Totoy Bilisan Mo ang Takbo!

 Tatsulok-Buklod

 Totoy bilisan mo, bilisan mo ang takbo
Ilagan ang mga bombang nakatutok sa ulo mo
Totoy tumalon ka, dumapa kung kailangan
At baka tamaan pa ng mga balang ligaw

Totoy makinig ka, wag kang magpa-gabi
Baka mapagkamalan ka’t humandusay dyan sa tabi
Totoy alam mo ba kung ano ang puno’t dulo
Ng di matapos-tapos na kaguluhang ito

Hindi pula’t dilaw tunay na magkalaban
Ang kulay at tatak ay di syang dahilan
Hangga’t marami ang lugmok sa kahirapan
At ang hustisya ay para lang sa mayaman

Habang may tatsulok at sila ang nasa tuktok
Di matatapos itong gulo

At ang dating munting bukid, ngayo’y sementeryo
Totoy kumilos ka, baliktarin ang tatsulok
Tulad ng dukha, nailagay mo sa tuktok

Just heard over NU the remake of this song by Bamboo. Ang galing. Kakatuwa. I was in grade school (I think) when Buklod released this song. Nakakamiss mga bandang tulad ng Buklod, Grupong Pendong, Asin, Lokal Brown, etc. I remembered when my Papa and Tito used to bring us to concerts like Musicians for Peace and the like and we would sing our hearts out to the songs that we know. These were only the bands that I know then and my classmates couldn't relate when I sing Tatsulok, Cotabato, Reklamo ng Reklamo and Bagyo Bagyo among others . I thought that all Filipino bands at that time  have only songs of protest such as that of Grupong Pendong or Buklod. Yun kasi ang kinamulatan ko eh. My sisters and I even sang at a concert in Folk Arts Theater with Gary Granada, Bagong Dugo, Susan Magno,etc. Kinanta namin Magagandang Anak. Finale pa. Derecho lang ang tingin namin para di kami maconscious sa mga tao na nanunuod.  After the concert, a group of young men and women approached us and asked " Bata, anong pangalan ng banda niyo? Galing ah! ."  It was only years after that I realized our participation in that concert  was such a great honor and privilege. Ang sarap lang balikan.

I just hope that musicians would continue to write songs that tackle socially relevant issues or remake songs of those who made a difference and brought awareness in the music industry and society as well.