Thanks to whoever did this. Although some of you can't speak the Filipino language, you sure represent the spirit of the Filipino warrior blood. The Maharlika blood.
just wanted to thank you guys for addressing the light skin obsession thing...this mentality unfortunately is in many nations that was invaded/ colonized by spain...(not bashing spaniards...it is what it is). i have a mexican co worker who is very much into the white is right mentality...she gave birth to twins. one dark skin/ the other light skin. she has admitted that she loves her light skin baby more/ that she is ashamed of the darker skinned child. this crap goes on within famililes!
Damn. I've been teaching myself how to speak Tagalog so it's whatevers. I just want to know how I can download this song to play on my college radio station. So if any member of Deep Foundation sees this, hit me with the track, both original and remix, papichurro4life@yahoo.com
I want to play more Pinoy MC's on my show. We're all talented in many ways, and I want to help expose that. If anyone else wants to shoot me their tracks, either edited or not (I edit tracks on Garage Band), hit me.
LOL why do pinoy try to indentify with black culture Pinas aint hood its just poor. Even worse you show the gutter in the pinas there and give people the idea no where there is nice. Inggit lang kayo sa mga mestizong pinoy LOL I shouldn't even bother half of you dudes full blood pinoy but you can't even speak tagalog. Pinoy is a nationality doesn't matter your ethnic, pagmestizo pinoy parin pag puro indio ang dugo pinoy pa rin.
@JUNENFIONA How do you equate identifying with hip hop ("black culture") w/ being "hood". It's an element of hip hop, but it doesn't stop there. Furthermore, one doesn't need to be "hood" to identify with hip hop. Do you need to British to appreciate Radio Head?
Secondly, the places shown in the video were taken from where I spent the first 10 years of my life (Negros Occidental). Would it be more authentic to go to Alabang or someplace for the sake of showing an affluent side of the country?
@JUNENFIONA I admit, I don't know tagalog. I do know how to speak ilonggo but never retained the limited tagalog classed that I took before move to NYC. How does that make us any less Pinoy or any less proud of our culture & heritage?
You miss the point of the whole mestizo thing. We aren't putting down mestizo's but we are pointing out the obsession that people have to look white. We address the colonized mentality -- It's not anti mestizo or anti white.
@illpoetik I guess I got a little flusterd with some of the lyrics in the song, so I will try to explain better para mas klaro ang point ko. It's really a matter of perspective, I am mestizo and born in Pinas and raised there when I was young till certain age and from my experience there people aren't worried about whether you are full blood(malayu-polynesian-indigineous mix) or if you are mixed with western or chinese blood. It's not about that to me and I think to most pinoy sa pinas.
@JUNENFIONA i understand that but you also have to consider that you're coming from a place of privilege. Everything looks peaceful from far above. You've always been a welcomed sight in the eyes of our people back home, so to you, there is no problem. But when you look at the fact that people strive to be white/light skinned (whitening soap/creme, glutathione etc), there's a problem. That's what we are addressing. The lyrics, if you really listen to it, do not bash mestizos, but the mentality.
@illpoetik I will recognize talent for what it is I don't care if you are maputi or kayumange. I hope your future songs have a broader range of topics.
Known this song for a while and always loved it. You being Ilonggo (that assumption comes from you being able to speak the language) makes things a lil cooler. Relate to a lot of the lyrics.
@RaynardAlcampor Thanks, Raynard. Yeah, I'm from Negros Occidental (Bacolod/Bago City). Most of the footage we have from the Philippines were taken in various parts of Negros Occ.
@illpoetik i understand ur point here but just fyi, this is actually a problem throughout asia, not just the phils. it's a problem in india, china, malaysia, even korea, it's a problem everywhere. in prehispanic phils, aside from the itas who were a diff grp of people. the native pinoys were not concerned w/ color of males but w/ women it was already a culture. darker females were associated to be lower social status bec they worked in the sun, lighter girls worked indoors.
besides, i believe not many filipinos are really that dark, they're just naturally tan & like many olive-skinned people, tan very very easily to dark brown. notice how much lighter filams, middle class people who work indoors compared to the tricycle drivers, farmers, fishermen, kargadors, etc. when studying skin pattern, scientists check the inner arm/thigh as the base original color, not the sun-burnt color of the face or arm. look how dark people were in the past compared to now
@JUNENFIONA clarification lang ha? we don't have polynesian ancestry, it's the polynesians who probably have indonesian ancestry, not the other way around. also malay's have a strong daic component which filipinos lack, except for mindanao or certain areas in visayas cguro.& by indigenous, do you mean ita? or just austronesian? bec our people have only been in the phils for about 5kyrs, the itas have been there for 40-50kyrs & there's limited ita in the austronesian filipino.
@nenabunena Very interesting a self proclaimed anthropologist sa youtube......Kahit anong sabihin mo in regard sa mga psuedo knowledge mo I stand by my statement. If you take a trip to malaysia and look at most of those "malay" they look almost indistinguishable to the average pinoy walking around Manila.
@JUNENFIONA wth is ur problem? i never self-proclaimed 2 b an anthropologist, i merely read & am aware of austronesian culture. we would not have polynesian genes since it was asians who went to polynesia & mixed with the melanesians, it's the other way around. & i don't think u know enough about filipinos, u do know that the phils is made up of various ethnic grps, tagalog is closer to formosan, bornean & javanese languages than malay actually. u certainly have issues, seek help bye
@JUNENFIONA new year na new year naghahanap ka ng away. bored ka ba sa buhay mo that you don't have enough problems that you purposely have to look for trouble? saan ka ba nannggaling? iniwanan ka ba ng pamilya mo ngayong holiday season? seriously, relax, seek help, you have major issues pal. & btw, i never said malay were diff from filipinos, you also have reading comprehension issues.
