This is part of our Filipino culture , we cannot leave behind our parents Whatever we have we love to share with parents as this the real happiness for us.❤
You were right about MAPA referring to Ma (mother) and Pa (father), but it also directly translates to "map" since our parents serve as our guide and our life's compass as we grow up -- our Ma served as our "eyes when the world's changing" (helps us see things in different perspectives and builds our values, beliefs, etc.) while our Pa served as our "feet every time I'm already crawling" (when faced with difficulties and things get rough, he gives us a helping and helps us get up). Culturally, it is every Filipino child's dream to be able to take care of their parents when they get older. Thank you for appreciating SB19's MAPA and congratulations on your newborn baby!
Mapa would also mean map. The lyrics " dala ko ang mapa, kahit saan man magpunta, alam ko kung saan nagmula" meaning wherever success will bring us maybe it means working outside the country or simply a very good paying job or successful career, we know to go back home.
Thats a powerful song, a tribute to all parents. What touched me is the part sang by Josh, its about a father though he didnt know his father. He delivered the part brilliantly. ❤❤❤❤❤
Pablo said he gave the part to Josh so it will have an impact. Ken also delivered his part well though he grew up away from his father who works abroad. The lines for Josh and Ken are very powerful its like an assurance to their father that they live all the words and advice given to them. I like the one that says "Dahil ikaw ang aking paa sa tuwing ako'y gagapang na" its like you hold on to your father's strength whenever you're down and losing in life. MAPA introduce me to SB19 during a graduation ceremony. And it's never turning back. I'm proud to be part of the boys journey. Mabuhay Pilipinas. Proud Pilipino!
❤ song MAPA is dedicated to all the Parents Mapa means Mama and Papa they made the song during pandemic Pablo the leader ask the others members of SB19 what they want to say to their parents because they apart from their family and some parents work oversease during lockdown ❤ they all stay at studio and that's all started to made a songs the MAPA is so popular even other country translated in different languages like Chinese English Spanish Korea Japan and more Thank you for watching and appreciate SB19 i hope more of their songs you can check out
Thank you for your reactions to our very own SB19🇵🇭. Yes, there’s an English interpretations of this song. It’s from an American singer who is Filipino at heart. His name is David Demuzio. God bless.
Im so touch and honour for your beautiful reactions,wifey is very touch to the song , we Filipino are very honouring our parents and love them .. and i see it to your wifey also her tears is so very touching feel her love towards to their parents too ..😊❤
Thank you so much for reacting with MAPA from SB19. Truly very beautiful masterpiece a tribute for our dear parents and MAPA really does resonate to all people of all ages especially with parents and whether what language we speak like what Pablo always say Music is a Universal Language everyone can speak. You did great their MAPA wish Bus was A-mazimg because it has English caption and its LIVE you can really feel them sing this full of emotions and who sings the lines ❤❤❤ Wonderful song ❤❤❤
Hi Stephen and Taylor. Love the song. Funfact - MAPA actually placed 5th on Google's most searched songs globally in 2021. Love your RV -. I started following your RVs since Gento because your reactions are genuine and you're not afraid to be honest on how you feel about the videos. I hope I can see you react to their song WYAT - Where You At (dont worry it doesn't need subtitles since the song is already in english). It's a song with a retro feel composed by Pablo during the Pandemic and everyone is on lockdown - it's about missing meeting up with friends/spending time with love ones. I'm sure it will also give Taylor a break from songs that makes us cry :)
I didn't express myself to my Ma and Pa. This song reminds me so much of them. Now both are in heaven. I Love them both. This song really makes me cry.❤
the song doesn't have anything to do with dying, like mom and dad were dying. It just means that mom and dad are old and after all the years of taking of their kids, it's now the time for the kids to take care of them old folks. Rest now, it's my turn to take care of you, sth like that
Mapa stands for Mama and Papa and at the same time stands for the word mapa or map in english.. so what we all learned from our parents have become our maps and guides as we ourselves navigate our way in this world and let our parents rest and us taking the responsibilities❤❤
I think one family oriented youtube channel created an english version. Torch Family Music Channel. There is a Spanish version by Sol & Luna TV channel. There is a japanese version of this too. Kena & Miyuki Channel.
I love wish bus version because its live and also u can see their emotion, i love the lyric video too cause its justin(sb19) who created the video i thunk, a map which also tributes to Parents Overseas Filipino Workers all around the world.
The lyrics of MAPA describe the members' realization of the sacrifices their parents (Mama and Papa) have made for them. The word “Mapa” translates to “map” in English, symbolizing the guiding role that parents play in their children's lives. 👍😊👍
mapa meant map, mama and papa, ma= mata (eyes), pa=paa (feet) and lataratara was a song that his mother or grandmother used to sing to Pablo when he was little.
"Pahinga ka na" (kayo) mama papa" should be interpreted in this song (Mapa) as " take a break mama papa for we are already adult and could take good care of you from now on" and not rest in peace.
latsaratsara is our lullaby to babies so they can fall asleep even if they're fussy. in essence, filipinos say this to also mean no worries now, i got this. because filipino parents always worry about their kids, no matter how old they get. so if you sing a lullaby tenderly, you're assuaging their worries at least long enough for them to rest.
