Taking Names (feat. Bambu & Nump)

Lyrics: Danilo Deocampo/Ruby Anne Ibarra Music: Julio Cesar Morado Yo, Ruby what's happ'n witchu You got your pare uncle, you feel me, The Gorillapino Pope You know I be bringin' 'em out but You brought 'em out man They got these crazy Filipinos in the building From Morro Bay to the East Bay, we stay survivin'where we stay They keep invading' where we lay, there's no debating' that we pay That naval base up in Subic Bay To all the places that they tried to take From Magellan's days to Philip's raid When the land was raped and they changed the way 'Til my father drownin' in that alcohol And then my mama always be up in that Eskinol 'Cause these thoughts make the brown skin start to crawl So I take the cushion just to break the fall Second class citizen never been one Traded the pesos so we can have ones Darker the skin and you scared of the sun Silenced to speak with an accented tongue All of these faces, I'm lookin' like none Taught to forget all the places I'm from But we grew up from the barrio and slums My aunties be drinkin' that Red Horse and rum Never be stoppin'the work's never done Long as they keep on corrupting the funds Thinking the damage is done and they won But we stay militant, daughters and sons Let's take it back to the day of first grade All of you thinking of throwing me shade My people are roses that grew in the shade We came up in places exploited by trade I kill 'em with a bar, so hot, ‘cause it’s top notch Thinking that you top mine? Stop, not on my watch Like it's 12:30 on the dot, on the clock, watch All I see are “hands up and down” when the beat drops Cause this is roll call I'm taking names out We only go raw I'm takin' aim now And when it's roll call They know my name now I make them all fall I'm 'bouta break out There's some crazy Filipinos in here From the jungle, yeah the savage is real There's some crazy Filipinos in here From the jungle, yeah the savage is real There's some crazy Filipinos in here From the jungle, yeah the savage is real There's some crazy Filipinos in here From the jungle, yeah the savage is real Put my San Miguel in a zip lock so I know it's real Put my Red Horse in a plastic bag so I know it's real Ayan na naman si Bam-Bam, umiinit ang ulo parating ganyan Pero dapat naman kung wala kang alam 'Di ba't ka nagpoporma ka na ng ganyan Para kang buko pandan na wala man laman, and that's “ehhh” Buhusan kita ng marami Politicians, police, and capital greed, pare, ang dami I say say my name in the right way Say her name in a pig's face Mispronouncing these linguistics might find you washing up in the East Bay And at this point in time there are tribal tattoo tribes All these stupid fools put on costumes like indigenous Aetas ain't still alive And while they massacre the first island man I see Fil-Ams make clans Sporting tribal tats but not giving back And not ensuring the natives can hold land That's that part I can't stand push that PCN beyond dance Push that PCN for your college club to build bridges up to homeland Only time I do the tinikling is when the bullets ring an I gotta jump Big up to eyes in the jungle that's ready to dump The guerilla-pinos that's a shout out to Nump And I murder a drum like it's out selling drugs in the barangay to get by And Duterte gave green lights to vigilantes - now drums must die Got a little accent when I rap and I go bats**t when on a track But I hold no candles to the sister-soldier, young Ruby Ibaaaarrrrrra! Cause this is roll call I'm taking names out We only go raw I'm takin' aim now And when it's roll call They know my name now I make them all fall I'm 'bouta break out There's some crazy Filipinos in here From the jungle, yeah the savage is real There's some crazy Filipinos in here From the jungle, yeah the savage is real There's some crazy Filipinos in here From the jungle, yeah the savage is real There's some crazy Filipinos in here From the jungle, yeah the savage is real You thinkin' you winnin, but no you ain't winnin’ They runnin' this s**t...right now And since the beginning, was taught to pretend So we bleaching our skin...white now 'Cause even my roots is a product of When they were killing our kin...wipe out Oppression from systems that’s holding the power They huntin' again...right now But if they mispronounce my name again I make 'em take in every single syllable over again And so never say my name if you thinkin' you never can 'Cause my name is a part of me and be something I will defend So if you cross me, you end in the cross hairs Crossin' you out when 'm tossin' the bars there Twistin' they face like they mispronounced names And I'm tearing them down, I'm not stoppin' my reign Flow so cold goin' off, from the top, so pro Break 'em off when the bars go blow Ain't no stoppin' though, when I speak get'em coffins, so I'm a problem that's plottin' slow Like a sharp bolo, when I'm talkin' they all get froze I'm like Pac, MDS, I throw Hella prophet flows, it's approximate toxic dose When I got this I drop it so, keep it raw they know 'Cause they plot 'til they stop that soul When they search off your pockets so Ain't no option though, better run when the odds go low Got your arm in a lock and hold Hope you say ten fo', or they box and they lock you so 'Til you rot and you lost control And they profit though, all these pigs that be plottin' yo On these kids that they target, oh, it's a constant flow Cause this is roll call I'm taking names out We only go raw I'm takin' aim now And when it's roll call They know my name now I make them all fall I'm 'bouta break out There's some crazy Filipinos in here From the jungle, yeah the savage is real There's some crazy Filipinos in here From the jungle, yeah the savage is real There's some crazy Filipinos in here From the jungle, yeah the savage is real There's some crazy Filipinos in here From the jungle, yeah the savage is real