Lalaban Ako para sa Pilipino

Lalaban Ako para sa Pilipino
EP by
Manny Pacquiao
Released24 April 2015[1]
RecordedApril 2015[2]
Genre
Length4:14[2]
LabelGMA Records[2]
ProducerGMA Records[2]
Manny Pacquiao chronology
"Sometimes When We Touch"
(2011) 		Lalaban Ako para sa Pilipino
(2015) 		"Theme Pacquiao"
(2015)

Lalaban Ako para sa Pilipino (English: I Will Fight for the Filipinos) is an EP by Filipino boxer and entertainer Manny Pacquiao. It is also the title track of the EP,[2] and his last release after he announced retirement from singing.[3] The EP was released on 24 April 2015[2] under GMA Records.[2]

It was his entrance song to his fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.,[4] which he lost.[5]

It was written by Filipino composer Lito Camo, who is also a close friend of Pacquiao.[1]

Music video

Pacquiao himself directed the four-minute-and-seventeen-second video.[1] It mostly shows the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan; scenes from his previous fights, notably against Érik Morales and Juan Manuel Márquez; and videos of Pacquiao hurt during those fights, with blood on his face. It also features Filipinos praying religiously while smiling or crying; Pacquiao training before his fights; and him performing the song in a studio with a crowd cheering him on, singing along with the track and waving the Philippine flag proudly. At the end of the video, Pacquiao closes his eyes slowly, as if to pray.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Manny Pacquiao – 'Lalaban Ako Para Sa Pilipino' Music Video". manila.coconuts.co/.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "iTunes – Music- Lalaban Ako Para Sa Pilipino". iTunes Store. 24 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Manny Pacquiao – I'M RETIRING ... From Singing". tmz.
  4. ^ Sherman, Rodger (2 May 2015). "Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather have amazing entrances for historic fight". sbnation.com. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  5. ^ Gray, Mark (2 May 2015). "Floyd Mayweather Jr. Wins 'Fight of the Century' Against Manny Pacquiao". People. Retrieved 30 June 2015.