verse: rock

Bum, then they gabe him sum pom-pom.. Pom-poms?
He is the baby king, so pom-pom, pom-poms.
He wants to be kambing but pom-pom, pom-poms
Nung high school magaling pero pom-pom pom-pom, gutom gutom, singhot ilong
Ngayong matanda na, hindi na kaya
So puro drama!

Drama boy
Drama boy
Drama boy
Drama boy
Drama boy
Drama boy
Drama boy
Drama boy
Drama boy
Drama boy
Drama boy
Drama boy

[Freshly made including lyrics in October 16 2025 and direct to recording! Added "bridge" lyrics Nov 2025]

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Tara Na

Panay ang lingon at daplis tingin
Pero puro keme pa ang iyong dating
Merong gustong gawin mamaya sa lilim
Halika nga dito sa aking piling

Tara na
Tara na

Huwag mahiya at bumulong
Napapalapit na ang pasko
Tayo’y magbigayan ng regalo
Doon sa silid tayo’y magsalo

Tara na
Kung ayaw, di huwag
Tara na
Kung ayaw, next time na lang

Ikaw dapat ang mauna
Di pwedeng sa’kin lahat ang gawa
Kung hindi, mahirap na
Mahirap tumindig sa wala

Tara na
Kung ayaw, di huwag
Tara na
Ayaw mo e, di huwag

Tara na
Akala ko gusto mo? Tara na!
Tara na
Sige na, ikaw na maiwan jan. Bahala ka na

[Concept from July 30, 2025 while in Lisbon, Portugal, 1st draft lyrics Oct 8 2025]

Friday, October 24, 2025

How To Write A Christmas Song

Just start with just any key

I just choose the letter G

If that's 1, next you go 3

Don't do minor, we want happy

Then you go to number 4

Here's a chance to hear'em say "more!"

What is next, go one way or

Go 5-sharp or go minor

How to write a Christmas song

It’s so easy, just play along!

If you’re feeling overwhelmed

You can start with some jingle bells… like so

Next you need some chrismassy

Words that can accompany

Your new creation. Needs some love

Sing away and make the most of

Don’t forget to add some bells

It’s not key but it does help

In the end prepare to take

What you start, give your all, then make

How to write a Christmas song

It’s so easy, just play along!

If you’re feeling overwhelmed

You can start with some jingle bells… like so

Write your Christmas song!

I’ll be frank, there are no rules

Just say “Christmas,” be thankful

Be thankful that you’re alive

There’s even 1-6-4-5

Don’t say no, there’s many ways

You can sing on Christmas day

Your very first Christmas song

Next you know you’re writing more

How to write a Christmas song

It’s so easy, just play along!

If you’re feeling overwhelmed

You can start with some jingle bells… like so

Monday, October 20, 2025

Isa Lang

Handog sa’tin ng Diyos Maykapal
Para sa atin, kanyang mahal
Di na dapat mag-expekto
Ng kung anu-anong regalo

Mas masama pa kung minsan
Sarili natin ang bibigyan
Nasaan ang pasko doon
Sino ba talaga ang ‘yong poon

Isa lang
ang dahilan
Ng maligayang
kapaskuhan

Pasko kamo, Kristiyano
Kung makasamba sa politiko
Bastos, at mamamatay-tao
Magnanakaw, bumili boto

Todo pa ding ipaglalaban
Kawawa naman kaban ng bayan
Sa kanyang kapwa walang awa
Puro insulto wala nang sawa

Isa lang
ang dahilan
Ng maligayang
kapaskuhan

Nano Naan

Nano, nano, nano naan…
Nano, nano, nano naan…

Naan, na-naan, na-naan, na-naan
Naan, na-naan, na-naan, na-naan

I’m so hungry for just one piece
Of that bread pretty pretty please
You can give it to me as a gift
You can give my spirit a lift