"TRIVIA" they had a word play in there. MAPA means map in some part (as guide for their journey). and MA,PA as mom and dad. (just REST for bit dont worry about us, enjoy your life and let me take the responsibilities now) -filipino traits and culture, PARENTS will take care of the kids till they can provide for themeselves and their own family regardless of age. when parents got old. kids usually take care of them ( we dont actually have homes to send old people) not in the culture.
MAPA deliberately has multiple meanings: Map Mama, Papa Mata (eyes), Paa (feet) A better translation might be, "relax now/take a break, I'll take care of everything". It has no connotations of dying in our language 😄.
It's very rare to see Home for the Aged here in the Philippines. We take our parents into our homes when they are old and we take care of them. That is part of our culture. :)
its a cultural thing cuz in the Phil., we literally take care of our parents & even grandpatents as long as they live...Home for the Aged is frowned here unless you really have no close family
Thank for watchinh MAPA on a wish bus..but you may better watch first the MAPA visual video lyrics for you guys to understand more about what MAPA really mean is
MAPA has versions in English, Chinese, Japanese and a lot more...A'tin (SB 19's fandom) from other countries and of different nationalities love this song so much that they've made their own cover versions in their own language. The song resonates so much and is very relatable.
I was born in the Philippines but have been here (US) for more than 30 years. I was discussing the meaning of "REST" in the Philippines and how my husband (who was born here in the US) understand it. Rest here is "dying/dead" as in "Rest In Peace" whereas in the Philippines, it means to "take a break". The song is really about our parents Ma(ma) and Pa(pa)- thus the title 'MaPa'. Most Filipinos call their parents-Mama and Papa as opposed to Mom/Mommy and Dad/Daddy here in the US. Mapa is also Tagalog/Spanish for "Map". It';s a wordplay that Pablo and SB 19 utilizes appropriately in all their songs. If you dig a bit deeper into the members and their songs you'll find out! Thank you for all your Rv's on SB19! This song makes me cry every time i listen to it.
In the Philippines, when the children all grown and have job, most parents dont work anymore and the children take care of their father and mother financially. I think its our (filipino) tradition.
And also because there is no job for seniors in the Philippines, some of them ended up selling on the street or retiring at the age of 50+ and there is no pension for the government.
All their ballads are in Tagalog (Filipino) Even if you don't understand, you can feel and appreciate the song because of the harmonies and the passion/emotion. Another ballad songs that I recommend are HANGGANG SA HULI and LIHAM on the Wish Bus. Thank you for loving SB19 songs ❤
I'm Filipino and i don't know that song exists until my brother play a that song. So, I started searching the song on RU-vid. And bwulah! I also cried. The lyrics really reflect the Filipino culture of giving back to parents.
Actually the song have different version done by different nationality. Watch Cashual Chuck documentary about them, it has English, japanese, mandarin, etc.
Here in the Philippines we have nuclear family. When the children got married they are still stay in the house of psrents too. Not like in the USA. When children reach the age 18. They will have to separate from their parents here we dont.
Thank you for this. You have heard them sing and rap but I don't think you have seen them dance. Please check out their AAA 2023 opening act. They sang live and danced up a storm. All the other KPop and JPop groups were hyping and vibing to their performance. Another Wish Bus USA guesting worth checking for is Liham (Letter), a ballad that will surely pull at your heartstrings. Their 1st R&B song, I Want You, recently got Vevo certified along with Gento. They shot MVs for both songs for Vevo Original. Hope you can check them out as well. Thank you and more power to your channel.
MAPA is the song that made me fall in love wt SB19... I cried buckets of tears...SB19 boys are a different group...they have good values..they love and respect their parents so much😊
There are certain words in Filipino that don't lend themselves well to literal translation into English, and sometimes the context of an actual word or phrase is diminished or lost when trying to find the closest English equivalent. If an English version eventually pops up, we'll link it ASAP. 😊
Filipino always have the mindset that when they grow up and have their own work they will help parents and family financially...That is what SB19 now they were bread winners...Helping family financially...Even life is tough family trait in Philippines is to stay together even the childen have its own family they can stay with their parents...
Glad you reacted to the Wish Bus version. Seeing the boys' facial expressions while singing Mapa adds to the magic of the song. You were right about the Ilaw pronunciation. The 'aw' in Ilaw almost sounds like the 'ow' in cow.
it's not about parents dying. . . the "pahinga muna" which translates to "take a rest first" actually meant "take a break" as in take a break of doing the responsibilities/duties of being a parent (paying the bills, doing household chores, taking care of other children). so basically saying you can take a nap, i'll do the dishes and take care of my siblings for awhile or go on a vacation, i'll take care of the household for now.
It does stand for Mama and Papa (MaPa) as well as map, which you see in the original lyric video. Also no reason why this should be in English. They are Filipino and they are honouring their culture and values and traditions as well as their language. Maybe you should learn Tagalog.
