katipunan
[01:39.890]I'm the proudest descendant of every insurrection
[01:42.260]You won't see me defensive, I won't live to tell it
[01:45.000]I was built for resisting all of your vain oppression
[01:47.540]I am not coexisting with all your plain rejection
[01:50.530]I'm no less than the very thing you claim to be
[01:53.190]My identity's something you'll never take from me
[01:56.520]Dear Tita
[01:58.230]I wanna think that it's deeper than words I didn't learn
[02:00.890]Maybe all of it's swelling up from a deeper hurt
[02:03.480]Maybe all the betrayal we suffered ain't addressed
[02:05.980]Maybe grudges ain't laid to rest
[02:07.480]You can't throw mud upon another not making a mess
[02:10.380]I wanna fight back, but I'm saving my breath
[02:13.120]I checked vast ocean, we crossed them, now out to wander
[02:16.180]'Cause the cause of it probably is lost in the water
[02:19.050]Maybe it's sleeping, creeping in the deep end
[02:21.610]Or maybe our story just isn't complete yet
[02:24.060]Whatever it is, maybe finding the problem
[02:26.470]Ain't as vital as finding God trying to solve 'em
[02:29.780]So I will keep the repercussions
[02:31.800]Stay awake, no one sleep, the Reaper cousin
[02:34.010]The seat I clutch is a destiny that I can't retreat from
[02:36.730]That'll blossom, I promise, I'm talking sampaguita
[02:40.820](Ooh, ooh, ooh)
[02:42.660]It's in the words I never say
[02:49.060]Love never needed translation
[02:52.920]It's in the words I never say
[02:59.320](Ooh, ooh, ooh)
[03:03.040]It's in the words I never say
[03:09.440](Ooh, ooh, ooh)
[03:13.300]It's in the words I never say
[03:20.170]Maybe discovering who we are is accepting destiny
[03:23.200]While admitting to not knowing where we're going
[03:25.560]Direction is just as important as destination
[03:28.890]Maybe identity is bigger than past, present, or future
[03:32.290]Maybe it's all three together
[03:34.520]But I hope this letter finds you well
[03:36.710]And P.S., maybe our story is still being written