[MALE ENSEMBLE] Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! [BENIGNO SIMEON "NINOY" AQUINO JR.] This song right here is goin' out To all my Filipinos goin' through the struggle You may feel like nobody sees you But Aquino's got your back Now listen up Once upon a time I was a little prince [MALE ENSEMBLE] I was a prince! [NINOY] Anything I wanted, anything I wished [MALE ENSEMBLE] I wish, I wish! [NINOY] But money can burn you And it won't set you free Though my friends stuck around Uh - I knew that I had to leave All around our land I see hatred and fear [MALE ENSEMBLE] Hatred and fear! [NINOY] Where is the kindness, where now my dear? [MALE ENSEMBLE] Where can it be? [NINOY] Now can our country be healed? Can it change and be strong Will the answers come soon? Ha! A-we have waited so long Now listen up! [NINOY AND MALE ENSEMBLE] I am a child of the Philippines From Calayan to Lake Sebu [NINOY] And I, I'm a young man A young man in a hurry But you You know that those miracles You know that those miracles You know that those miracles They might come true I see you, Imelda [IMELDA] Hey, Aquino! [NINOY] Girl, you better bring that pretty face over here Cause, uh, you make me wanna' You make me wanna' Uh! Dream a little dream Ha - With a girl just like you [MALE ENSEMBLE] Girl just like you! [IMELDA] It's not a dream And you know that it's good [NINOY] Now when you walked in the room I just had to say, hi! And with you by my side, uh! I know we'll go far [IMELDA] Anything you want Everything you do [MALE ENSEMBLE] That thing you do! [IMELDA] Love is gonna' change The bad into good [MALE ENSEMBLE] Bad into good [NINOY] But we have waited so long Now a change will come soon And if you put me in charge Hey! That's what I'd do Help me out, fellas! [NINOY, IMELDA AND MEN] I am a child of the Philippines From Calayan to Lake Sebu [NINOY] And this, this is our land A land that's in a hurry But you You know that those miracles You know that those miracles You know that those miracles They might come true I think they can come true! We can educate our children And we can unionize our workers We can give our people a break Come on, let's give our people a break! You say - [MALE ENSEMBLE] Give our people a break! [NINOY] Come on, let's give our people a break Let me hear it! [MALE ENSEMBLE] Give our people a break! [NINOY] Let me hear it! Give our people a break You say - [MALE ENSEMBLE] Give our people a break! [NINOY] Just give 'em a break Yeah
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