@JUNENFIONA troll ka talaga. lahat dito hinahanapan mo ng away, wala ka cguro magawa sa buhay mo. pahiya ka lang kc you put your foot in your mouth, sigh. you trolls are everywhere nowadays, sad. i doubt you're a real filipino from the philippines. in the phils. we have value culture, breeding at hindi pagbabastos, lalo na pagtagalog ka. guys this person is a faker, not a filipino & definitely not a tagalogl, i suggest you block & report this person & don't bother with their ranting
@nenabunena Pag gusto mo add mo ako sa Skype :) you can see my passport dyan :) Kompleto place of birth and all! Sa pinas ako pinag anak lol Nagaaral ako sa Binondo hangang 11 ako :) Nagseselos ka lang sa akin kasi true born pinoy ako :) Hindi katulad sa mga "dissplaced na pinoy" sa USA, peeps like you! So you think lahat ng mga tao sa pinas ay mabait at may "culture"? hahaha Toinks!! Sigurado wala kang alam sa inner city life sa Manila. Dynamic at modern ang manila may good and bad TOINKS
@illpoetik i agree with the obsession of the mestizo, but we have to depict filipino culture as filipino, not ghetto of black culture becaus ethat's no different than wanting to be a wasp. also if we were not christianized, we would've been islamized & as austronesians our base culture is very matriarchal which conflicts greatly with islam. i prefer to be christian rather than be a muslim, especially as a girl. & speaking any form of filipino language, including ilonggo is filipino.
@nenabunena by the way, I did rap in ilonggo in another song we did. Please search "A Place Called Home" by Deep Foundation. It took me months to write 8 lines in ilonggo and truthfully, I'm just not that good of a rapper in ilonggo haha.
@illpoetik tnx illpoetik, i will look for "A Place Called Home" though i don't understand ilonggo. pls don't misunderstand. i know your intent is pure & sincere & despite what i have posted, this is actually a good song, & i don't even listen to rap/hihop.
@nenabunena Thank you. I don't mind having this sort of exchange and I don't disagree with everything you said. I just wanted to clarify our intent and also defend a culture (hip hop) that we all understand and love.
btw, if you can help spread the word, i would like to recommend william henry scott's book called 'barangay' (amazon). He's an anthropologist who did serious work on filipino culture, it will enlighten many filipinos on what prehispanic filipino culture was like. to be truly proud of who we are, REAL PINOY PRIDE comes from knowing who your people really were. There's a lot of misinformation there about filipino culture & people & this is 1 of the best books that sheds light on it.
@nenabunena I understand how some people will agree w/ you, but our intent was not to depict hip hop as filipino culture, but rather use a medium that we feel would best express our message. In this case, as hip hop artists, we did it by way of a rap song and in english. Unfortunately, I don't have the same command of the ilonggo dialect as I do with the english language, so my choice was to write in english because it would have more of an impact, rather than use broken ilonggo.
@nenabunena I just think that the adverse reaction to us using hip hop is because it is of black culture. I highly doubt that we'd have the same criticisms if this was a rock or pop song.
When we approached Heber Bartolome about sampling his song, we were clear that our intent was to share the message of his original song (which is a FOLK ROCK song) with the younger generation using a more "contemporary" genre in hip hop. Our song is not the end-all-be-all of our culture and cultural pride.
@illpoetik maybe bec hiphop is associated with the ghetto of blacks, the criminal negative element side. whereas r&b, soul, rock, rock & roll, & swing represent a far wider poetic & not limited to violence of black culture; & these are all black culture too mind you. besides, african chants & drums imo represents a much more higher spiritual plane of black culture. also pop comes from black culture as well, almost all popular for of music is from black culture actually.
@nenabunena but where do you draw the line? to you it represents a criminal negative element, yet this song & countless other hip hop songs prove the contrary. You can't take part of a culture and use that as a blanket perception. If that is the case, then we would permit people to have negative things to say about our culture/people/country.
If the video showed us waving guns, hurting innocent people, etc., I'd understand. Again, I think this is proof of the contrary.
@illpoetik but it's just 1 form of song in the myriad of black contributions to music & the arts. & i guess it's not merely the hiphop element but also the culture that is very different from filipino culture. maybe that's why people notice it more than other black expressions (soul, r&b, rock, rock&roll, pop) which can be quite nsynch with traditional pinoy culture. wasn't there a famous black comedian who was lamenting the diffs between r&b soul vs hiphop/rap?
@nenabunena If this song instilled a deeper sense of Filipino pride to a fil-am or made him/her look into our culture/history some more, then we are proud that it did.
A painter can express his/her pride via a painting. Pacquiao can do it by fighting on behalf of our country. An author can write a book or short stories. In our case, as hip hop artists, we did it through a hip hop song.
@illpoetik i just hope that it will instill a positive & truthful pride in being filipino. we have to be careful bec many filams in trying to claim filipino pride also claim they are either hispanic or pacific islanders. both are wrong & negative aspects. we are asian, just bec the media depics north east asians as the only asians, doesn't mean we who are close to se asia asians should deny out own culture & people, due to foreign misinterpretation.
Any Luck in finding an ILOCANO mc that you can future in your next song? or someone in the video is ILOCANO already? BTW any thoughts of colabing with some filipino Hip Hop artists in Hawaii?
Bro I commend everything you guys do. On the real, I really need to see you guys perform soon, any touring dates ? and I just cant say how amazing you guys are, you truly are my inspiration. :)
served with alot of fine pillipinos in usn, but this gangsta shit sux, good effort tho. cant help but think about those fresh off the farm pillipino kids when we were getting cursed at and our heads shaved. we became fast friends, i taught them some american culture and they taught me to curse in tagalog. damn i hope them kids made it out alive, they were truely a great bunch of guys.cheers to all my flip brothers in the u.s. nav! they had more balls than most americans.
As a Puerto Rican Nationalist, committed to the struggle of my country's independence, I want to say this song is AMAZING! Everything you guys say can be applied to my own island. PR and PI share a common history with a common oppressors since before 1898 and after. Big love to y'all and all the Filipino people.
@mirellale There are tall and short people of all races lol. And you for one have issues, therefore I have no need to waste anymore time on the ignorant like you. Your an idiot. Bye
@awesomepeople100 lol. funny how non of u have said 1 single thing to be proud of... Manny has won many fights. Also lost a lot of fights, got kod and scored draws and split desicions.
