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“ Tatsulok ” is a song of Filipino folk-rock band Buklod from their second album with the same name. The song tells about a boy named Totoy, who was a casualty of the Total War policy of then Philippine President Corazon Aquino during the late 1980s. Although the song refers to a real situation in the Philippines during that time (i.e. the effect US militarization), the boy is probably fictionalized to emphasize a point and to give hope to society’s inequality. The song opines that the battle is not between the reds (New People’s Army) and yellows (the Aquino government) and the true battle is combating the “ Tatsulok ”. “ Tatsulok ”, Tagalog word for Triangle, refers to the social structure in the Philippines where the elite is at the top and impoverish at the bottom, which, according to the song, the source of injustice and poverty. The song encourages Totoy to end the battle against poverty by inverting the triangle and place those poor people at the top. Filipino rock group Bam...

"214" is a song from the eponymous album of Rivermaya, a Filipino alternative rock band, where the former member of the band, Bamboo, was the lead vocalist. "214" derives from the first 3 words of the song "Am I Real" , which symbolizes the number of characters of those words (i.e. 2=Am, 1=I, 4=Real). Luke Mijares, former South Border lead vocalist, made a cover version of this song. 214 Am I real? Do the words I speak before you make you feel, that the love I lay for you will see no ending? Well if you look into my eyes then you should know, that there is nothing here to doubt, nothing to fear, and you can lay your questions down ‘cause if you’ll hold me we can fade into the night and you’ll know The world could die, and everything may lie, Still you shouldn't cry ‘Cause time may pass, but longer than it’ll last I’ll be by your side Take my hand, and gently close your eyes so you could understand that there’s no greater love tonight than what I’ve for...