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Harmonic Resurgence

by Melvin Earl

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1.
We was born up in them other lands Philippines is our motherland Me and my brother Just me and my brother When they see us they stop and stare Cuz we are something normal people could never comprehend Different Brown skin, black hair, small stature Two minds, one body, no fracture Interconnected like that So you know what we mean when we say I got my brother's back Rat tat tat Connected Brodie from the womb to the tomb We connected Tell me baby am I cutting through We connected Do you know everything we been through What a blessing Connected Me and my brodie We connected What a blessing Me and my brodie We connected Simplicio: I don't know if they feel us, Lu Lucio: Aye keep talking that talk bro. Uhh! Listen up! 1898 the bayan was under siege Four centuries of Spain Then entered a new regime Anglo America What do you want from me Rape my momma and my sisters Then pillage our family tree It ain't only mangoes and rice You exporting No work sa Pilipinas So the people have to flee Uhh Making dollars while we sing Then send money back in remittances So the family can eat Uhh I keep my family with me Took us from tatay and nanay young So they call us a circus freak Ain't no side show, you paying me We pulling up in a Phantom Tailored suits, rocking mink Lucio: I know you saw me and my brother Pull up Rolls Royce Something different Extraordinary Something you've never seen before Welcome to the freak show Connected Brodie from the womb to the tomb We connected Tell me baby am I cutting through We connected Do you know everything we been through What a blessing Connected Me and my brodie We connected What a blessing Me and my brodie We connected
2.
That’s my twin Mr. Godino Mr. Godino, yeah Mr. Godino Mr. Godino That’s my twin Mr. Godino Mr. Godino, yeah Mr. Godino Mr. Godino Who am I? A walking intersection Godino boys, yeah we repping Conjoined Filipinos, we some legends Beautiful beyond comprehension Who am I? A walking intersection Disability but still getting it Really hyperabled evidenced by the tension That the audience feels when we singing out our message One of one Filipino boys just want to have fun Find us in the Phantom straight cruising in the sun Stacking every dollar bill Boy there ain’t no free lunch Through the circus lens Yeah they viewed us with awe As if or conjoinedness really was a flaw Musical giants barely five feet tall And the girls go crazy when they see us at the mall That’s my twin Mr. Godino Mr. Godino, yeah Mr. Godino Mr. Godino That’s my twin Mr. Godino Mr. Godino, yeah Mr. Godino Mr. Godino Who am I? Young Lucio Baby come through shoot it’s about to be a trio Rapping like a griot Sipping pinot grigio Straight out the carnival Like we out in Rio Who am I? Simplicio Looking real fly dressed like Filipino titos Raking up the fives, tens, twenties, and the c-notes And I bet it all on black at the casino Who am I? Two beats on the same drum You’d be stunting to if you came were we came from A set of twins with more clout? Name one Why you stuttering? Boy this aint the time to play dumb. A life story arch you could never make up Painting perfect pictures, you should come and frame some Brodie we’re on top You’re on a lame run And I promise you, we’ll never change up That’s my twin Mr. Godino Mr. Godino, yeah Mr. Godino Mr. Godino That’s my twin Mr. Godino Mr. Godino, yeah Mr. Godino Mr. Godino
3.
Bodymind 03:01
Bodymind Bodymind Bodymind Bodymind Soul to soul Something you’d hardly find Story that’s lost in time Ready behold Spectacle cruel and it’s taking it toll We was just youngins forced out on the road Manager making like hundreds a show While we singing and dancing with nothing to show for it Bodymind Bodymind Bodymind Pray this body be kind to us They staring but really they blind to us We don’t know anyone we can trust Everyone trying to make a buck Tell me what about this is fair and just Staring but they aren’t hearing us Bodymind Bodymind We are two, yet one of a kind On the stage in the lights Tied by fate we still shine In the eyes of the crowd Our spirits, they fly Bodymind Bodymind In this life side by side Oh In this life side by side Oh In this life side by side Oh In this life side by side Oh In this life side by side Stuck in a human zoo shackled and chained Cast for their gaze In a spectacle dazed This is how we’ve been spending our days Two souls emerged yet it’s freedom we crave Blazing our trail and the road isn’t paved Making our way brodie day after day Making our way brodie day after day Harmonic resurgence in every note Singing of freedom’s what keeps afloat From the Philippines, we fresh off the boat Performing for masses, we put on a show You wouldn’t want to be me But we gon keep singing until we’re truly free We are not spectacle, please leave us be From inside this cage, music is key Bodymind Bodymind We are two, yet one of a kind On the stage in the lights Tied by fate we still shine In the eyes of the crowd Our spirits, they fly Bodymind Bodymind In this life side by side Oh In this life side by side Oh In this life side by side Oh In this life side by side Oh In this life side by side
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From the Philippines to Coney Island On this vaudeville stage me and my bro be wildin’ Come on through right here in my tent Everything seem cool yet it’s utterly violent Born in this world where difference is scorned Conjoined and Filipino our identities adorned They call us freaks, yet they coming back for more Shoot we selling Black music You can’t buy it in the store Exploitation, degradation That’s the law of this American nation Exploitation, degradation Are you hearing all these words that I’m saying? (Chris Tucker sample from Rush Hour: Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?) All this for fun and entertainment Me and my brother like, “Are you entertained yet?” Look at our pictures, is it painted or it’s tainted? Audience laughing, but their minds lay vacant Me and my brother stay patient Work seven days a week, homie no vacation Exploitation, degradation That’s the law of this American nation Uh Wisdom of the ancestors Wisdom of the ancestors Wisdom of the ancestors Wisdom of the ancestors In the midst of all this darkness We gon always make a way Navigating all challenges Come what may Conjoined body is a symbol of our strength Bound together by the rhythm We’re defying all the hate Pinoy roots, yeah it’s deep within our soul Heritage rich, with these stories untold Look at our lineage Vibrant and bold Survived Spain and American Boy them Filipinos cold! Wisdom of the ancestors Wisdom of the ancestors Wisdom of the ancestors Wisdom of the ancestors Take heed to the score From Luzon’s green mountains To Visayan sea shores Born in this world where different is scorned Cojoined and Filipino, our identities adorned Wisdom of the ancestors Wisdom of the ancestors
