Where the hell do Filipinos get all that soul?

[Buddy]

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I knew this with James Brown in Nigeria I think some other African countries, but never knew about this.
Rep pending

 

[TheMailMan]

Ex was filipino.

Karaoke is a national sport over there. Some don’t know how to speak English but they’ll sing Whitney’s “Dance with somebody” flawlessly.

It’s crazy

Exactly.spent alot of time over there .they would just sing and drink red horse all night eat pancit and lumpia. Most bars in the middle east will probably have a Filipino band singing cover songs and the girls are always bad AF and can sing.

 

[TheMailMan]

That’s because they all half Mexican

Most Filipinos I know have Mexican last names it’s wild lol

They're were conquered by the Spanish . Lapu lapu killed Magellan lol. Spanish and Tagalog have similar words and their currency is pesos . They speak English cuz they teach it in the schools .helps get them OFW jobs

 

[Ty Daniels]

Most South East Asians have soul and if we’re talking soul the Polynesians might have the Filipinos beat.

Yep, Here are some Polynesian Dudes.

 

[Buddy]

Ex was filipino.

Did you ever have to juke a pot of boiling hot grits? Rice is an acceptable substitute

 

[Matt504]

Yep, Here are some Polynesian Dudes.

 

[Ty Daniels]

Breh, I know who sings the original.

Commissioned is one of my Favorite groups, thanks though.

 

[focusloco]

If you ever been to a function at a phillipino family's crib you know 3 things are for certain

1. The food is going to be fire ...ponsit...lumpia....and some more shyt

2. At some point that karaoke machine is coming out....and they will ask you to sing...I can't sing for shyt but I struggled my way through ""ain't no woman like the one I got" ...it was all bad

3. Take off your shoes

 

[TEH]

Yep, Here are some Polynesian Dudes.

And this classic blassic from Tonga

 

[Houston911]

That’s because they all half Mexican

Most Filipinos I know have Mexican last names it’s wild lol

3 people dapping this is nuts

Filipinos don’t have shyt to do with Mexicans

 

[TEH]

3 people dapping this is nuts

Filipinos don’t have shyt to do with Mexicans

Remedial mfs call any people with a history with Spain, Mexican.

 

[FlyRy]

Filipino p*ssy is the absolute wettest

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

negritos... the original Island inhabitants.

Filipinos are like Dominicans they mixed people

This 100%.

They're our distant cousins. Mix in Negrito with some Spanish and voila!

 

[pawdalaw]

They have African in their blood. They also havve a caste system. Not as extreme as some countries but they use terms like Morena also. And are often called black asians.

 

[7th Letter Specialist]

Lol I'm Filipino and have zero Spanish blood.

We have Spanish last names because the Spanish friars forced us to take Spanish names to simplify tax collection. They couldn't pronounce last names like Mangayayam. Gonzalez was easier.



To answer OP, us Filipinos can be accused of being culture vultures. I guess it's because we have been more or less African-American/Black adjacent because of military service. My dad was in the Navy and his friends were AA/Black because he didn't fukk with CACs. All my Filipino relatives on the West Coast also hung out with AA/Black kids growing up because of basketball, music classes, worked at the same high school jobs.

Bra, I thought y'all had some of that Espanol in y'all system. My bad. But aren't y'all like a mixture of different races/nationalities or whatever?