Released: December 26, 1991

Songwriter: Bimbim (Slank)

Producer: Boedi Soesatio

Aku anak terbuang
Aku orang yang jalang
Itu kata mereka
Orang yang terbelakang
Tutup kuping acuhkan kata mereka
Tutup hidung acuhkan kata mereka

Walaupun aku anak buangan
Aku anak jalanan
Tapi aku selalu
Menuju arah satu
Mencapai angan katanya angan yang gila
Mencapai mimpi katanya juga mimpi yang gila

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Mengikuti jalanku sendiri
Yang ada dihati
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Mengikuti jalanku sendiri
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Bebaskan aku melangkah
Mencari tempat berpijak
Bebaskan aku berlari
Menembus tembok tradisi

Jangan dikekang paksakan mau mereka
Jangan didoktrin paksakan mau mereka

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Slank

Slank was formed in 1983 through a school band at a local high school in Slank Jakarta, Indonesia, which named CSC (Cikini Stone Complex). Their main founder, Bimo Setiawan (Bimbim) and their fellow bandmates often played a number of Rolling Stones songs at school. The band later changed its name and personnel to SLANK, with Bimbim on drums, Erwan on vocals, Bongky on guitars, Denny on bass and Kiki on guitars. The name SLANK itself was taken from their musical attitude, which was, and is still reckless, ignorant and play with undetailed groove (Slengean in Indonesian).

In the following years, numbers of personnel changes were made, with Pay on guitars, Kaka on vocals and Indra on keyboard, replacing the previous bandmates.

Although they started their journey in the music industry quite roughly, with numerous of rejected demos, SLANK emerged in 1991 with their “The Best Newcomer” award in BASF event. Successes did not always come for SLANK, when three of their personnel, Bongky, Indra and Pay chose to quit the band, and formed their own band (BIP). Following the resignation, Abdee, Ivan and Ridho joined the band, and since then, SLANK has never changed its personnel again.