5.
They don’t even know Everything that we’ve been through They don’t even know Everything that we’ve been through But we’re still here (Still here, still here) And we’re not going nowhere No, nowhere Brother we done come from out of nothing oh Never seen us coming but we’re coming for Every single reparation that we’re owed Finally feeling free and so fantastical Hop out the whip, asking what’s next We’re paying respects The rooking, the vet Who making it crack Don’t get yourself checked We’ve been with the shits We’re still with the shits We’re just older and wiser Growing in spite of this American nightmare That want me to die young Two Brown boys but we’re pro Black Military minded, better know that Revolution recorded on audio tracks Uplifting the people no Prozac We are the kings and the queens And spiritual beings Don’t get caught up with material things I’m saying keep your heat pure and you will be at peace And may the light inside you shine bright and never do cease They don’t even know Everything that we’ve been through They don’t even know Everything that we’ve been through But we’re still here (Still here, still here) And we’re not going nowhere No, nowhere Brother we done come from out of nothing oh Shining cuz we’re from the archipelago Water on the beat Water on the beat I call this here my Pacific ocean flow Hop off the boat into the Rolls Get it an go We are the goats From growing up poor To touring the road You don’t want smoke With me and my team, we’re living out dreams now Getting this cream And fans start to scream “We want Godinos!” Two Brown boys wearing black tie Hate to break it to you but we’re that guy Everything we do we’re looking mad fly Cuz we are Filipino baby that’s why No flexing Pay us full in cash, nah we don’t accept checks and No stressing Anything is possible that be the message They don’t even know Everything that we’ve been through They don’t even know Everything that we’ve been through But we’re still here (Still here, still here) And we’re not going nowhere No, nowhere
6.
Self Love 03:34
Yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah oh Born in Samar On an island near a beach They in uproar when they see we But we only wanna sing For you and you Coming from far But it’s closer than it’s seems Prism lights a trillion beams Entire spectrum full and deep Deep lover I could show you whole new worlds Under covers Two become one Too much wouldn’t wanna Pressure make diamonds And we pressing on forward Take a ride with me Multiple facets Different sides of me Oh We just doing our thing Put us on stages so we could be seen Come come See the universe through the eyes of my brother Two minds one lover Heart shine through Lead us out of the struggle Take your time with me Multiple facets Different sides of me Oh We’re just doing our thing Dancing on stages Living out dreams Loving you is easy Loving me loving you oh Loving you is easy So wonderful Gotta love the skin that we in This a toast to our melanin Breaking gates down that they wouldn’t let us in Playing keep away with our medicine I mix the candy with the healing Candy paint drippin riding low when you see us Go from the islands cuz we wyling with the sound Grow from the ocean we got water watch you drown with a frown clown We was selling out shows down town Before sun down towns Fans going crazy when we come ‘round now Billboard saying that we wow our crowds 
 All in attendance for the spectacle that we be When really all we dreaming of is how to live freely Still showing love holla at me when you see me This life gets freaky, we be shining bright in 3D I just wanna chill by the water with the family We just want our fair share, honesty, integrity Carve our own history, change the world viscerally Debunk any mystery, with dignity The missing link Deep lover I could show you whole new worlds Under covers Two become one Too much wouldn’t wanna Pressure make diamonds And we pressing on forward Take a ride with me Multiple facets Different sides of me Oh We just doing our thing Put us on stages so we could be seen Come come See the universe through the eyes of my brother Two minds one lover Heart shine through Lead us out of the struggle Take your time with me Multiple facets Different sides of me Oh We’re just doing our thing Dancing on stages Living out dreams Loving you is easy Loving me loving you oh Loving you is easy So wonderful Yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah oh
7.
Sample: We are Siamese if you please We are Siamese if you don’t please Lucio and Simplicio: Aye yo I’m tired of this Siamese stuff bro I know all in the papers, they be calling us Siamese We’re not Siamese, we’re Filipino Exactly We’re going to let them know, though We are Filipino if you please We are Filipino if you don’t please Embracing our roots and proud to reassure Filipino blood flowing in our core We are Filipino if you please We are Filipino if you don’t please Now we’re looking forward to a world tour United we stand a cultural allure We’re not the Bunker twins We are the Godinos We are not from Siam Nah, we’re Filipino Different set of twins, next of kin We’re the truth They reduced us to the sideshow circus booth At the World’s Fair They referred to us as savages No longer confined by everybody’s ravages Uncharted territory, marking new passages If you call us Siamese, we calling you blasphemous Don’t label us freaks Can’t you hear the revolution whenever we sing? Conjoined by fate but our heartbeat is free Filipino pride is our one true decree We’re not Siamese We come from the Philippines and we’re proud to be Ako ay Pilipino Sing it with me Lucio and Simplicio Proud Pinoy kings We are Filipino if you please We are Filipino if you don’t please Embracing our roots and proud to reassure Filipino blood flowing in our core We are