The "other" Total Performer

Gary! Gary Granada! If the famous Gary V. can sing and dance at the same time, this guy can sing and enlighten your Philippine soul at the same time.
I've always been fascinated with the way he makes his songs.I thought he's just weird.You know, be different so you'll sell. But he was the exact opposite. He cares so much for the country and opening minds to his ideals that he struggled with making a place on our music industry. Only in college that I understood his songs as well as other bands like Buklod.

Honestly, due to scarcity of reading materials, I turned to Gary. He wrote a small booklet about Federalism. It woke my sleeping activist mind. There was also a song sang by Joey Ayala, Bayang Barrios, Noel Cabangon and Cookie Chua entitled "Sambayanan". That was the end of it.

If you have a chance to hear Gary Granada or read anything he written, I implore you to. If you can't, just please love your country. OUR country. It's the only one we got. And we are the only ones SHE have.

On the different note, I have been listening to some of his songs and I managed to rummaged a song composed by Danny Javier - Suntok sa buwan. It was sang by Ely buendia and it made me remember Bok. I'm looking for a song more innocent than this but for now, this'll do.

Sabi nila na hindi ko raw makakaya
Ang lumapit sa 'yo, mag-isang magpakilala
Sabi nila malakas daw ang aking loob
Sinuswerte daw ba akong
Mag-isip na tayong dalawa ay magmahalan

Tingnan mo ngayon, sino na nga bang nakatawa
'Pag tayo ay naglalakad, o 'di ba, tahimik na lang sila
Sa dami noon na nangligaw sa 'yong poging
Nakapilang baldeng pabling
Sino bang mag-akalang tayo ay magmamahalan, magkatuluyan

Suntok sa buwan ka lang no'ng araw, tanging irog ko
Sa ganda mo at bait ay hindi ko akalain
Puso ko'y hinagip sa dilim
Karibal ko'y hindi pinansin
Rumimate na lang sa bandang hulihan
Suntok sa buwan, panalo
Akin ka lang

Sabi nila na hindi nga raw tayo bagay
Mapapansin mo lang daw ako kung mawawalan ka ng malay
Sabi nila, kailanga'y isang himala
'Di ka raw madaan sa tiyaga
Tingnan mo kung sino na ang siyang nakatunganga, humahanga

Suntok sa buwan ka lang no'ng araw, tanging irog ko
Sa ganda mo at bait ay hindi ko akalain
Puso ko'y hinagip sa dilim
Karibal ko'y hindi pinansin
Nakahagod na lang sa bandang hulihan
Suntok sa buwan, panalo
Akin ka lang
Akin ka lang