Happy Birthday Francis M.

Your legacy will live forever


As singer-rapper, he uses the name Francis M. in his musical works.
Has eight children with Pia Arroyo -- Unna, Nicolo, Francis Jr., Elmo, Arkin, Clara, and actresses Maxene Magalona and Saab Magalona 


Tagged as the Master Rapper of the Philippines. He was the first Philippine-based Filipino to record a rap album, Yo!, in 1989 that produced his signature hit, Mga Kababayan Ko!
His song, Mga Kababayan Ko, marked the birth of Makabayang or Nationalistic rap in Filipino hip hop in 1990


His contributions to the rap genre have been featured in several international hip hop publications including the All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap and Hip-Hop (2003) published by Backbeat Books; as well as the May 2004 issue of the U.S. based publication The Source.

Mga Kababayan Lyrics By Francis Magalona

Mga kababayan ko
Dapat lang malaman nyo
Bilib ako sa kulay ko
Ako ay pilipino
Kung may itim or may puti
Mayron naman kayumangi
Isipin mo na kaya mong
Abutin ang yung minimithi

Dapat magsumikap para tayoy di maghirap
Ang trabaho mo pagbutihin mo
Dahil pag gusto mo ay kaya mo
Kung kaya mo ay kaya nya
At kaya nating dalawa

Magaling ang atin
Yan ang laging iisipin
Pag asensyo mararating
Kung handa kang tiisin
Ang hirap at pagod sa problema
Wag kang malunod
Umaahon ka wag lumubog
Pagka’t ginhawa naman ang susunod
Iwasan mo ang ingit
Ang sa ibay ibig mong makamit
Dapat nga ikaw matuwa sa napala ng iyong kapatid
Ibig kung ipabatid
Na lahat tayo’y kabig bisig

Francis Magalona (October 4, 1964 - March 6, 2009), also known as FrancisM, Master Rapper, and The Man From Manila, was a Filipino rapper, songwriter, producer, actor, director, and photographer.
Often hailed as the "King of Pinoy Rap", he was considered a legend in the Philippine music community.
With the success of his earliest albums, he was the first Filipino rapper in the Philippines to cross over to the mainstream.
He is also credited for having pioneered the merging of rap with Pinoy rock, becoming a significant influence to artists in that genre as well.
Magalona died seven months after being diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia.
Magalona was later awarded a posthumous Presidential Medal of Merit. The award's citation noted that it had been given “for his musical and artistic brilliance, his deep faith in the Filipino and his sense of national pride that continue to inspire us.

MABUHAY ang REPUBLIKA ng PILIPINAS!

Three stars and a sun in one sky so high
I live and die and die will I for my
Motherland, this is the land of my birth
No purse is worth the price of this earth

Can we rise, can we all
Hell no, or should we all just take the fall
Bless the man if his heart and his land are one
The three stars and a sun

Three stars and a sun
I’m ready to defend the three stars and a sun
Three stars and a sun
I’m ready to defend the three stars and a sun

Omission to a mission, transport for the brain
Packed with stacks of tracks built for a train
I eat lead but I never let it be said
“He said, she said,” it makes me see red

‘Cause I don’t take bullshit
And I’m a-pack it and push it and hit you with the full clip
Switch to mode lock-’n'-load in the land of Juan
The three stars and a sun