Filipino if you please We are Filipino if you don’t please Now we’re looking forward to a world tour United we stand a cultural allure Legends of the fall offs Can we escape it? Story so crazy they should tape it Filipino twins getting paper Play our instruments and keep it player Teddy Yangco got us out in D.C. Selling out box offices to party with we You could hear the bass bumping all down the street All Filipino band, all Filipino team Look All Filipino me, checking in the hotel In the Palomino suite Riding Rolls Royce, singing get like me We’re our Filipino ancestors’ wildest dreams That’s the nature of this bond Testament of love where we both belong We are Filipino baby and we’re putting on For our cultural legacy Represent it strong We are Filipino if you don’t please Embracing our roots and proud to reassure Filipino blood flowing in our core We are Filipino if you please We are Filipino if you don’t please Now we’re looking forward to a world tour United we stand a cultural allure
8.
Look What do you dream of when dreaming of free What does cost and is it what you believed it to be Who got exploited for their labor in creation of it And who is raking all the profits off the making of it Taking public credit for the work of others Subordinate the artist while we running up the numbers Would you rather be the puppet or the puppet master Or the arsonist who burned the theater stage down faster A selfish bastard What do you dream when you dreaming of free Is it chains around your neck or shackle less feet Why do they call me such a savage when they savage to me Why do they refer as a monkey when they dumber than me Why do they exhibit my existence and call me a freak All because I am a twin and my brother with me Took us from the Philippines to perform for the world Gave us diamond and pearls This life of luxury Look What do you dream of when dreaming of free Is it the kiss from a lover you ain’t seen in weeks Is it choosing a dollar over family Are you living in the moment as it’s happening We been working for the man all day Don’t know when we gon see our pay Easy for you to pass judgment Staring through the looking glass Looking glass looking glass We been working for the man all day Tell me what’s normal anyway Children laughing as they walking past Staring through the looking glass Looking glass looking glass I am not your pet I’m not your scapegoat Not to be studied for you to take notes I am human I am a man I am human I am a man Look Autonomy’s in the plan Tour the world with bro And stack every chip we can Betting on ourselves And all the members of this band Turn third world poverty into a couple hundred bands A couple hundred bands? Flip that then double back Til we raking in Big checks and fat money stacks Shows so crazy audience keep coming back If the critics say it’s weak Then we show them why they whack For publishing that bullshit Preach tabernacle coming live from the pulpit Conjoined twin brothers that you was cool with Going out with a bang like a bullet We been working for the man all day Don’t know when we gon see our pay Easy for you to pass judgment Staring through the looking glass Looking glass looking glass We been working for the man all day Tell me what’s normal anyway Children laughing as they walking past Staring through the looking glass Looking glass looking glass Aye Lu What up Simplicio They wouldn’t even know what it’s like mane Haha for real I hear you bro But we gon show em what it’s like on this side of the looking glass Yup! Turn up on em! One time! Let’s go! We Out!
9.
Get By 02:30
Yeah yeah yeah yeah Follow me come through Know the way Yeah yeah yeah yeah One two What would I be without you? I’d traverse this Earth for you Baby Home’s where I’d rather be But in our society I gotta leave while I’m dreaming of you Boat ride or a jet ride Feel right or we get fly Baby we’re just trying to get by Get ours and we get mine Boat ride or a jet ride Feel right or we get fly Baby we’re just trying to get by Get ours and we get mine I just want to stay In this place forever In this sacred space Distance couldn’t sever Keep it a hundred, yeah we banging like drum I just want to put on for the city and the slums Finna get it hot If you let me in it, I’mma stunt Yeah we really pop And them pretty islands where we from Riding the waves, say bye to the days Where we taking less than we worth Hi to the pay, smile in our faces We make what we deserve Yeah they need us now They see us wow Yeah we shifting the culture for good Me and my brother here Love and fear We might just be in your hood Like Get busy If you couldn’t get it, then try your best to get with me In and out of cars, onto the next city And every time we leave Write a letter saying you miss me What would I be without you? I’d traverse this Earth for you Baby Home’s where I’d rather be But in our society I gotta leave while I’m dreaming of you Boat ride or a jet ride Feel right or we get fly Baby we’re just trying to get by Get ours and we get mine Boat ride or a jet ride Feel right or we get fly Baby we’re just trying to get by Get ours and we get mine
10.
Farewell 02:26
This is where we say goodbye Bye bye bye bye bye This is where we say goodbye Bye bye bye bye bye We’ve been inseparable since birth We are a gift, they call us cursed Now I gotta see you in this hurst I don’t know what makes me feel worse The ridicule we took as little kids Being exhibited like we did Or having to live life apart Please God mend my broken heart I don’t want to live without you I don’t want to live without you Please don’t make me have to I don’t want to live without you Please don’t make me have to A moment, a decision Fate we have to face Illness struck with a cruel embrace Dr.’s of the West steady trying to find a cure This is an experiment I doubt we’ll endure Scalpel’s blade so cold on our backs Tearing us apart yet the soul’s intact In that fateful moment our lives were changed Forever marked by decisions estranged This is where we say goodbye Bye bye bye bye bye This is where we say goodbye Bye bye bye bye bye Farewell to the fans and the family Farewell y’all, thank you for having me Farewell to the stage and the lights Farewell brother this is your time Farewell to the fans and the family Farewell y’all, thank you for having me Farewell to the stage and the lights Goodnight
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Outro 01:47

