Mabuhay Philippines!

Though my country is at its lowest I firmly believe that it will ably pass the test Though the nations will grope in financial needs My country's resources its people will feed. We have plenty of water and our seas produce fish Our land grows everything and its womb is not selfish We can make our food in all natural growth We can harvest the best fruits the world ever sought They say we are poor yet our malls are all selling Our people have cellphones, the latest cars they're buying. The investors are coming here, realty business is booming Condominums fast rising and like mushrooms a-blooming. We have pearls in our seas, we have gold in our mountains Our silver is the best and its sources are a bargain Our people are poor but they live life with great smiles With dance, music, and song and prayer all the while We survive those disasters because of our character The 'Bayanihan' spirit- we look after each other With all our workers spread throughout the world We don't even need government, we manage well we are told. Our heroes are many, too many to enumerate From Paeng Nepomuceno, Manny Pacquiao to date, To Lea Salonga and our Charize Pempengco To Efren 'Bata' Reyes and the rest you all know. There is now black propaganda against my dear country Prejudice in foreign media laced in utter mediocrity But the irony of it all is the evident truth Like dominoes they are falling one by one they follow suit. A nation's wealth is its people and its natural resources Its land and its values, its direction, and its goodness. God bless the Philippines and its people! Copyright Cynthia Buhain Baello March 11.2010 Philippines