philiblogs.com » pinoy rap http://www.philiblogs.com Musings on the Philippines Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:55:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Angry at Francis M’s Passing http://www.philiblogs.com/145/angry-at-francis-ms-passing/ http://www.philiblogs.com/145/angry-at-francis-ms-passing/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:32:01 +0000 fsecor http://philiblogs.com/?p=145 When I first heard about the passing away of Francis Magalona, I wept. He was 44 years old. He had yet so much to offer his country.

I admired him because he strove to elevate Pinoy rap from novelty to a musical expression. Most of all, he truly loved his country and was proud to be a Filipino. And cancer took his life just like that.

Thinking about this brought me from sadness to anger. Francis didn’t deserve to die. Yet, there are those who grow old doing nothing but steal from our country. There are senile twerps who even defend an American serviceman convicted of raping a Filipina. There are those over 50 years old who use their political positions to lord it over their Filipino fellowmen.

Alas, not only the good die young, but the despicable live on.

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