Dope track, especially the last verse. My great grandfather is of Spanish heritage, and I grew up with the idea of being light skinned with a sharp nose was a blessing. However, as I got older I knew that wasn't the case, and this song proves it.
Deep Foundation, Bambu, Kiwi, Geologic, and other Pinoy Emcee's out there keep this real. My bay area Pinoy posse and I will be looking forward to more of your tracks in the near future.
great lyrical flow BUT the line on capitalism at 1:33 is a line of victimhood. pride of your roots are great but to mock the u.s. like its an evil thing doesn't make sense to me.
you fail your parents when you talk negatively of this country and carry yourself like a thug. y'all are being hypocrites. if the u.s. is really your enemy then get the hell out.
If you want to be effective in capping another culture, first learn how to spell properly. Ignoramuses who type on youtube are as dangerous as crappy drivers who get the free pass from sorry ass DMV instructors.
As far as the Philippines is concerned, being a third world country that has produced artists, singers, athletes, professors, and the like. Btw, the youngest person to ever graduate from Harvard Law was Kiwi Alejandro Camara, a full blooded Pinoy.
@Jayvizespana A young lawyer.. How amazing.. Just breath taking... Out of 90 000 000 of u guys, one actually becomes larger than life, a young lawyer... Marvelous...
Lapu-Lapu is a Tausug as evident to him paying tributaries to the Sultan of Sulu. A lot of Cebuanos refuse to believe this because Lapu-Lapu is considered a great hero there and is "Cebu's Pride" when reality is he is a Tausug.
Man Dont mind them haters theyre just jealous cause you made heber bartolome proud of you. plus the message of the song is inspiring and true, So Haters keep on hatin... :P
oh LOVE the malkin disss FUCK THAT BITCH. she fights the white mans fight but they still see her as a hooker or brown monkey or both fucking clown she's the fuccking worst and the sad thing is that they're are brainwashed peoples like her. Anyways PROPS to you guys! peace
@illpoetik before Spain came, we were already a proud and civilized people, there were several kingdoms/sultanates in the Philippines, trading with our neighbors in S.E. Asian, China, India, Arabs.
like the kingdom of Tondo, of Maynila and Namayan, the rajahnates of Butuan and Cebu, confederate of Madyaas, country of Mai, Sultanates of Sulu and Maguindanao, Ifugao and Mangyan societies.
Google: history of the Philippines classical states or visit ayala museum website, evidences are there.
@parengelbiz there are people who believe he worked with the sultan of sulu and represented them. that's what i was referring to when i said that line.
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ill puwetick: seriously tho u guys look bad, dnt get butt hurt u can simply ignore me bro lol u cnt expect errbody to say positive thiing here impress me on ur next vids make sure u dnt put heber in ur vid and u guys be duin the opposite of what hes sayin hahha just funny man yall wannabes to me my bad lol
@dencio888 u act like ur opinion matters that much that it warrants us to want to impress u. Heber Bartolome not only loves our song, but he invited us to his home to record that scene of the video. if he didnt approve of it, he wouldn'\t have given us permission to use the sample. we didnt even pay him. He let us use the sample for free because he appreciated what we were doing w/ the song
So let's review: Should I value the opinion of an immature, closed minded person or Heber Bartolome? yup.
@dencio888 I'll forgive you your ignorance this once- but Heber actually gave Deep Foundation clearance on the sample. Moreover- the clip of him at the end was filmed by iLL Poetik when they visited Heber in his home and got to know the man and his ideals.
@dencio888 ur 1st comment revealed your close mindedness. there's no need to entertain that because trying to reason w/ someone like u is pointless. you'll talk in circles, call us names & it will be a waste of time. if u want real dialogue, message me and we can talk more about it. but if your only intention was to make us "look bad", then i don't need to address it.
your second comment was one accusing us of something that was both inaccurate & baseless, so I felt the need to clarify.
@dencio888 lol. what video is that? and you do know that bam is our homey right? go watch his "Quit" video & look who he's with. he was even supposed to be on the remix but didn't have time to record coz he was finishing his "exact change" album. you can even youtube a performance we did in London WITH bambu doing his Children of the Sun verse.
this is what happens when u let your insecurities get the best of you. you make baseless conclusions that end up making you look like an idiot. congrats
BAKET NANGGAGAYA MERON NAMAN TAYO?! MGA HINDOT WHY RAP IN ENGLISH AND WHY DRESS LIKE AMERICAN RAPPERS? WHY NOT WEAR BARONG TAGALOG AND DANCE PANDANGO SA ILAW OR ANY NATIVE DANCE INSTEAD OF BREAK DANCING?! HAHA MGA HIPOKRITO! GINAMIT PA SI HEBER BARTOLOME, PROPS TO THE DUDE OF NATIVE GUNS MEDYO NAG RAP IN TAGALOG BUT THE REST?! YOU CAN ALL GO HOME AND COOK RICE KEEP IT REAL MGA ULUL!
This is the only album I ever picked up on iTunes. I can't even begin to explain how resonant it's been with me in my life Y'all need to do something with "Never Forget" though. That's the jam.
@boogledoolah thank you for supporting us by purchasing the album. we truly appreciate the kind words. Trust me, i love "never forget" also. Even though the song has been out for almost 2 years, we are still considering doing a video haha. we'll see if it ever happens.
@illpoetik hey, i bought the whole album from your site but i can't seem to figure out how to unzip it or move it to my xp music thingy... : (
i stop by here just to hear your songs almost everyday since i first heard u guys the other day. i wanted all my friends and family to hear your stuff on our next family outing...
These guys know their history! You basically redeemed rap from the dirt. The lyrics is genius and obviously well thought. To abstract the filipino identity, culture and history to a 7 minute rap song is phenomenal. Keep it up guys!
Plus, I think they are great guys to hang out with. They are more Filipino than most young adults I know living in the country.
This shit slap HarD!! Filipino blooded on mine mayn!! Frisco YaY area with Filipino blood of my roots, my people, our food, our tradition, my country, my ancestor's runnin strong through my veins and pumpin non-stop hardness. True Warrior Revolutionists bruh, true soldiers, we die hard!!
