The song is an expression of our solidarity with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDF) and the future it envisions for the struggling Filipino masses as outlined in the 12 point program. As Friends of the Filipino People in Struggle (FFPS) we stand in steadfast and urgent solidarity with the fighting Filipino masses, their struggle for national and social liberation, and with their genuine representative, the NDF.
The aim of the song is to educate and inspire. It educates by going through the twelve point program of the NDF, a program for a just and lasting peace in the Philippines. It inspires through a resolute militancy interwoven in the beats, lyrics and especially the chorus. We would like to encourage everyone to widely share and propagate the new song “Celebrate The NDF” using the hashtags #I❤️NDF and #CelebrateTheNDF.
We would also like to give everyone the opportunity to join in on a lip-synching effort! So please call to action all your friends, families, comrades, allies, and other contacts to join in for creative and big lip-synching sessions over the next few months to help spread the song. Get creative! Take shots from different angles, cool backgrounds and have people walking following the camera. Huge organizational ensembles & group efforts would be great, bring out your flags, signs and show anything that relates to the message of celebrating the NDF.
We will compile the videos into a new music video which we can celebrate on the anniversary of NDF and FFPS of 2025! Contact us for more info!
Find the song on:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7eXvf3HcmNmJUezbtxegQt?si=EMs4VuQiTbe7eYGYyyzyAA
Full lyrics below!
Youtube:
Lyrics:
1.
Unite the people for the overthrow
Of the semico-lonial, semi-feudal
Through a people’s war we complete
The ND revolution, and see
Feudalism ending
Who are the enemies, who are the friends
What is the NDF and where does it stand
The armed struggle’s mixed with a legal resistance
Lead by the proletariat on its mission
The main force is the working class and the peasantry
To win over the petty bourgeoisie
Are you ready to receive
12 points that’ll lead to a free Philippines
2. the people’s democratic republic
Is based on a council where the people’s consulting
Autonomous zones for indigenous homes
And safety ensured for those serving the public
For serious crimes, they gotta resign
When we’re seizing the time, we’ll be meting out justice
3. Build the people’s army, and the people’s defense
Supported by the masses so influence extends
Strict code of conduct, strict discipline
The defenders of the gains that the revolution wins
4. Uphold and promote people’s democratic rights
The rights to associate, assemble and strike
to get your basic needs met, like if you need meds
Protected by a bill of rights
5 Terminate unequal treaties with the US
and other foreign entities that seek to repress
Monopoly actors, prohibit their access
Cancel the loans of the finance masters
Foreign capital we gobble it up, and turn it up
To a national economy that’s just
6 implement genuine agrarian reform
Cooperate and modernize that’s the new norm
Comprador landlords get dispossessed
The peasants get their land, and they catch a new breath
Cooperation before mechanization
But heed how we’re pacin’, we proceed in stages
In step we develop industry to reap
The fruits of labor, aided by state subsidies
7 build independence build self reliance,
Light and heavy industry, founded on science
Agriculture that’s green and sustainable
Feed the people with the crops that’s available
8. Comprehensive and progressive social policy
Workers and the peasants build a life of quality
Dignity comes from the collective,
When people participate, and feel they’re connected
Mental health and wellbeing, can’t be neglected
Child care and welfare, keep the people respected
9. Promote a national progressive people’s culture
National combatting a subservient mentality
Progressive to combat all the superstitious fallacies
Popular because it serves the interests of the masses we
Wouldn’t insult ya
By ignoring
10 self determination for indigenous friends
Bangsa moro, to the cordillera mountains
Protect traditions and the lands that they’re found in
11. Advance emancipation of women to tear
Their oppression by uplifting them in all spheres
Patriarchy doesn’t disappear overnight
Implement social programs to ascend their plight
12. A foreign policy that centers peace,
And independence, so we can unleash creative energy
This means international support
The revolution can’t be bought
Ha-ha-haaa