Naan, na-naan, na-naan, na-naan
Naan, na-naan, na-naan, na-naan

Bow-wow-wow, wow-wow, wow-wow, wow-wow
Bow-wow-wow, wow-wow, wow-wow, wow-wow

Nano, nano, nano naan… Je je je je
Nano, nano, nano naan… Je jeje je ajuju ajuju ajaja ajaja shishe jaja

(To fade)

[Original concept & recording from March 17 2018, new verse lyrics added Oct 2025]

Friday, October 17, 2025

Not As Lucky

Mommy
Daddy
Babyooey

I am
Happy
this holiday
I’m with family

I know
some babies
who’re not as lucky
as me

While I’m counting gifts
They’re counting their scars
I have a roof, food and drink
While they stare at stars

Mommy
Daddy
Babyooey

It’s cooler times,
we drive around,
come home, sit by
the fire

I know
some kids
they’re wondering
if there is life

After the boom,
Homes of my friends crumblin’
Men in boots who act like goons
When will it ever end?

(Instrumental)

Mommy
Daddy
Babyooey

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Maligayang Paskoooo

Lumalamig
Ang ihip
Ng hangin
Magmula sa umaga

Napa-isip
Kapiling
Aking hiling

Maligayang paskoooo….
Maligayang paskoooo….

Malayo
Ang trabaho
Maka-ipon
At maka-uwi din ako

Magkasama
Pamilya
Kumakanta

Maligayang paskoooo….
Maligayang paskoooo….

(Change beat)

Mali-mali-maligayang
Mali-mali-maligayang
Mali-mali-maligayang
Mali-mali…

Maligayang paskoooo….
(Kung kasama, pamilya, masasabi na…)
Maligayang paskoooo….
(Kumpleto, magsasalo, pasalamat…)

Balik Barya

Oy!
Oy, oy! Oy, oy, oy!

Oy!
Oy!
Oy, oy! Oy, oy, oy!

Agosto pa lang ako ay kumakayod na
Para may pang-regalo sa tangi kong sinta
Pero…

Dumating ka
Walang hiya
Mapagpanggap
Lahat na, sayo na

Lungkot pasko
Sampal sa noo
Lalaban ba’ko
Mabalik lang barya

Oy!
Oy!
Oy, oy! Oy, oy, oy!

Nang-apak ka na lang basta, nabulag sa halaga
Wala man lang pakialam s'buhay ng iba
Nung…

Dumating ka
Walang hiya
Mapagpanggap
Lahat na, sayo na

Lungkot pasko
Sampal sa noo
Lalaban ba’ko
Mabalik lang barya

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Pinoy+Poppa+Punk (2025 Album)

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW9-wEQEpq4&list=OLAK5uy_nkrm0_6g1jR1CEDdmq-Ny8dMXWNT8lhy8

1. BERMANTSNA

2. WALAKWENS

3. GAMOT SA MUNDO

4. SAMPLE EXAM

5. POP ROCK!

6. HANGGANG KAILAN

7. MINSAN

8. GREENS

9. HELE

10. TIGNAN MO SILA

11. GUNITANG TAPOS-SIBOL

Friday, May 02, 2025

GUNITANG TAPOS-SIBOL

Huminto at mag-masid

Sa langit, sa paligid

Ewan ko ang gagawin

Ligayang kapiling ka

Kapiling ka

Kanlungan ka

At ako'y ikaw…

(Tagalog version of "Spring Afterthoughts" -- originally June 2, 1995, recreated Feb 22, 2025. Tagalog version May 1, 2025)

Saturday, April 19, 2025

WALAKWENS

"Sa ngalan ng ama…" pero alam mo na
Si tatay pala niya ang sinasamba
Pag linggo mabuting tao pero
Lunes, martes, miyerkoles, huwebes,
Biyernes, at sabado, bukham-bibig

“TATAY, IPAPATAY NIYO!
DIYOS KO PATAWARIN NIYO AKO!!!
TATAY, IPAPATAY NIYO!!!