PROUD TO BE PINOY
TheNextgenmods 2 weeks ago
FILIPINO PRIDE. Makes me feel great people still care about us
FTWxL3GaCy 2 weeks ago
MULTO! Check out the ghost at 6:15
sweetg03 1 month ago
Hoy @nenabunena at JUNENFIONA, tigilan nya na yang balitaktakan nyo.
sweetg03 1 month ago
Back-up replacement to the national anthem?
trickstar2k7 2 months ago
Thanks to whoever did this. Although some of you can't speak the Filipino language, you sure represent the spirit of the Filipino warrior blood. The Maharlika blood.
riamarapzo 2 months ago in playlist pinoy pride
thank God I'm Pinoy foreals...
PrinceV1R 4 months ago
this is boring........especially badoy nyahaha,
TheBicolano15 4 months ago
just wanted to thank you guys for addressing the light skin obsession thing...this mentality unfortunately is in many nations that was invaded/ colonized by spain...(not bashing spaniards...it is what it is). i have a mexican co worker who is very much into the white is right mentality...she gave birth to twins. one dark skin/ the other light skin. she has admitted that she loves her light skin baby more/ that she is ashamed of the darker skinned child. this crap goes on within famililes!
isabelacita 4 months ago
Damn. I've been teaching myself how to speak Tagalog so it's whatevers. I just want to know how I can download this song to play on my college radio station. So if any member of Deep Foundation sees this, hit me with the track, both original and remix, papichurro4life@yahoo.com
I want to play more Pinoy MC's on my show. We're all talented in many ways, and I want to help expose that. If anyone else wants to shoot me their tracks, either edited or not (I edit tracks on Garage Band), hit me.
biggyellow 5 months ago
Nice
junglebaby448 5 months ago
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ChibiTaitox3 6 months ago
PROUD!
rav808 6 months ago
LOL why do pinoy try to indentify with black culture Pinas aint hood its just poor. Even worse you show the gutter in the pinas there and give people the idea no where there is nice. Inggit lang kayo sa mga mestizong pinoy LOL I shouldn't even bother half of you dudes full blood pinoy but you can't even speak tagalog. Pinoy is a nationality doesn't matter your ethnic, pagmestizo pinoy parin pag puro indio ang dugo pinoy pa rin.
JUNENFIONA 6 months ago
@JUNENFIONA hindi ko get ung pag rrant mo. :) if you dont have anything good to say then keep your mouth shut nalang. learn to appreciate bro.
pausendon 6 months ago
@JUNENFIONA How do you equate identifying with hip hop ("black culture") w/ being "hood". It's an element of hip hop, but it doesn't stop there. Furthermore, one doesn't need to be "hood" to identify with hip hop. Do you need to British to appreciate Radio Head?
Secondly, the places shown in the video were taken from where I spent the first 10 years of my life (Negros Occidental). Would it be more authentic to go to Alabang or someplace for the sake of showing an affluent side of the country?
illpoetik 6 months ago 2
@JUNENFIONA I admit, I don't know tagalog. I do know how to speak ilonggo but never retained the limited tagalog classed that I took before move to NYC. How does that make us any less Pinoy or any less proud of our culture & heritage?
You miss the point of the whole mestizo thing. We aren't putting down mestizo's but we are pointing out the obsession that people have to look white. We address the colonized mentality -- It's not anti mestizo or anti white.
but yea, thanks for watching our vid
illpoetik 6 months ago 2
@illpoetik I guess I got a little flusterd with some of the lyrics in the song, so I will try to explain better para mas klaro ang point ko. It's really a matter of perspective, I am mestizo and born in Pinas and raised there when I was young till certain age and from my experience there people aren't worried about whether you are full blood(malayu-polynesian-indigineous mix) or if you are mixed with western or chinese blood. It's not about that to me and I think to most pinoy sa pinas.
JUNENFIONA 6 months ago
@JUNENFIONA i understand that but you also have to consider that you're coming from a place of privilege. Everything looks peaceful from far above. You've always been a welcomed sight in the eyes of our people back home, so to you, there is no problem. But when you look at the fact that people strive to be white/light skinned (whitening soap/creme, glutathione etc), there's a problem. That's what we are addressing. The lyrics, if you really listen to it, do not bash mestizos, but the mentality.
illpoetik 6 months ago
@illpoetik I will recognize talent for what it is I don't care if you are maputi or kayumange. I hope your future songs have a broader range of topics.
JUNENFIONA 6 months ago
@illpoetik
Known this song for a while and always loved it. You being Ilonggo (that assumption comes from you being able to speak the language) makes things a lil cooler. Relate to a lot of the lyrics.
RaynardAlcampor 3 months ago
@RaynardAlcampor Thanks, Raynard. Yeah, I'm from Negros Occidental (Bacolod/Bago City). Most of the footage we have from the Philippines were taken in various parts of Negros Occ.
illpoetik 3 months ago in playlist More videos from illpoetik
@illpoetik i understand ur point here but just fyi, this is actually a problem throughout asia, not just the phils. it's a problem in india, china, malaysia, even korea, it's a problem everywhere. in prehispanic phils, aside from the itas who were a diff grp of people. the native pinoys were not concerned w/ color of males but w/ women it was already a culture. darker females were associated to be lower social status bec they worked in the sun, lighter girls worked indoors.
nenabunena 2 months ago
besides, i believe not many filipinos are really that dark, they're just naturally tan & like many olive-skinned people, tan very very easily to dark brown. notice how much lighter filams, middle class people who work indoors compared to the tricycle drivers, farmers, fishermen, kargadors, etc. when studying skin pattern, scientists check the inner arm/thigh as the base original color, not the sun-burnt color of the face or arm. look how dark people were in the past compared to now
nenabunena 2 months ago
@JUNENFIONA clarification lang ha? we don't have polynesian ancestry, it's the polynesians who probably have indonesian ancestry, not the other way around. also malay's have a strong daic component which filipinos lack, except for mindanao or certain areas in visayas cguro.& by indigenous, do you mean ita? or just austronesian? bec our people have only been in the phils for about 5kyrs, the itas have been there for 40-50kyrs & there's limited ita in the austronesian filipino.
nenabunena 2 months ago
@nenabunena Very interesting a self proclaimed anthropologist sa youtube......Kahit anong sabihin mo in regard sa mga psuedo knowledge mo I stand by my statement. If you take a trip to malaysia and look at most of those "malay" they look almost indistinguishable to the average pinoy walking around Manila.