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Harmonic Resurgence is a transformative mixtape project inspired by the Godino twins, conjoined Filipino musicians from the 1920s. Drawing from critical fabulation methodologies and Hip Hop storytelling techniques, it challenges conventional narratives in music history. Through speculative narratives and innovative sampling, the mixtape delves into the emotional and experiential realms of the twins' lives, creating a sonically immersive landscape that invites listeners on a profound journey.

Rooted in Blues Epistemology, Harmonic Resurgence explores the intersections between Filipino and African-American musical cultures, advocating for conscientious engagement with Black musical history. Beyond its musical dimensions, the project serves as a poignant exploration of Filipino American identity, embracing principles of decolonization and cultural exchange.

Crafting Harmonic Resurgence has been a profound journey of self-discovery and cultural reclamation for Melvin Earl, resonating deeply with his own identity negotiations and cultural heritage. More than just music, it is a testament to the power of storytelling and a celebration of forgotten legacies within American music history.

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released February 16, 2024

Mixed and mastered by TJ "eniigma" Rounds

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Melvin Earl Clemson, South Carolina

Born during Rodney King LA Riots, Melvin Earl, LA native, began crafting songs since childhood piano lessons. He honed his skills in performance & songwriting, apprenticing at The Underground Studios in Inglewood, CA. Influenced by 1990s LA culture, West Coast Hip Hop, G Funk, his music blends soulful melody and groovy rhythms, offering a vintage vibe with timeless appeal. Stay tuned for more. ... more

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