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What's your name?
Divine
Are you studying?
Yes
Where do you study?
At the Olongapo City National High School
In what grade?
Second year high school or Grade 10
What do you want to be when you grow up?
To go to another planet
Why?
To explore, just to be different
They always tease me for being white
but that's what I really am -- white
youngest brother
come join me
My name's Granvel
You're an Amerasian
My father's black American
Since I was a kid
I had no father to guide me
but my mother took his place
my mom raised me well
As far as I know
there's really none
none really
We're not noticed by the US government
The Philippines doesn't even know our issue
That's why, I say, I sing
One way of promoting Amerasian
is with my singing
it might help
(raps) Here's where I come from
where the impossible is not known
Even if most of us are dire
You can glean hope on our smile
"Where's your father?," they ask
"Have you not seen him?"
I said, "No."
Since I was small
I have not seen him
My grandma says, "look for him."
I said, "how can I?"
When I don't know where
there's no communication
even his name
I tried to search with a computer
but there are many same surnames
why didn't mom use my father's surname
my last name came from my mother
I said, "I, I can't explain why?"
Is this a punishment I have to suffer?
I just want you all to know
that we still have hope
That's why we stick together
on our day
even with so few attending
we can see "light at the end of the tunnel"
that's what we see here
Don't get defeated by challenges
Most of us have their own problems in life
but having personal problems doesn't mean
that we don't stand by our rights
So hopefully, let's not stop
in the struggle
(Philippine anthem)