RAPPER Ez Mil, whose song “Panalo” has gone viral on YouTube has apologized for a line in the track that several people deemed to have twisted Philippine history.
“I’m sorry to anybody who was offended with the fact that me putting inaccurate sources in our history as Filipinos.” he said.
In the song, there’s a line that goes “pinugutan si Lapu sa Mactan” which obviously did not happen.
In an interview, Ez Mil explained why he included the line in the now viral song.
“Why I chose the term, ‘pinugutan si Lapu sa Mactan,’ it’s because in terms of the rhyming pattern, I always go to this dilemma or doubt in my head in terms of when I’m closing out a song. Am I gonna close it out with absolute truth or am I gonna make people talk about it? That’s like me weighing the options,” he said.
Ez Mil said he’s aware Lapu-Lapu was never beheaded but he chose that line so people would actually talk about the track. (ABS-CBN)