HINDI SILA TAO KAYA OKAY LANG YAN
BATA MATANDA BABAE MABUTI NANG
WALANG LABAN PARAK TAPOS NA BA KAYO
KASI MAGSISIMBA NA’KO”

Walang kwenta!!!
Walang kwenta!!!

Siya ay lawyer bobo daw ako
May alam siya, pakialam ko!
Lawyer ka nga pero ayaw mo sa batas
Takot ka sa yaman mo kaya sagot: dahas!
Problema wala pera kaya puro droga pero

“TATAY, IPAPATAY NIYO!
DIYOS KO PATAWARIN NIYO AKO!!!
TATAY, IPAPATAY NIYO!!!

HINDI SILA TAO KAYA OKAY LANG YAN
BATA MATANDA BABAE MABUTI NANG
WALANG LABAN PARAK TAPOS NA BA KAYO
KASI MAGSISIMBA NA’KO”

Walang kwenta!!!
Walang kwenta!!!

Ina ko po, kamag-anak pa man din kita
Gusto mo lang yung kandidato kasi kababayan mo siya
Kawawa naman kaming susunod na henerasyon
Kami ang magdurusa! Kami ang magdurusa!

Walang kwenta!!!
Walang kwenta!!!

Saturday, February 15, 2025

HELE

Mahal ka ni Nanay

At ni Tatay

At ng Diyos Maykapal

Mahal ka ni Kuya

At ni Ate

At ng Diyos Maykapal

Mahal ka ni Lolo

At ni Lola

At ng Diyos Maykapal

(Tagalog version of "Lullabye". Has been an idea for a while, but formally wrote the lyrics on Feb 14, 2025.)

Friday, September 20, 2024

POP ROCK!

(Ano ba talaga ang musical genre mo?)

Punk rock!

But punk rock (is now)

Pop rock!

Are you indie? You are country!

Songer-writer? You are country!

Country, country, country, country!

Why don't you admit it?

You are pop! You are country!!!!

What am I?

Punk rock? (Nah)

Pop rock!

Pinoy!!!!

(This is Poppa Rock)

Are you alt? Country!

Are you pop? Country!

Are you punk? Smelly!

Admit it now… count-tree!

Punk rock!

But punk rock is now

Pop rock!

Poppa rock?

PINOY!!!!

Wednesday, September 04, 2024

MINSAN

Humingi't ibibigay ang kanyang lahat

Tumingin at pagmasdan ang pagmamahal

Huminto't magmasid sa paligid mo

Maraming nais ang pag-ibig na totoo

(Instrumental)

Madaling kusang ipikit ang mga mata

Kung dahil sa nangyari'y, ayaw makakita

Minsan ay mabuti ring mapagpasalamat

Ang lahat ay gigising din na araw ay sumikat

(Instrumental)

Minsan ay mabuti ring mapagpasalamat

Biyaya ay natatamo din ng lahat

Pinili ka sa bilyong tao, tanging isa

Hiling lang niya ang munting pag-asa

(Pause)

(Instrumental)

(Solo)

Minsan ay mabuti ring mapagpasalamat

Hiling lang niya ang munting pag-asa

[This song was formerly "Pinsan", written in 1995. Lyrics rewritten September 2024.]

HANGGANG KAILAN

Andito ako

Sa may telepono

Naghihintay pakapit

Na ika'y makapiling

Ang pagmamahal ko

At ang buong puso

Naghihintay nang kapit

Sa tanging marikit

Hanggang kailan ba ang walang hanggan?

Hanggang dun sana tayo'y magliligawan

Hanggang saan ba ang kalangitan?

Hanggang dun sana ang ating pagmamahalan

Tatlong bentesinko

Ipan-tatawag ko

Liit ng ligaya

Sandali lang makausap ka

Ang tanging nais ko

Ang mag-isang puso

Sa aking pagninilay

Hawak-kamay sana habang buhay

Hanggang kailan ba ang walang hanggan?