JUNENFIONA 2 months ago
@JUNENFIONA wth is ur problem? i never self-proclaimed 2 b an anthropologist, i merely read & am aware of austronesian culture. we would not have polynesian genes since it was asians who went to polynesia & mixed with the melanesians, it's the other way around. & i don't think u know enough about filipinos, u do know that the phils is made up of various ethnic grps, tagalog is closer to formosan, bornean & javanese languages than malay actually. u certainly have issues, seek help bye
nenabunena 2 months ago
@nenabunena Bro unlike you I am from the philippines, paki alam ko sa lahe mo kahit 100% pinoy ang dugo mo (whatever that is).
JUNENFIONA 2 months ago
@JUNENFIONA new year na new year naghahanap ka ng away. bored ka ba sa buhay mo that you don't have enough problems that you purposely have to look for trouble? saan ka ba nannggaling? iniwanan ka ba ng pamilya mo ngayong holiday season? seriously, relax, seek help, you have major issues pal. & btw, i never said malay were diff from filipinos, you also have reading comprehension issues.
nenabunena 2 months ago
@nenabunena you are boring bruv really. I wonder how long it took you to google translate that tagalog.
JUNENFIONA 2 months ago
@JUNENFIONA troll ka talaga. lahat dito hinahanapan mo ng away, wala ka cguro magawa sa buhay mo. pahiya ka lang kc you put your foot in your mouth, sigh. you trolls are everywhere nowadays, sad. i doubt you're a real filipino from the philippines. in the phils. we have value culture, breeding at hindi pagbabastos, lalo na pagtagalog ka. guys this person is a faker, not a filipino & definitely not a tagalogl, i suggest you block & report this person & don't bother with their ranting
nenabunena 2 months ago
@nenabunena Pag gusto mo add mo ako sa Skype :) you can see my passport dyan :) Kompleto place of birth and all! Sa pinas ako pinag anak lol Nagaaral ako sa Binondo hangang 11 ako :) Nagseselos ka lang sa akin kasi true born pinoy ako :) Hindi katulad sa mga "dissplaced na pinoy" sa USA, peeps like you! So you think lahat ng mga tao sa pinas ay mabait at may "culture"? hahaha Toinks!! Sigurado wala kang alam sa inner city life sa Manila. Dynamic at modern ang manila may good and bad TOINKS
JUNENFIONA 1 month ago
@illpoetik well said! u guys are impressive!
isabelacita 4 months ago
@illpoetik i agree with the obsession of the mestizo, but we have to depict filipino culture as filipino, not ghetto of black culture becaus ethat's no different than wanting to be a wasp. also if we were not christianized, we would've been islamized & as austronesians our base culture is very matriarchal which conflicts greatly with islam. i prefer to be christian rather than be a muslim, especially as a girl. & speaking any form of filipino language, including ilonggo is filipino.
nenabunena 2 months ago
the other poster probably meant, filams who don't even speak a single filipino language, not necessarily tagalog.
nenabunena 2 months ago
@nenabunena by the way, I did rap in ilonggo in another song we did. Please search "A Place Called Home" by Deep Foundation. It took me months to write 8 lines in ilonggo and truthfully, I'm just not that good of a rapper in ilonggo haha.
illpoetik 2 months ago
@illpoetik tnx illpoetik, i will look for "A Place Called Home" though i don't understand ilonggo. pls don't misunderstand. i know your intent is pure & sincere & despite what i have posted, this is actually a good song, & i don't even listen to rap/hihop.
nenabunena 2 months ago
@nenabunena Thank you. I don't mind having this sort of exchange and I don't disagree with everything you said. I just wanted to clarify our intent and also defend a culture (hip hop) that we all understand and love.
illpoetik 2 months ago
btw, if you can help spread the word, i would like to recommend william henry scott's book called 'barangay' (amazon). He's an anthropologist who did serious work on filipino culture, it will enlighten many filipinos on what prehispanic filipino culture was like. to be truly proud of who we are, REAL PINOY PRIDE comes from knowing who your people really were. There's a lot of misinformation there about filipino culture & people & this is 1 of the best books that sheds light on it.
nenabunena 2 months ago
@nenabunena thank you! I really appreciate that and I'll make sure to buy his book.
illpoetik 2 months ago
@nenabunena I understand how some people will agree w/ you, but our intent was not to depict hip hop as filipino culture, but rather use a medium that we feel would best express our message. In this case, as hip hop artists, we did it by way of a rap song and in english. Unfortunately, I don't have the same command of the ilonggo dialect as I do with the english language, so my choice was to write in english because it would have more of an impact, rather than use broken ilonggo.
illpoetik 2 months ago
@nenabunena I just think that the adverse reaction to us using hip hop is because it is of black culture. I highly doubt that we'd have the same criticisms if this was a rock or pop song.
When we approached Heber Bartolome about sampling his song, we were clear that our intent was to share the message of his original song (which is a FOLK ROCK song) with the younger generation using a more "contemporary" genre in hip hop. Our song is not the end-all-be-all of our culture and cultural pride.
illpoetik 2 months ago
@illpoetik maybe bec hiphop is associated with the ghetto of blacks, the criminal negative element side. whereas r&b, soul, rock, rock & roll, & swing represent a far wider poetic & not limited to violence of black culture; & these are all black culture too mind you. besides, african chants & drums imo represents a much more higher spiritual plane of black culture. also pop comes from black culture as well, almost all popular for of music is from black culture actually.
nenabunena 2 months ago
@nenabunena but where do you draw the line? to you it represents a criminal negative element, yet this song & countless other hip hop songs prove the contrary. You can't take part of a culture and use that as a blanket perception. If that is the case, then we would permit people to have negative things to say about our culture/people/country.
