"PHI-2025"- A Poem

Instead of writing another of my "Missions", I have decided to write a poem. Even though I have basically zero experience in songwriting, I felt the need to do one because I'm undergoing a transition from a city perspective to a national perspective; I need an artistic overhaul to realize the greater situation our country is having right now. You might notice the poem can be sang, but it really depends on how you interpret or read it out. I prefer rapping it, just so you know. About the theme and topic, it's not just about urban life, but also how life evolves into an uncertain future. The title of the song is quite literal since I'm foreseeing our future; it's also inspired from films and novels concerning dystopia or apocalypse (e.g. Pixar's "Wall-E" and George Orwell's "1984"). I hope you enjoy =)

From the beginning till the end,

We'll be always here;

I know we can.

We'd be living in shady scrapers:

High rises, high beams,

High hopes, high dreams;

But doesn't turn out what it seems.

I know what it means;

Using any means to get back the green!

We'd be living in digits:

No upper-class,

Just testing our questionable limits. 

I hate to break it to you,

But we're all wasting our lives.

You must be dealing with strange vibes.

Oh, do you miss the taste of blood from sweet knives?

I guess you're so low you can't even talk to your fake wives.

I got rid of that,

And learned to survive.

We'd be living over the Word.

We may reach the skies,

But heaven says that no one flies.

The Science we were counting on

Is the Science we are drowning on. 

The Power of the Word we were hyping on 

Is the Power of the Word that turned us On.

I hope we make it before dawn.

My take is to keep on moving on,

Until Tomorrow will forever be gone.  

Can you still feel the kids rollin'?

How do you like when they're all trollin'?

On the mic-chat chit-chat microphonin',

As they do all that for the lollin'.

There used to be a time when they go ballin',

But the screen said he'd be the one stallin'.

Can't handle the damage?

Why don't you cry back to the orphanage.

Good versus evil?

Try food versus weevils,
'Cause we're still living in medieval.

Understood or still in retrieval?

Bet you're still hoping good wins over evil.

This is Philippines 2025,

"Mabuhay" is the old,

"Mabubuhay" is the new.

The bad is not the case,

Because we still have a bright future to chase.

What the heck,

Make it happen now!

For the proud land we must cultivate and plow!

Society may never allow,

But we're still here to make an eternal vow!

This is a message from Citizen PHI-C3-257, recorded on June 15, 2025, and I hope you got it.

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