[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?