Tinta [English translation]

[Chorus]

It can be blue

It can be black

It can be red

It can be any

The important thing is what will they understand

Them who are going to listen and will memorize songs

Now you tell me

How did you use the ink?

[Verse 1]

It began when I started holding a paper and writing materials

while my mom was teaching me

while she's washing the clothes in the hand water pump

writing repeatedly and the letters should be straight

just like the dates in the calendar

Read books and sometimes comics and newspapers

just to broaden my knowledge in vocabulary

and not made up just like the medicines of an herb doctor

Studied 2 to 3 levels in elementary

ended in 6th but there's no medal hanging on my neck

only sampaguitas that were brought by dad after his driving shift

years have passed and tried to create

rhyming words that they call as poetry

but someone told me "Ris if you're already there,

tell me how did you use the ink."

[Chorus]

It can be blue

It can be black

It can be red

It can be any

The important thing is what will they understand

Them who are going to listen and will memorize songs

Now you tell me

How did you use the ink?

[Verse 2]

When you wake up in the morning you'll take a bath in the restroom

you'll go to school

you'll ask for allowance

By simply looking at you, you're not different to everyone

however in your mind there's a developing legend

the poet who is always looked upon

songs with titles that only you knows about

one day will be conveyed

your songs will be sang

by children like you who has a dream

But right now you're only starting

you will not let your every step be hindered

even if this is slow like walking with a sling

Your dreams will serve as your weapon and

no one can ever stop you even if sometimes is like

you don't have any smooth path to walk on

but if the day comes and you're already there

tell me how did you use the ink

[Chorus]

It can be blue

It can be black

It can be red

It can be any

The important thing is what will they understand

Them who are going to listen and will memorize songs

Now you tell me

How did you use the ink?