The song is about office worker who's getting bored with his redundunt modern day corporate slavery. Waking up, eat, work, sleep and repeat, it's payday and then all your hard work just goes to our debts. It's a feeling that you're lost and getting back we're you started, and you want to get out of this picture. Parang ang pakiramdam mo ay na-engkanto ka.
lyrics
I.
woah! anu ito? nandito nanaman ako.
naka upo sa inidoro, maliligo't magsisipilyo
malamig natubig sa umaga. Oh na-engkanto ata ako.
uwoooh.
II.
Woah! ano ito? gising nanaman ako.
babangon at mag-iinat, magkakape't maninigarilyo
Magtatrabaho na ako, oh na-engkanto ata ako.
uwoooh.
Chorus:
Tabi-Tabi po (Tabi-tabi po), paikot-ikot lang ako
Tabi-tabi po (Tabi-tabi po), paulit-ulit lang tayo.
III.
parang replay? dejavu ba ito?
shot ng alak sa kanto, Ingay ng videoke,
sabay pa ang dakdak ni misis, wala nang gatas si baby
Na-holdap pa ko sa Quiapo. na-engkanto ata ako.
IV.
Woah! ano ito? mababaliw na ako.
Limang libo sa kuryente, ubos na ang sahod ko
Uutang nanaman ako, oh na-engkanto ata ako.
uwoooh.
Chorus:
Tabi-Tabi po (Tabi-tabi po), paikot-ikot lang ako
Tabi-tabi po (Tabi-tabi po), paulit-ulit lang tayo.
Tabi-Tabi po (Tabi-tabi po), paikot-ikot lang ako
Tabi-tabi po (Tabi-tabi po), paulit-ulit lang tayo.
credits
from Little by Little,
track released June 1, 2016
Engkanto
Composed by Love Over Lust
Lyrics by: Lawrence Anthony Delos Reyes
Music by: Lawrence Anthony Delos Reyes and Brian Brazas
Recorded at Banana Rising Recording Studio and Magnetic Trumpo Records
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