Balang Araw - Ericson Acosta

"Balang Araw" song composed by Filipino artist and political prisoner Ericson Acosta, performed by Sarah Katrina, Ronnie Badilla and BAYAN Secretary General Renato Reyes Jr.

Acosta was arrested without warrant in a militarized barrio in February 2011 while conducting human rights and environmental research for a local peasant group.

Acosta was named finalist of the 2011 Imprisoned Artist Prize at the Freedom to Create Awards festival in Cape Town, South Africa last November. Artists, cultural workers and human rights advocates including the Amnesty International, the Concerned Artists of the Philippines, the state-run National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the Philippine Center of the International PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Essayists, Novelists), among others support the call to free Ericson Acosta. His Petition for Review of the fabricated illegal possesion of explosive complaint against him is still pending before the Philippines' Department of Justice.

There are more than 350 political prisoners unjustly detained by the Philippine government today. To know more about the campaign to free Ericson Acosta and all political prisoners, please visit http://www.freeacosta.blogspot.com and his prison diary, JAILHOUSE BLOG http://acostaprisondiary.blogspot.com

Balang Araw
Written by E. Acosta/ Alay Sining

I
Lupang kababata ng mga punong kahoy
Kahoy na kasintanda na nitong lupa
Lupang pinatatahan ng amihang simoy
Amihang naluluha sa kwento ng lupa

Chorus
Ang lahat ng ito ay sa atin na
Balang araw
At kung gayon ay para sa lahat
Balang araw
Balang araw
Babala ang bala't balaraw

II
Pagawaang tumutunaw sa iba't ibang bakal
Bakal na humuhulma sa mga pagawaan
Pagawaan ng pawis na kinakalakal
Pawis na siyang tutubos sa lahat ng pagawaan

Repeat Chorus 2x

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ericson Acosta
• political prisoner
• human rights
• BAYAN
• Renato Reyes
• blues
• artist
• detainee
• Philippines
• Pinoy