Hanggang dun sana tayo'y magliligawan

Hanggang saan ba ang kalangitan?

Hanggang dun sana ang ating pagmamahalan

(Was "Kasama Ka" from 1997; recreated September 3, 2024.)

Thursday, January 18, 2024

TIGNAN MO SILA

Tignan mo sila

Sila'y masaya

Sila'y may kumpiyansa

May kwenta yung tatay nila

Sila'y may sigla

Sila'y may sipag

May pakialam sila

Tignan mo sila

Sila'y may alam

Sila'y may kaya

Ahon lang pagka-lubog

Sila'y may tapang

Sila'y may tiyaga

Tignan mo sila

(Originally written January 17, 2024; minor updates on Feb 22, 2025.)

Sunday, December 10, 2023

Did You Turn The Lights Off?

Did you turn the lights off?

Did you forget it again?

Did you turn the lights off?

Should I turn it off myself?

Every morning you wake up

You forget to turn the lights off

Every morning when I can,

I can do it if you need my help

Did you turn the lights off?

Did you leave an open door?

I can help you find your phone

I can also leave you alone

Every morning you wake up

You forget to turn the lights off

Every morning when I can,

I can do it if you need my help

Missed to put your glasses on?

Dishes pilin' up again?

Did you turn the lights off?

Should I turn it off…

I got this thingamajiggy, yo yeah that's me

Can't sit still, can't focus, can't remember, I can't be

Like the other kids who do their work with ease

I'm always restless, distracted, and feeling the squeeze

Sometimes I feel like I don't fit in

Like I'm always out of sync, like I'm always on the brink

Of losing control, of messing up, of letting people down

But then I remember that I'm not alone, that I'm not a clown

I know it's hard to live with this thingamajiggy

It's a challenge every day, it's a struggle to stay ... on track

But I also know that it's a gift, that it's a part of me

That makes me unique, that makes me shine, that makes me rap, you see?

Some people think that this thing is a curse

That it's a disorder, that it is something worse

Than being normal, than being average, than being plain

But I don't listen to them, don't let them get in my brain

Some people try to label, putting me in a box

To say that I'm lazy & stupid, that I'm a paradox

Of success and failure, of potential and waste

But I don't let them do that, I don't let them erase

But I don't let it stop me, I don't let it define me

I got skills and talents that you can't deny me

I'm creative, energetic, I'm a star in the making

I got this thingamajiggy but I'm not faking

Thursday, November 09, 2023

New Wave 2023

Rubber band bracelets, I don't care

Love you for a short time, I do swear

Nobody loves me, no one dares

Be with you til the end of time, but I'm not there

Oh, my feelings for you…

Chillin is my thing but I do all

You hope that I'll catch you whenever you fall

When my buddies a-playin, you party and ball

It's just a fleeting feeling and all

Oh, my feelings for you…

You say you want to be together

That this could be forever

To that I say never

Because I have severed… us!

[Recreated lyrics; original song was from August 1994]

Sunday, October 29, 2023

BERMANTSNA

Ayan na naman si Jose Mari!

Pati na din si Mariah Carey!

Malamig na ang 25 degrees!!

Pahingi ng jacket, bilis!!!!

Bermantsna! Bermantsna!

Kanta naman ni Mariah!

Gusto niya raw sa pasko'y ikaw!

At ikaw at ikaw at ikaw!

Namamasko po, Manny Pacquiao!

Bermantsna! Bermantsna!

Wala na akong masabi

Miss ko na christmas spaghetti

Tikman ko ulit fruit salad

Nawa'y tayo'y maging mapalad!

Bermantsna! Bermantsna!

Ika-una na ng setyembre!

May dekorasyon na sa SM!

Ilabas na ang mema diyan!

Magbawas ka na ng bilbil sa tiyan!

Bermantsna! Bermantsna!

Hoy!

(Original lyrics from Oct 28, 2023, final refinements Feb 1, 2025)