"Walang Natira" | ||||
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Single by Gloc-9 | ||||
from the album Talumpati | ||||
Released | December 2010 | |||
Format | CD | |||
Recorded | 2010 | |||
Genre | Rap | |||
Label | Sony Music Philippines | |||
Writer(s) | Aristotle Pollisco | |||
Producer | Rudy Y. Tee | |||
Gloc-9 singles chronology | ||||
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Walang Natira is the first single of the Filipino rapper, Gloc-9 off his 5th studio album, Talumpati. The song has been written by Gloc-9 and released under Sony Music Philippines. The song also features former Pinoy Dream Academy scholar, Sheng Belmonte. It is an advocacy song dedicated to all Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), why they have opted to work thousands of miles away from their loved ones, and what they are going through abroad just to provide a good life for their family.[1]
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The song tells the situation in the Philippines on why some Filipinos are working abroad. The song also relates the experiences of OFWs while working abroad, like being restless (pahinga’y iipunin para magamit pag-uwi), or sometimes being abused, or dying without even a witness (...gugutumin, sasaktan, malalagay sa peligro. Uuwing nasa kahon ni wala man lang testigo).
Last January 21, 2011, Archbishop Emeritus Oscar V. Cruz posted a blog on his Blogspot stating his views on the Walang Natira. According to him,
the song generally has likable tunes, and was pleasing to listen to — but at the same time it proclaimed the heartaches and griefs of Filipinos working abroad.[2]
He divided his viewpoints into four categories: the message of the song, complaints of the song, some heartaches of the song, and certain reservations of the song.