Take me back to the place I love   Take me back to the place I love, uhuh uhuh   Take me back to the place I love   Take me back to the place I love      I remember when were kids   Having bar-b-ques in the bukid   When the brownouts came, we were never alone   We just played in the streets til the lights came on      Six o'clock in the mornin'   Bakery just opened   You can smell the bread, they was cooking from a mile away   Ain't nothing like a fresh piece to start your day in...      CHORUS   Manila (Manila, Manila)   I'm comin' back to Manila   The only place that I call home (home)   I'm comin' back to...      Manila (Manila, Manila)   I'm comin' back to Manila   The only place that I call home (home)      Signal to the jeepney (pick me up)   Take me to the place where (I grew up)   Back to the kids in the park where we played all day   Some had a shed for a home but it was all okay      'Cause in Manila, we all the same   Everybody's waiting for things to change   In the barrio, that's how it is   We didn't care much 'cause we were kids, oh      CHORUS   Manila (Manila, Manila)   I'm comin' back to Manila   The only place that I call home (home)   I'm comin' back to...      Manila (Manila, Manila)   I'm comin' back to Manila   The only place that I call home (home)      RAP   I've been gone for a minute but I'm on the next flight   And the plane man says we can make it by night   Can't wait to touch down in my old hometown   Had a girl, we used to kick it but I doubt she's still around, yo      It's all good 'cause I'm back in the jungle   Where the girls in bikinis all come in a bundle   And pain and poverty is everywhere   But when the smoke all clears, there's only love in the air      I've been gone too long   I'm coming home      Gone too long   I'm comin' home (comin' back to the place I love)   Gone too long   I'm comin' home (comin' back to the place I love)   I'm comin' back to Manila      Yo yo yo yo   I say, babalik ako sa Manila, Manila   Babalik ako sa Manila, Manila   Babalik ako sa Manila, Manila   Babalik ako, babalik ako, babalik   Babalik ako sa Manila, Manila   Babalik ako sa Manila, Manila   Babalik ako sa Manila, Manila   Babalik ako, babalik ako, babalik      I'm comin' home (Manila, Manila, Manila, Manila)   I'm comin' back to Manila (comin' back to the place I love)   I'm comin' back to Manila (Manila, Manila, Manila, Manila)   I'm comin' back to Manila (comin' back to the place I love)   (Manila, Manila, Manila, Manila, Manila)   (Comin' back to the place I love)   Comin' back to the place I love   Comin' back to the place I love   Comin' back to the place I love (whoa)