Bacolod (Filipino: Lungsod ng Bacólod), is a highly-urbanized Philippine city. It is the capital of the Negros Occidental province. Having a total of 531,943 inhabitants according to the LGPMS Census, it is the most populous city in the Western Visayas Region. It is currently ranked as the 17th most populous city in the Philippines. It is part of a metropolitan area called Metro Bacolod, which includes the cities of Silay and Talisay. It is notable for its famous MassKara Festival held during the 3rd week of October. Known for being a relatively friendly city, it bears the nickname "City of Smiles". Bacolod City recently ranked no. 1 in a survey by MoneySense Magazine as the "Best Place to Live in the Philippines". Bacolod ranks 3rd among the top ten "Next Wave Cities" of the Philippines for the best location for business process outsourcing and offshoring according to the 2010 report of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology.
Bacólod (English: Bacolod), is derived from bakólod (Old Spelling: bacólod), the Old Hiligaynon or Old Ilonggo (Old Spelling: Ylongo and Ilongo) word for a "hill, mound, rise, hillock, down, any small eminence or elevation", since the resettlement was founded on a stony, hilly area, now the barangay of Granada. It was officially called Ciudad de Bacólod (City of Bacolod) when Municipalidad de Bacólod (Municipality of Bacolod) was converted into a city in 1938.[citation needed]
May ningning pa ang mga bituin
Nagbangon na sila't handa nang salubungin
Yaong mga mangingisdang nagpalaot sa magdamag
Katulad ng marami pang kabiyak naroroon si Lea, naghihintay
Kilala nya ang kilos ng dagat
Kilala niya ang mga awit ng habagat
Saksi ang mga alon sa wagas ng pagsuyo
At sa tuwing pagdating ng sinta
Panglaw sa puso'y dagling naglalaho
Wala mang katiyakan, muling pagsasama
Natutunan na niyang mahalin ang pangamba
Natutunan na niyang mahalin ang paghihintay
Wala mang katiyakan, Naroroon si Lea, naghihintay
May ningning pa ang mag bituin
Nagbanong na siya't handa nang salubungin
Ang mahal na asawang lagi't laging lumilisan
Ang tubig sa kanyang mga mata
Maaring luha ng tuwa o pagdurusa
Check it out, it takes skill y'all, for them to fill y'all
And in the end it's dollar dollar dollar bill y'all
So long I awaited, in the end you contemplated
Now O.C. cuts the highly anticipated
Forget all the braggadocio shit you hear
Say more voices in the air while I refresh in the air, word
Thought that I was gone, huh, temporary setback
Made me analyze what I do, and be the best at
Gusto, I got it on lock, a sack of marijuana
Being sold by the dreads, I got the good stuff
Inhale on it, smell the aroma blessed
Let it comatose ya, I'm feeling a rush, well you're supposed to
Mold me, toke me, hold me in for five seconds
Then exhale, then maybe you can tell if I'm potent
See font to leave it, a cheeba cheeba cheeba
Like coated with honey base, kill the taste, burn me slow
Drag on me, yeah, just as long as you can pull it
Now shotgun, cause I be number one with a bullet
Who got some? The second hand smoke's in the air
Contact, oh my, I'm a get you so high
Drag on my words like an herb from a peace pipe
But extra mash out, I sprinkle hashish on the mic
Then pop a top on a Guiness giving me clout
Some say it give a stiff one, shorty ask did I drink a stout
The mind mix like Heinie and sensimilla
This goes to my niggas in and outside of Medina
My chariot carries me to thorough boroughs
Puffing the underground trail, traying to escape like Harriet
It don't make sense but it makes cents
Dollars and cents, making the last couple of lines too dense
So when you see me rocking a party like Reggae Sunplash
Don't bust shots, son, my face to your man and give a shotgun
Burn me slow, drag on me as long as you can pull it
Now shotgun, cause I be number one with a bullet
Who got some? The second hand smoke's in the air
Contact, oh my, I'm a get you so high [x2]
So while you're lining your L's, unwind ya high buddah blessed
Some charm, taking you to a higher place of praise
Soaking in, opening the chamber in your mind you're focusing
I wrote this in a mindstate of cheeba essence
Buckwild, beating your eardrums with Thai sticks
Like tapping bags of weed, he tapping snares and kicks
What? To the dick and you don't quit
Roll up that O.C. sack and then spark that shit
it's all love baby, twist me tight and then kiss me
Pull on me slow so I burn nice and gently [inhales]
Drag it, puff the magic, lavish it
Make me a routine smoke, like a bad habit
Meant to be in this game, play out our role
To manage this beat, I keep growing mad like canibus
Burn me slow, drag on me as long as you can pull it
Now shotgun, cause I be number one with a bullet
Who got some? The second hand smoke's in the air