Third World
We live in a Third World country
Where most breathe in poverty
Where progress is way too slow
As corruption disrupts its flow
We see children sleep in streets
With no shelter, no food to eat
We face dreadful traffic everyday
Public works here is a rife dismay
We often hear and see street crimes
Pushing people in face of hard times
Where drug lords in jail operate and sell
For luxuries officials allowed in their cells
We waddle through floods everywhere
Always when beaten by violent weather
Where calamities are taken advantage
By officials drooling for foreign aid
We share the same abused piece of land
Christians and Muslims of the same stand
To dwell in a homeland of pure democracy
Free from politically maneuvered captivity
But we, citizens, are partly to blame
When we vote for leaders who are lame
For lack of sensible men to lead the land
We choose to settle for poseurs of clan brand
What we Filipinos never try to erase
Is that ready smile you see in our faces
Unearthing little happiness as we strive
Until emancipation from hardship arrives
Resiliency, diligence, patience is our virtue
Changing the system overnight is hard to do
We cannot beat this ruthless, harsh society
We need a Moses to free us all from slavery!
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