song review

            Yusismi Murni

1200978

K.1 / 2012

Song Review

Title                 : Aku Yang Dulu Bukanlah Yang Sekarang

Singer              : Tegar Septian

Composer        : Tegar Septian

Year                : 2013

This song, ‘Aku yang dulu bukanlah yang sekarang’, is sung by Tegar Septian, a little singing beggar from Subang, West Java, Indonesia. It is composed and written by Tegar himself. Tegar Septian is coming from a poor family. To defrayed his family, Tegar often singing beggar on the edges of road. Until one day, there is one guy, Alfas Hermanyah, who joins him in the XL competition.

His song which is titled ‘Aku yang dulu bukanlah yang sekarang’, tells about his life story and his dream in the future. Tegar mention in his song that now his life is no longer difficult as before. It shows in the lyrics below:

Aku yang dulu bukanlah yang sekarang
Dulu ditendang sekarang ku disayang
Dulu dulu dulu ku menderita
Sekarang aku bahagia
Cita cita ku menjadi orang kaya
Dulu ku susah sekarang alhamdulillah
Bersyukurlah pada yang maha kuasa
Memberi jalan untuku semua

In the lyrics, Tegar says that his life now is changed. His dream to be a rich person now is come true. He feels happy because he can defray his family, and help his parents. Since this song is famous, he can duet with many popular singers such as Noah, Gamma 1, Setia, etc.

According to me, this song has lack and leftover. The lack is, the song has the rhythm that is often repeated by Tegar, I think it might make people bored to hear it straight away. On the other hand, this song also has leftover. It can touch people’s heart that hear it, motivate people to make their dreams come true, and always try hard. I recommended this song to all of Indonesian people. You should hear this song, because you will feel how pain the life is, and understand what the life is means exactly.