Friday (03/06/09), Noontime in Manila, Philippines - a television show broke the news that their longtime co-host of 10 years, popularly known as the Philippines' Master Rapper, Francis Magalona, succumb to complications from leukemia. He was 44. This saddened not just his immediate family, not just the local music industry, but many Filipinos including me who find him as a true patriot. while many praised him for his accomplishments in music, for opening the gates for hip-hop and rap music in the country, I admire him more for his patriotism. He preached it, he showed it, and he lived his love for the country - how he preferred the Filipinos highlighting more of their good traits by reorienting each Filipinos to the values that made the country proud - a formula he sees that will always make every Filipino proud of being one. He is not a fan of politics and he never let himself be used by politicians. The show of sympathy and the amount of condolences that his surviving loved ones are receiving from Filipinos from all walks of life is a testament to how he lived as a great Filipino.
Rest in peace, Mr. Francis Magalona. While some would say you lost your happybattle, I must say you won every inch of it. As long as your music lives, as long as we remember your message, you are a victor in your happybattle.
Allow me to end this little tribute to the Philippines’ Master Rapper, who’s already wrapped up to face his Master, by posting his song that I really like listening to.
Kaleidoscope World
Francis M.
So many faces, so many races
Different voices, different choices
Some are mad, while others laugh
Some live alone with no better half
Others grieve while others curse
And others mourn behind a big black hearse
Some are pure and some half-bred
Some are sober and some are wasted
Some are rich because of fate and
Some are poor with no food on their plate
Some stand out while others blend
Some are fat and stout while some are thin
Some are friends and some are foes
Some have some while some have most
Every color and every hue
Is represented by me and you
Take a slide in the slope
Take a look in the kaleidoscope
Spinnin’ round, make it twirl
In this kaleidoscope world
Some are great and some are few
Others lie while some tell the truth
Some say poems and some do sing
Others sing through their guitar strings
Some know it all while some act dumb
Let the bassline strum to the bang of the drum
Some can swim while some will sink
And some will find their minds and think
Others walk while others run
You can’t talk peace and have a gun
Some are hurt and start to cry
Don’t ask me how don’t ask me why
Some are friends and some are foes
Some have some while some have most
Every color and every hue
Is represented by me and you
Take a slide in the slope
Take a look in the kaleidoscope
Spinnin’ round, make it twirl
In this kaleidoscope world
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