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Allow me to set the stage, rather the page, if I may, had my Once, upon a time, blink of an eye, tears remain Absent father same old song, but friends could not sing along I stuck out like a brown thumb the class elephant but Single Mom plus two grandparents there was four of us, Mama Worked, Lolo drove, Lola's baon for my lunch, we were all Home for every dinner you could hear Quezon when we'd eat but it was In one ear out the other had no Tagalog in between Anyways I was embarrassed that my Dad, wasn't around I had my Lolo but he was too old for some catch or shooting around and all my Picture perfect peers had both parents I was so jealous every Father's day explaining why my pictures looked so different, ah But how could I complain? I had everything else my Mom made more Than a pair of good parents, her bills paid the bills, and Lolo would make me everything Mama didn't wanna buy He even built my first hoop so I could be like Mike, "come on and slam!" Kailan mauubos ang luha Sa aking mga mata? Parang ulap na may ulan Tama na, tumigil ka na Kailan mauubos ang luha Sa aking mga mata? Parang ulap na may ulan Tama na, tumigil ka na Luha, luha, luha Luha, luha, luha Luha, luha, luha Luha, luha, luha Like I said to and from it was me, Lolo, and pick up truck After he finally sold his old blue Celica that I didn't Want my friends to see me get in when he would pick me up "Grandpa 5 more minutes", and he'd wait so I could play, from Carseat to backseat to calling shotty then at Sixteen it was me behind the wheel still with Lolo beside me Yeah life's a trip, and he was my Navi, before GPS and he even taught me some Tagalog while driving, then the First time I drove solo Lolo was in the hospital see by this Time he got really sick the kiss of death left him a hicky but being the Fighter he is went the distance went to Judge's decision Wasn't his time yet thank God his clock was still ticking but After that he wasn't the same things were getting tricky had to Get used to the passenger seat now being empty seems no Matter how tall you get you still have growing pains I guess we were Near, the end of our road, so good thing I passed my driver's test Kailan mauubos ang luha Sa aking mga mata? Parang ulap na may ulan Tama na, tumigil ka na Kailan mauubos ang luha Sa aking mga mata? Parang ulap na may ulan Tama na, tumigil ka na Luha, luha, luha Luha, luha, luha Luha, luha, luha Luha, luha, luha When I made it past 25 Lolo's life was his 9th Ma told me It was a matter of months 'fore I boarded a flight, thought about Him the whole time my red eye didn't get shut eye man I thought he Was gona be there when I made someone my wife to Make things even more complex, I was switching continents About to move to the islands, the same ones he already left my Last four months in the US were the only ones that he had left but I Kept visits short so I could work on my debut projeeect Was that selfish? I gave up some last moments with the Closest thing I had for a Pops for an off chance I would pop Sure enough, he passed after I was gone for just a month January 21st, got the call from Mom "Big Man!" he'd always say with a "hi" and I Will never forget the last time I told him goodbye along with Fishing trips, billiard sticks, stories about the province and how he'd Give me a glass of water and tell me to stop it when I cried