If the video showed us waving guns, hurting innocent people, etc., I'd understand. Again, I think this is proof of the contrary.
illpoetik 2 months ago
@illpoetik but it's just 1 form of song in the myriad of black contributions to music & the arts. & i guess it's not merely the hiphop element but also the culture that is very different from filipino culture. maybe that's why people notice it more than other black expressions (soul, r&b, rock, rock&roll, pop) which can be quite nsynch with traditional pinoy culture. wasn't there a famous black comedian who was lamenting the diffs between r&b soul vs hiphop/rap?
nenabunena 2 months ago
@nenabunena If this song instilled a deeper sense of Filipino pride to a fil-am or made him/her look into our culture/history some more, then we are proud that it did.
A painter can express his/her pride via a painting. Pacquiao can do it by fighting on behalf of our country. An author can write a book or short stories. In our case, as hip hop artists, we did it through a hip hop song.
illpoetik 2 months ago
@illpoetik i just hope that it will instill a positive & truthful pride in being filipino. we have to be careful bec many filams in trying to claim filipino pride also claim they are either hispanic or pacific islanders. both are wrong & negative aspects. we are asian, just bec the media depics north east asians as the only asians, doesn't mean we who are close to se asia asians should deny out own culture & people, due to foreign misinterpretation.
nenabunena 2 months ago
Thank God I'm Filipina (:
qcabang27 7 months ago
like 4:33
ARollingRock 7 months ago
Any Luck in finding an ILOCANO mc that you can future in your next song? or someone in the video is ILOCANO already? BTW any thoughts of colabing with some filipino Hip Hop artists in Hawaii?
FloSick808 7 months ago
@FloSick808 CeeJay, the last emcee, is Ilocano. We're always open to working and building with our people.
illpoetik 7 months ago
hey where can i get a Deep Foundation clothes?
leetfeetman 7 months ago
@leetfeetman you can email me at illpoe @ deepfoundation . net
Youtube won't me post my email address regularly, but just remove the space and email me.
illpoetik 7 months ago
good shit mah niggas !
itsjayrcuh 8 months ago
i'm proud to be a pinayy(:
MsShakalohawaii808 8 months ago 4
PHILIPPINES DECLARED INDEPENDENCE ON JUNE 12TH, 1898... DATU LAPU LAPU SLAYS MAGELLIN!
PrinceV1R 9 months ago
Bro I commend everything you guys do. On the real, I really need to see you guys perform soon, any touring dates ? and I just cant say how amazing you guys are, you truly are my inspiration. :)
JoeJonasloverr123 9 months ago
THIS SONG SHOULD BE A HIT
ohyess18 10 months ago
CAN WE GET LYRICS TO THIS SHIT PLZ
jlasa06 10 months ago
i got goosebumps .... proud to be pinoy ....
MrHxCme 11 months ago
served with alot of fine pillipinos in usn, but this gangsta shit sux, good effort tho. cant help but think about those fresh off the farm pillipino kids when we were getting cursed at and our heads shaved. we became fast friends, i taught them some american culture and they taught me to curse in tagalog. damn i hope them kids made it out alive, they were truely a great bunch of guys.cheers to all my flip brothers in the u.s. nav! they had more balls than most americans.
Tarten46 11 months ago
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@awesomepeople100 I was actually referring to mirelalle not you sorry
jazzzyxjay 1 year ago
@awsomepeople100 I was actsllu referring to mirelalle not you haha sorry
jazzzyxjay 1 year ago
@jazzzyxjay oh lol, thats ight.
awesomepeople100 1 year ago
Filipino Wu-Tang Clan. GREAT message they are tryna portray.
youngtriippz 1 year ago
As a Puerto Rican Nationalist, committed to the struggle of my country's independence, I want to say this song is AMAZING! Everything you guys say can be applied to my own island. PR and PI share a common history with a common oppressors since before 1898 and after. Big love to y'all and all the Filipino people.
brujo77 1 year ago 11
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brujo77 1 year ago
@mirelalle I really don't think you would talk all this shit in person haha
jazzzyxjay 1 year ago 2
@jazzzyxjay Yeah, I might get attacked by yellow midgets..
mirellale 1 year ago
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jazzzyxjay 1 year ago
@mirellale There are tall and short people of all races lol. And you for one have issues, therefore I have no need to waste anymore time on the ignorant like you. Your an idiot. Bye
jazzzyxjay 1 year ago 2
@mirellale another one of these guys....-_-
u really hate how many battles pacquiao won. tryna find proof that he sucks and all that..........
awesomepeople100 1 year ago
@awesomepeople100 lol. funny how non of u have said 1 single thing to be proud of... Manny has won many fights. Also lost a lot of fights, got kod and scored draws and split desicions.
mirellale 1 year ago
@mirellale 1. he lost three times, had 2 draws, and won 50.
2. im proud of my heritage and proud that lapu lapu stood up for what he is and took out magellan. there. is it bad to be proud of what you are?
awesomepeople100 1 year ago 3
@awesomepeople100 what do u know about filipinos ur kinda ************* .....
MrHxCme 11 months ago
@MrHxCme what do i know about filipinos? i am filipino...
awesomepeople100 11 months ago
@awesomepeople100 ooppppssss sorry wrong comment heheh ...
MrHxCme 11 months ago
@MrHxCme oh lol.
awesomepeople100 11 months ago
@awesomepeople100 That's right bitch
jazzzyxjay 1 year ago
Dope track, especially the last verse. My great grandfather is of Spanish heritage, and I grew up with the idea of being light skinned with a sharp nose was a blessing. However, as I got older I knew that wasn't the case, and this song proves it.
Deep Foundation, Bambu, Kiwi, Geologic, and other Pinoy Emcee's out there keep this real. My bay area Pinoy posse and I will be looking forward to more of your tracks in the near future.
Jayvizespana 1 year ago
I got excited when I heard this on Donaire's background music against Montiel
aj878 1 year ago 16
great lyrical flow BUT the line on capitalism at 1:33 is a line of victimhood. pride of your roots are great but to mock the u.s. like its an evil thing doesn't make sense to me.
you fail your parents when you talk negatively of this country and carry yourself like a thug. y'all are being hypocrites. if the u.s. is really your enemy then get the hell out.
