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Public outrage over corruption in flood management tasks has fueled artists to jot down protest songs. Right here’s Rappler’s playlist when the fashion hits residence.
MANILA, Philippines – The Filipinos are offended over the anomalies in flood management tasks.
Congressional investigations have uncovered how contractors, DPWH officers, and politicians allegedly conspired to pocket billions.
Politicians and their households additionally landed billions price of contracts. Contractors who bagged billions in tasks additionally poured cash into politicians’ campaigns.
Public outrage over corruption in flood management tasks has fueled artists to jot down protest songs. Right here’s Rappler’s playlist when the fashion hits residence.
‘Bulsa’ by Justin Taller feat. Sky Bryant, Eunizz, EL JUICE
“Sinong umaahon, tayo ba o sila? Mga ngiti nila habang nakalubog ka pa. Sa’n napunang bulsa, pinaghirapan kong mga barya. Minumulto na ng mga pangako niyo. Hoy!”
(Who’s actually rising up — us or them? Their smiles when you’re nonetheless drowning. Whose pocket bought stuffed with the cash I labored arduous for? Haunted now by your damaged guarantees. Hey!)
The opening line of “Bulsa” cuts straight to the core.
Justin Taller, in an interview with News5’s Gud Morning Kapatid, stated he wrote the track on September 5, on the top of the probe into anomalous flood management tasks.
“These have been the moments once I requested myself, why is that this taking place?” Taller stated. “Out of emotion, I felt powerless. I couldn’t converse publicly about this, however what I might do was write a track.”
He first dropped the monitor on TikTok as an open-verse problem. A kind of who responded was rapper Sky Bryant, who later helped form the total model.
The track additionally credit Eunizz and EL JUICE as co-writers and performers.
‘Anak ka ng Pu!’
One other track that captures the fashion of Filipinos in opposition to corruption is the rap track “Anak ka ng Pu!”
“‘Yung sa amin galing sa hirap. ‘Yung sa inyo galing sa mahihirap,” the lyrics reads. (What we’ve got comes from hardship. What you have got comes from the poor.)
Moro Beats, the file label behind the track, stated the track is their “message to deprave authorities officers who’re concerned in stealing the Filipino’s tax cash.”
Written by DJ Medmessiah, JMara, Flackos, H20 Klann, Prophecee, and Naus, the track was launched on September 10.
The efficiency is as confrontational as its title. A gaggle of shirtless males delivers the track in opposition to the stark backdrop of what seems to be a flood management venture.
‘Tax ng Ina Mo’ by Cielo Magno and Jake Regala
Launched months earlier than the flood management venture controversy, “Tax ng Ina Mo” nonetheless hits on the similar themes of corruption and patronage politics.
Composed by former finance undersecretary Cielo Magno and Jake Regala, the track additionally urges the general public to maintain watch on how the federal government spends taxpayer cash.
‘Kapangyarihan’ by Ben&Ben and SB19
Ben&Ben and SB19’s “Kapangyarihan” has additionally become a protest anthem amid the controversy over flood management tasks. It was first launched in 2021.
The track was beforehand used because the soundtrack for GMA Community’s Pulang Araw, a tv sequence on the atrocities of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines throughout World Warfare II.
‘Upuan’ by Gloc 9
Launched in 2009, Gloc-9’s “Upuan” — a traditional critique of presidency officers — has additionally resurfaced on social media. On TikTok, the track is getting used as background music to name out anomalous flood management tasks and the lavish life of politicians.
What songs do you assume deserve a spot on the checklist? Share your picks on the Philippine Politics or RLife channel, obtain the Rappler app (out there on App Retailer and Google Play) to hitch the dialog. – Rappler.com
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