Youth of the Philippines!
Oh youth of the Philippines, hope of the motherland, the time has come to awaken from your slumber. The season of complacency and apathy has passed. Shake off the shackles of addictions that bind and leave you helpless. Break free from the chains of drugs, sex and violence. Ignite your dreams that were snuffed out, gather your ambitions that were trampled. Rise from the ashes of poverty. Rise from the low expectations of our elders. Rise from the grave of corruption and greed. Awaken hope. Awaken faith. Awaken life. We were born for a bright horizon. We were born, the future of our motherland. Let us not just hope for a better tomorrow. But let us together work to make that longing a reality. Let us take up the torch of our forefathers and echo their cries for justice, freedom and equality. They shed their blood for freedom from foreign oppressor, but we fight for freedom against our very own flesh and blood. We are the future and we must fight for the oppressed wh...