Expect that every month
There are latest models
The rich will buy anew
Poor people like me
Will just buy an old one
Or just buy a secondhand
Filipino inclination to cell phone
Can never be equaled by anyone
Even a scavenger owns one
That’s why Philippines is called
“the texting capital of the world”
Due to this, a lot of thieves around
Just waiting for the right opportune
To snatch, slash, or hold-up someone
There had been a lot of victims
Some were injured, some were killed
Just because they resisted
But Filipinos can’t be stopped
Just to be in latest fashion
Never mind the risk it gives
It’s part of their daily lives
According to them, a necessity.

ANG CELLPHONE

Sa bawat buwan na dadaan
Tiyak may latest model na naman
Mga burgis at rich pabonggahan
Mga gaya kong purdoy ay wait na lang
Sa kanilang pinagsawaan at pinaglumaan
Dili kaya’y buy ng GSM o secondhand
Hilig ng Pinoy sa celfon hindi mapantayan
Pati basurero’y may nakasukbit sa bewang
Pinas “txting capital of d’ world” kung bansagan
Bunga nito’y naglipana ang mga kawatan
Mga buwitre ay naghihintay,nakaabang
Sa mga biktimang dudukutan o aagawan
Mga biktima’y hindi na mabilang
Marami na rin ang nasawi’t napaslang
Dahil ayaw ibigay celfon na pinag-ipunan
Subalit ang Pinoy “di maawat, “di mapigilan
Nakauso lang, kahit ano pa’ng kahahantungan
Bahagi na daw ng buhay,
isang pangangailangan.