CULTURAL PRODUCTION: “Mama Filipina” by Apl.de.ap

Allan Pineda Lindo or better known as Apl.de.ap a former of the Black Eyed Peas group sang “Mama Filipina”. In this song appears some major Filipino cultural values such as “kapwa”, “pakikisama” and “utang ng loob”. In the lyrics says “mama filipina, I never meant to give you up, I had to move to America”. He’s telling that he left his mother and moved to America to look for the American dream. Here appears the value of utang ng loob where he expected to send money back to his family in the Philippines and to help them with their future. “Now you gotta leave home to feed the family” shows the value of pakikisama because he is giving more importance his family than himself. An example is that Filipino people who forced or encouraged to work abroad to feed their families and to keep their familiy surviving into their financial situation. The lyrics has an important message that the singer recognized where he came from and that he is proud where he came from by not not hiding his past and not feeling embarrased about it.