People are taking that comment wrong. He wasn’t saying it should be in English for the sake of us understanding it without subtitles. He was saying it as the song is so good, he wishes there was an English version so all Americans could enjoy it. No reason to be snarky. 👌🏻
'MAPA' proving why it's the most viewed/streamed track of SB19. Its meaning transcends language barriers. Awesome reaction video folks! Please react to 'Liham' next on the Wish 107.5 Bus. Make sure to turn on the English subs.
Thank you for always supporting the boys. We really appreciate it. Also, congratulations on your new bundle of joy. May your baby be blessed with good health, love and laughter. 🙏
Guy asked: "Why isn't this in English?" Um, why should it be when a FILIPINO wrote it! And who was the song written for? Wow. If you want English lyrics -- it's really not that hard to check out a lyrics site that has a translation, or, with just a little effort, find the official lyric video for this song (which includes English subtitles) -- as many many people before you have. But to have the expectation that if a song is great, that it then needs to be in English... just, wow. It comes off as a back-handed compliment.
He didn’t mean “why isn’t this in English” as in this song from them. He meant this song was so good that we should have a fully English version because it’s so great.
@@Killermcknight Hi. That's what a "back-handed compliment" means. He may have had a good intention of praising it, but the way it was posed is also revealing. I've watched lots of videos of people reacting to this song. This is the first one where someone said that.
@@Killermcknight Pablo (the 2nd guy from the right, who is SB19's leader and wrote this song) is fully capable of writing a song in English, if he wants to. (He has written songs in English, like "I Want You".) SB19 have been quite clear in stating that one of their aims is to feature Filipino culture through their music and performances. "We should have a fully English version" seems to say that the language "Mapa" is written in is replaceable, that its poetry and lyricism could also be captured in English. Like "Pablo, your song's amazing! Now could you also make a version but in our language, pretty please!" I ask again: Why should it be in English? What's wrong with this one?
NOTHING is wrong with this one. He wasn’t even saying for them to do this in English. It was for a song like this to be made. Quit taking everything so literal and simmer down.
MAPA generally meant 2 things. MAPA meaning Mama/Mom and Papa/Dad but MAPA also meaning MAP. Your parents being your guide through life. Then there's also part of the lyrics that said our Mom is our eyes, eye/eyes in Tagalog is MATA. Then it said that our Dad is our feet, feet in Tagalog is PAA. Regarding the lyrics, there are just some words and ideas that if we try to directly translate in English, wouldn't mean the same thing. Also, there would be words in Tagalog that doesn't have any direct translation or would have multiple meanings depending on the context it was used. A good example is when they say "Ako na", it is mostly translated as "Let me do it" but at the very end "Ako na" had a different translation which was "I’ll be the one taking care of you now". SB19 translates their songs not in a direct way but by the idea, the feeling behind the words. So I hope that helps. Actually, for me personally, the one you watched is better than the lyric video as it's raw and you can hear their harmonies more but with the lyric video, you would be able to visually see what they were singing about and you'll be able to just focus on the message. As for Ilaw, Taylor pronounced it right, reading LAW similar to COW but with an L. Thank you for taking the time to watch and react to MAPA. I do hope that you continue your SB19 journey. 💖💖
its just me or some ATIN'S feel it too .When Josh is singing his part it tear me up since we all know that Josh havent seen his father since he was young ..
@@Killermcknight yes 😣😣 still cant get over about it .. His feelings while singing that part must really hurt him but still carry his part wholesome and even at his age he's still lounging for a father's love 😣 hope u listened on most of their songs like HANGGANG SA HULI, ILAW,LIHAM . .. Hoping to watch it soon on your video ..More power ..
The most recent MAPA is in Japan's The First Take. SB19 was invited the second time. The first time, they performed Gento. Please react on The First Take. You will not be disappointed. I just subscribed on your channel.
You know in the Philippines, it's ingrave in our culture that children must take good care of their grown parents-not just interpreted as your responsibility or obligation, rather it is interpreted as your "payback" or your own initiative to take good care of them as they have perceived to be contributed to your existence, provide your needs (basic needs or even your education) when your young or they've been there to help you mold yourself as an individual in this world. Indeed, it's seems to be rude (they somehow called "irresponsible") to any Filipino children if they can't able to look back or somehow provides the needs of their parents because think about it, grown parents can't help themselves or do stuffs on their own.
6:13 yes, the filipino word 'ILAW' meaning 'light' is pronounced /ee-lao/ , with the last syllable similar to how you would pronounce the english word 'COW'. :)
the PAHINGA MUNA actually meant TAKE A BREAK FOR A MOMENT but it's translated word by word by the search engine so it appears like that as if someone is drying on that song. you may want also try to react on UGOY NG DUYAN song and ANAK
Their are covers of different languages for this song. I think there’s an English one, too. By the way, you should react to their ‘The First Take’ performances of Mapa and Gento. Sooo good and arranged differently.
Thank you for your rv. Just imagine Josh who sang the father part never knew his dad. Ken or Felip grew up without his parents. He only saw them once at the age of 5. Because of poverty, his parents worked abroad. Pablo the leader, his Dad is an overseas worker. But now since they can provide, parents are all in the Philippines and they build houses for them. Thats why we are so proud of these 5. Family first.❤ More sb19 please. They have all beautiful ballads.
