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How are you? Nice to see you again.
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I speak six languages.
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Kamakailan lamang sumabak sa kanyang theatrical debut si A.C. Bonifacio.
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Hindi mo aakalaing ito ang mga...
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...una niyang pagganap sa teatro dahil sa galing maipinakita bilang si Marcie Park
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ng comedy musical play na The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
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First time ko pa mag-cleaner.
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One take po siya. One take.
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Singing, dancing, acting, and we're sitting there for two hours.
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Hindi po siya kasi parang pag nagta-taping po tayo, dito dire-direcho po talaga.
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So you're parang, you're really becoming your character.
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And you have to understand, you have to understand her backstory, where she comes from.
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It's just been such a journey for me and I love, love doing it.
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And hopefully from here on, I continue to do it also.
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If it isn't my favorite anak na singer.
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Madalas mang mapanood ngayon sa actingan, sa pagsayaw talaga nagsimula ang karera ni A.C.
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Bata pa lamang, sinasabak na siya ng kanyang ina sa iba-ibang kompetisyon.
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But I've been dancing since I was three.
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So I've been doing gigs and I was doing competitions around the world.
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Because my mom would take me.
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Itinuturing ni A.C. na isang lengguahe ang pagsasayaw.
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Kung saan, naibabahagi niya ang mga nararamdaman.
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I've been all over the world. I've learned classes from people I don't understand.
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I've taken classes in Korea where literally I don't understand a word they're saying.
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But at the end of the day, you can put us together and we're gonna look like we've been dancing together for years.
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At sa kanyang performances,
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wala sa kanya ang pagiging proud Pinay.
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Kahit na ipinanganak at lumaki sa Canada.
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I grew up watching TFC.
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I would go home watching Got To Believe.
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I would go home watching Be Careful With My Heart.
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I went to school with a bunch of other cultures.
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And whenever I said I was Filipino, they're like,
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Filipino, what's that?
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Filipinos, what do they do?
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Philippines, where's that?
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You know what I mean?
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So it's time that we show them what we can do.
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Labing tatlong taon si A.C.
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noong lumipad sa Pilipinas
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para ipakita sa mas nakararaming Pilipino ang kanyang talento.
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Kasama ang kaibigan na si Lottie,
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sumabak sila sa kapamilya reality dance competition na Dance Kids.
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Parang may accent kayo.
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Saan kayo galing?
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Vancouver, Canada.
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So I was flying back and forth.
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One week po ako dito.
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One week po ako sa Canada to do school.
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And then one week po ulit dito.
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Back and forth po talaga ako.
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Just to be able to do school.
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To be able to do what I love.
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And keep my studies going.
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Ang grupo nila na Lucky Aces
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ang tinanghal na kampiyon sa kompetisyon.
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unti-unti nang gumawa ng pangalan si A.C.
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sa mundo ng showbiz.
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Coming into this industry,
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because I didn't know how to talk to people.
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Hindi po ako magaling sa words ko po
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because I was used to letting out what I feel through dance.
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Maswerte naman ang Lucky Aces member
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na magkaroon ng mga kanyang talento.
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Tulad ni Darren Espanto.
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Nagaya niya ay lumakirin sa Canada.
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We learned together.
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We both didn't think we would act.
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Parang we really thought we were both just singing and dancing.
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And then Darren started to get into acting
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at the same time as me also.
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He was doing The House of Us
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while I was doing Once Upon a Time.
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You can sing, you can dance, you can lead.
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nagkasama ang magkaibigan sa isang musical series
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na lyric and beat
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bilang sina Jazz at Cadence.
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If I can't do this,
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what else am I supposed to do?
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You're Jazz Espiritu.
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We're really just there for each other
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and I'm so thankful for the way he is
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because he teaches me and we learn together.
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Wala pong competitiveness between us
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even if people try to put it between us.
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We're always so humble with each other
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and we keep each other grounded.
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Magka-pag-umalis ka na.
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Maalam din naman po na I never wanted to be a singer.
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Nag-i-enjoy si AC sa pag-arte.
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Hiling nga niya ay mabigyan pa ng iba-ibang klaseng role
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para lalo siyang mahasa rito.
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I want to get into acting na po talaga.
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Acting where it's not AC.
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Because a lot of the roles that I've done
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have been related to me or similar to me.
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But I want to try to explore myself more.
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As I'm getting older also,
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I feel like I need to
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to also help me grow as a person
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and in my career then po.
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Masaya si AC na napag-ahalo ang trabaho
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at ang mga bagay na labis na nagpapasaya sa kanya.
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Dobla ang kilig kapag napapansin din ng mga idol
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ang kanyang gawa.
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Ilan lamang dito ay ang BTS,
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si BI at ilang sikat na K-pop choreographers.
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So it's like I'm really just playing around
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and I get to experiment
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because they like to challenge me
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and I love a challenge.
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I love to be challenged with choreo,
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So it's so fun just to be on the stage and doing it.
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I'm so happy for you.
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How do you become your own person in showbiz?
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I try to just stay true to myself.
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I don't try to be anyone else.
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I know what I'm good at.
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I will give you what I'm good at
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and hopefully you really like it.
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Pero aminado si AC
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na sa halos isang dekada niya sa showbiz
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ay may mga pagkakataong
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muntik na siyang sumuko at umayaw.
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And I really was at the point na parang
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ayoko, ayoko na, ayoko na, ayoko na talaga dito.
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Like this is gonna kill me.
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Like I really don't wanna be here.
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And I had my mom say it to me
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why are you here?
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Why did you get here in the first place?
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What do you love to do?
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Where is your heart?
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Are you gonna give that up?
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And then it's just like
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it brought me back
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this is the time where don't give up
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is needed talaga within me.
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Naging pahinga para kay AC
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talik na kaibigan.
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Nakita ko na yung professional AC
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and obviously you're very passionate
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but who are you as a person?
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Ako po, kung wala pong work,
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I am with my friends.
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I will sleep as long as I can
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and then I will be with my friends.
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It keeps me together
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because sometimes
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our mental health
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can destroy us a lot.
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Especially pag tuloy-tuloy lang po yung work
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and you're never able to breathe.
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I took that moment
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and it's such a precious moment for me.
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So I like to keep doing that
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whenever I have time.
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You have to do everything
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para magawa ang trabaho, diba?
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sumasabay sa agos
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ng mga oportunidad sa AC.
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Hangad niya na mapasok din
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ang international scene.
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Well, I always get asked,
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where do you see yourself
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five years from now,
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ten years from now?
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I always say I want to be
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around the world.
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At nagsimula na ito
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matapos mapasama sa American TV series
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I feel like that's everyone's goal.
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And the reason why
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I would want to go to Hollywood
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is because I want to bring
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Filipinos into the Hollywood scene,
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Because they don't realize
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how talented we are.
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But we do so much.
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Grabe po yung passion ng Filipinos.
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Nakikita niyo po in the eyes
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and they're not doing it
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for the sake of having fame,
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for the sake of having money.
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Like, they genuinely enjoy
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making people happy.
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And that's what I wanted to do.
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Saan man mapunta si AC,
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local man o global,
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lagi niyang bit-bit ang inspirasyon
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na nagmumula mismo
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sa mga taong sumusuporta sa kanya.
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I could already hear from younger kids
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I joined this because of you.
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Ate, I'm doing this because of you.
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So that really inspired me
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So yun po, parang I decided
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I just wanted to be on stage,
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whether that be singing, dancing,
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Basta nasa stage po ako
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making other people happy.
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Thank you for watching!
