Cherry Lane Music Group

Song Title: Mama Filipina Writers: Allan Pineda, Jean Baptiste Kouame Artist: Apl De Ap Album: Rigg Year of Release: 2008 Label:	Gender: Male Genre: World Music Moods: Nostalgic Topics: Home, Islands, Leaving Tempo: Mid	Catalog/Publisher: Cherry Lane 100% Publishing Control: No 100% Master Control: No Additional Info:
Lyrics: Mama Mama Filipina I never meant to give you up I had to move to America (REPEAT) Listen everybody, I've got something to say About the place where I came from back in the days I used to run around outside in the rain And we didn't have much but we had everything I'm reminiscing how we used to be Fresh fruits, blue sand, but no equality Where the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor But if you look inside there's so much more Now it's a simple life, can't forget what it's like Brother, it's so warm you can even swim in the night But we still want to taste that American life, life American life Mama Mama Filipina I never meant to give you up I had to move to America (REPEAT) I remember how we used to be Growing up in the land of poverty Now you've got to leave home to feed the family Gotta make it in the land of opportunity Politicians corrupting the economy I've been blinded by the lie so the current sees And they fail to see the sight and the real beauty Of my Phillipine Island Beaches with white sand Hot springs made from volcanoes errupting My people make life from nothing to something Filipino mama raising me right But she still wanna taste that American life Mama Mama Filipina I never meant to give you up I had to move to America (REPEAT) I just want to show you that I miss ya I've just got to show you that I miss ya I miss ya I miss ya I just want to show you that I miss ya I've just got to show you that I miss ya I miss ya I miss ya And I'm never gonna let you go Mama Mama Filipina I never meant to give you up I had to move to America (REPEAT) Mama Mama Filipina I never meant to give you up I had to move to America (REPEAT)