MikeJustDidit 1 year ago
What there to be proud of in the philippines??? The ghetto, powerty or the rise??? lol..
mirellale 1 year ago
@mirellale
If you want to be effective in capping another culture, first learn how to spell properly. Ignoramuses who type on youtube are as dangerous as crappy drivers who get the free pass from sorry ass DMV instructors.
As far as the Philippines is concerned, being a third world country that has produced artists, singers, athletes, professors, and the like. Btw, the youngest person to ever graduate from Harvard Law was Kiwi Alejandro Camara, a full blooded Pinoy.
Jayvizespana 1 year ago 2
@Jayvizespana A young lawyer.. How amazing.. Just breath taking... Out of 90 000 000 of u guys, one actually becomes larger than life, a young lawyer... Marvelous...
mirellale 1 year ago
@mirellale
Your ignorance goes beyond the boundaries of this continent.
Jayvizespana 1 year ago 3
Padayon DF
plus24seven 1 year ago
Mabuhayyyyyyyy
scarletghoul 1 year ago
Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph
Skij710 1 year ago
DEEPEST SONG EVER!!!
BE A PROUD PINOY!!!
Pinoy2500 1 year ago
WALANG KUWENTA! gaya gaya lang!
azn9874 1 year ago
yo this track is dope 4 real
maccin 1 year ago
The word of the day is dope. This is a textbook example. Please, do take notes.
RX710thAE 1 year ago
Dope song. Last verse is some real shit
godlovesteton 1 year ago
Damn... Lyricism straight up the ass! The album is fire, by the way. Much love to you guys.
ItzzEeJay 1 year ago
mike dream 6.47
bakong 1 year ago
if i ever need to have a enterance fight song...this is it!
d3c04 1 year ago
Great!!! Very dilated-peoplessy
naijaguy2008 1 year ago
Last verse... Straight up honest truth! Nice one guys! PINOY!
Canttuchmeno 1 year ago
Deep Foundation & Hydroponikz your new album is DOPE!
Ycrocs 1 year ago
taga bacolod city ang mga to..alam ko mga place sa vid nato..taga bacolod din ako.
jingfrancis 1 year ago
Lapu-Lapu is a Tausug as evident to him paying tributaries to the Sultan of Sulu. A lot of Cebuanos refuse to believe this because Lapu-Lapu is considered a great hero there and is "Cebu's Pride" when reality is he is a Tausug.
simion11 1 year ago
@simion11 .. We just consider him as a hero of the Island
we don't claim that he is one of the bisayan people
lastsuyan 1 year ago
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Hey you guys are awesome. This music video makes me reminiscent of my day's when i was in the Philippine. HOOAH!
Myspace818 1 year ago
Hey you guys are awesome. This music video makes me reminiscent of my day's when i was in the Philippine. HOOAH!
Myspace818 1 year ago
sounds like francis m.'s
just the english version.
acridbug 1 year ago
awesome..Pinoy pride
pinkienpica 1 year ago
Man Dont mind them haters theyre just jealous cause you made heber bartolome proud of you. plus the message of the song is inspiring and true, So Haters keep on hatin... :P
gioviado 1 year ago
This song is too ill
LETS GO FILIPINO'S. we got too much swag
ToxicPandaCandy 1 year ago
oh LOVE the malkin disss FUCK THAT BITCH. she fights the white mans fight but they still see her as a hooker or brown monkey or both fucking clown she's the fuccking worst and the sad thing is that they're are brainwashed peoples like her. Anyways PROPS to you guys! peace
kalif151byccrew 1 year ago
man who was the 4 faggots who thumb down this? Good work famm Filipino STAND THE FUCK UP!
kalif151byccrew 1 year ago
This is Bacolod! Holy shit dude, I live here!
bboyism20 1 year ago
JOLOGS MAJOR MAJOR BADUY!!! only good thing is heber the rest are clowns! hahaha
dencio888 1 year ago
love the lyrics! one of the best rap song i've ever heard! keep it up!
nixaching 1 year ago 2
nice song
julzpogi17 1 year ago
@julzpogi17 thank you.
illpoetik 1 year ago
@illpoetik before Spain came, we were already a proud and civilized people, there were several kingdoms/sultanates in the Philippines, trading with our neighbors in S.E. Asian, China, India, Arabs.
like the kingdom of Tondo, of Maynila and Namayan, the rajahnates of Butuan and Cebu, confederate of Madyaas, country of Mai, Sultanates of Sulu and Maguindanao, Ifugao and Mangyan societies.
Google: history of the Philippines classical states or visit ayala museum website, evidences are there.
banyohazard69 1 year ago
sa sulu pala si lapu lapu..kala ko cebu .
parengelbiz 1 year ago
@parengelbiz there are people who believe he worked with the sultan of sulu and represented them. that's what i was referring to when i said that line.
illpoetik 1 year ago
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ill puwetick: seriously tho u guys look bad, dnt get butt hurt u can simply ignore me bro lol u cnt expect errbody to say positive thiing here impress me on ur next vids make sure u dnt put heber in ur vid and u guys be duin the opposite of what hes sayin hahha just funny man yall wannabes to me my bad lol
dencio888 1 year ago
@dencio888 u act like ur opinion matters that much that it warrants us to want to impress u. Heber Bartolome not only loves our song, but he invited us to his home to record that scene of the video. if he didnt approve of it, he wouldn'\t have given us permission to use the sample. we didnt even pay him. He let us use the sample for free because he appreciated what we were doing w/ the song
So let's review: Should I value the opinion of an immature, closed minded person or Heber Bartolome? yup.
illpoetik 1 year ago 41
@dencio888 I'll forgive you your ignorance this once- but Heber actually gave Deep Foundation clearance on the sample. Moreover- the clip of him at the end was filmed by iLL Poetik when they visited Heber in his home and got to know the man and his ideals.
Conversation over.
