The Devil From My Body

So I wrote this song this past Spring called Devil From my Body, which is actually a love-lost song combined with a lot of Filipino-American references. I thought if I was going to write another love-lost song, why not include Filipino centric lines like:

"Your ninang
She said that I wasn't mestizo
so i'll never make it"

Or "running to your front door, carrying your favorite polvoron"

You know, that's how my cultures sometimes do.

Actually, when I was younger I had these self-image problems because I wasn't mestizo and I wanted to be for a long time. I thought they were beautiful, and I truly wished I had a more aquiline nose...but when I got older I just realized that I shouldn't give a poopy about how light or dark I looked, and just focus on other things. And that has proven to be one of the best course of actions I took in my life. (violins weeping).

- JFLO