Cover art for Dekada ’70 by Zild

Dekada ’70

Track 2 on Medisina 

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May. 10, 20221 viewer19.9K views

Dekada ’70 Lyrics

[Spoken Intro]
Like dina-divert 'yung ano [laughs]
Sorry


[Verse 1]
Balikan ang kuwento ng
Panahong walang palag marami ang bulag
Natunaw ang habag sa taong lumabag
'Di ka niyan pagbibigyan
Huhulihin ka agad, wala ka nang palag
Diretso ka doon, abo sa garapon


[Chorus]
Umiikot lang ang panahon
Ang bagong dekada setenta
Umiikot lang ang panahon
Ang bagong dekada setenta


[Verse 2]
Ayaw ko bumalik noong
Bawal ang magsalita
Kapag may napuna
'Di ka na nila uunawain pa
Bakit ba sinasabi na
Mas maigi daw noon?
Mayaman ang buo
'Di nila alam maraming nagdugo
[Outro]
Umiikot
Umiikot
Umiikot
Ang bagong dekada setenta

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On May 10, 2022, the demo version of ZILD’s track titled “Dekada ‘70” (read as dekada sitenta) was released via YouTube. It was then officially released as part of Zild’s third studio album, Medisina, on October 28, 2022.

A synth-heavy track very much reminiscent of the ‘70s to '80s, “Dekada '70” sings about the perils of history repeating itself. The song specifically alludes to one of the darkest periods of modern Philippine history—Martial Law under late dictator and kleptocrat Ferdinand Marcos. Five decades since its declaration, the dictator’s only son is set to rule thanks to the 2022 Philippine presidential elections in which he won by a landslide. Zild, through this track, expresses how the times were really like in the bloody '70s, emphasizing the lack of freedom in both speech and action. At the same time, he is exposing the threat of the return of these dark times as he calls the present-day period “the new '70s”.

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