RowdyRo 1 year ago
Hey illpuwet ic: u still a clown bro and why not reply on my 1st comment?! coz u know im right lol
dencio888 1 year ago
@dencio888 ur 1st comment revealed your close mindedness. there's no need to entertain that because trying to reason w/ someone like u is pointless. you'll talk in circles, call us names & it will be a waste of time. if u want real dialogue, message me and we can talk more about it. but if your only intention was to make us "look bad", then i don't need to address it.
your second comment was one accusing us of something that was both inaccurate & baseless, so I felt the need to clarify.
illpoetik 1 year ago
idea copied from one of BAMBUS VID smh lol gaya gaya major major GAY!
dencio888 1 year ago
@dencio888 lol. what video is that? and you do know that bam is our homey right? go watch his "Quit" video & look who he's with. he was even supposed to be on the remix but didn't have time to record coz he was finishing his "exact change" album. you can even youtube a performance we did in London WITH bambu doing his Children of the Sun verse.
this is what happens when u let your insecurities get the best of you. you make baseless conclusions that end up making you look like an idiot. congrats
illpoetik 1 year ago
I love being Filipino.
LegendInc 1 year ago
man.
i love being Filipino
LegendInc 1 year ago
BAKET NANGGAGAYA MERON NAMAN TAYO?! MGA HINDOT WHY RAP IN ENGLISH AND WHY DRESS LIKE AMERICAN RAPPERS? WHY NOT WEAR BARONG TAGALOG AND DANCE PANDANGO SA ILAW OR ANY NATIVE DANCE INSTEAD OF BREAK DANCING?! HAHA MGA HIPOKRITO! GINAMIT PA SI HEBER BARTOLOME, PROPS TO THE DUDE OF NATIVE GUNS MEDYO NAG RAP IN TAGALOG BUT THE REST?! YOU CAN ALL GO HOME AND COOK RICE KEEP IT REAL MGA ULUL!
dencio888 1 year ago
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dencio888 1 year ago
DOOOOOOOPE!!!
LegendInc 1 year ago
7:32 PHIL-AM!!!
takigirl448 1 year ago
This joint goes hard!!! I'm Black but the message still hits. Much respect
DJ X-Zist
Ninmyst 1 year ago
i aint filipino but i can feel what they sayin. they got a nice beat with hard lyrics. i like dat. dats raw street son.
cripbuddz 1 year ago
This is the only album I ever picked up on iTunes. I can't even begin to explain how resonant it's been with me in my life Y'all need to do something with "Never Forget" though. That's the jam.
boogledoolah 1 year ago
@boogledoolah thank you for supporting us by purchasing the album. we truly appreciate the kind words. Trust me, i love "never forget" also. Even though the song has been out for almost 2 years, we are still considering doing a video haha. we'll see if it ever happens.
illpoetik 1 year ago
Anyone know where to get that shirt at 4:03?
hahamfao 1 year ago
I LOVE THIS SONG. IT JUST MEANS SO MUCH FOR ME. AND I DON'T GIVE A FLYING FUCK IF YOU'RE ANGRY BECAUSE I TYPED THIS IN ALL CAPS.
seibertron500 1 year ago
That's what's up!
jazzzyxjay 1 year ago
Very well done!... dayum thats some crazy rhymes.. PROUD TO BE A FILIPINO!
ol d way hir from 6o4 VanCity Canada!
LONG LIVE FRANCIS M!~
katasinEX 1 year ago
i love this!!! where can i buy this? omg brought tears to my eyes!!! i absolutely love this
anaur91792 1 year ago
@anaur91792 thank you!
and the song & album are available on itunes just search deep foundation. our album is called the first draft.
illpoetik 1 year ago
@illpoetik hey, i bought the whole album from your site but i can't seem to figure out how to unzip it or move it to my xp music thingy... : (
i stop by here just to hear your songs almost everyday since i first heard u guys the other day. i wanted all my friends and family to hear your stuff on our next family outing...
anaur91792 1 year ago
Decolinize. Rendigenize.
originals 1 year ago
haha look at lynda looking hard.
Joseline1975 1 year ago
Salamat Kapatid for this song. This gotta be the best Anthem song for me.
cisco245 1 year ago
blue on top
what i rep
island pride yeethados
slowdeezy08 1 year ago
red on top of blue? hells nah keep it on the C
slowdeezy08 1 year ago
PINOY/PINAY PRIDE !
Lucario7771 1 year ago
down an proud... yeah, u know how we do it.... love my brothers i left behind n the states....
caparra68 1 year ago
HELLL YAH!!!!!
TheLOOMPIA 1 year ago
MAG KA-ISA NA TAYO PINOY.... tribo sa tribo
plus24seven 1 year ago
astig ah....................
MyFerndale 1 year ago
this is inspiring.
TittlePending 1 year ago
much luv goes to Deep Foundation.
samjc14 1 year ago
flip pride
Pensilfree 1 year ago
These guys know their history! You basically redeemed rap from the dirt. The lyrics is genius and obviously well thought. To abstract the filipino identity, culture and history to a 7 minute rap song is phenomenal. Keep it up guys!
Plus, I think they are great guys to hang out with. They are more Filipino than most young adults I know living in the country.
Rastafariana99 1 year ago
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jajajaj cagadisimo!
thethemon699 1 year ago
This shit slap HarD!! Filipino blooded on mine mayn!! Frisco YaY area with Filipino blood of my roots, my people, our food, our tradition, my country, my ancestor's runnin strong through my veins and pumpin non-stop hardness. True Warrior Revolutionists bruh, true soldiers, we die hard!!
GraffKing21 1 year ago
Walang katulad.
royroyroyurboat 1 year ago
Haters! na Eenggit sa atin!..
Land of the morning, children of the sun returning...
plus24seven 1 year ago 2
mabuhay ang Kayumanggi....
lastsuyan 1 year ago 2
Yeah, I'm an f-i-l-i-p-i-n-o!
BenedictCarlos 1 year ago 2
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BenedictCarlos 1 year ago
Damn, this is what hip hop was about. Back to the fundamental rhyme with reason. Its a step forward and I like the direction, Im yearning 4 more.
dontcatchnosleep 2 years ago 30
i dont care what ya'll say
this shit is hard
and im proud to be pinoy
so f u haterz.
jjohan19 2 years ago 28
Filipino!
jTyroneVito 2 years ago 14
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