When I was young,
they said "don't eat your food
or learn your language; you're foreign now."
Television taught me to curse words
from mother's mouth.

When I was young, 
I didn't have the words to know myself.
When I was young,
I didn't have the words to heal myself.

When I was young,
they said, "don't question your elders."
Living in the land of the free
under a Catholic God
too afraid to speak
about the hate they sowed
in me.

When I was young, 
I didn't have the words to know myself.
When I was young,
I didn't have the words to heal myself.

Then I was older,
I finally understood what it meant
to be surrounded by people
who look like me.
I cried, "please don't be ashamed of me!
I need to learn my history!"
History repeats itself.

When I was young, 
I didn't have the words to know myself.
When I was young,
I didn't have the words to heal myself.

You are ancient and holy.
You are ancient and holy too.
The Babaylan are just like you.
You are ancient and holy.
You are ancient and holy too.
The Babaylan are just like you,
they weren't binary too.

One day, isang araw
I saw, nakakita
one bird, isang ibon
flying, lumilipad.
I shoot binaril ko
I cook niluto ko
I eat kinain ko
I'm full busog na ko.

When I Was Young

Cathi come back to me
I don't know who I am
and what I stand for anymore.

Cathi, she's so lovely.
When I feel her, I can fly.

Empty, lili left me.
All the lights went out,
no one's home anymore.

And sero, she's still with me.
She makes damn sure 
I sleep through the night.
Oh god, I'm still crying,
they say I need more of her.

Maybe they were lyin,
maybe I'll be fine on my own.
But the best music comes 
from a heart that's trying to be whole.

So maybe it won't be the end
if I don't see cathi again.

cathi

cathi version 2

Pro Tools Assignment - Lesson 10 (Low Roar) - karinyo 6.21.23

Cathi come back to me
I don't know who I am
and what I stand for anymore.

Cathi, she's so lovely.
When I feel her, I can fly.

Empty, lili left me.
All the lights went out,
no one's home anymore.

And sero, she's still with me.
She makes damn sure
I sleep through the night.
Oh god, I'm still crying,
they say I need more of her.

Maybe they were lyin,
maybe I'll be fine on my own.
But the best music comes
from a heart that's trying to be whole.

So maybe it won't be the end
if I don't see cathi again.

karinyo

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