Gabino's Memoir

It was a red and yellow lamp with Lightning McQueen on the front. It had a lamp, but also had a clock and radio.  I was nine years old when it was given to me. It was my birthday party, but I don’t know who gifted it to me.  I had a big party that year.  All you could hear were kids running around and people laughing.  Out of the speakers are cumbias and nortenas.  I didn’t open the gifts that night because I was so tired. The next morning, I woke up and I was excited to open the gifts.  I was given one hundred pesos and this one gift.  When I opened it, I thought it was a box of bee bees or legos.  I was surprised when it was a lamp. When I got home, I placed the lamp next to my bed and I used it for three years.

In this picture I see my mother and two ladies. They are sitting on a brown patterned sofa. I am sitting on my mother’s lap.  I’m staring at something behind my mom, but I don’t know what it is.  We are at a baby shower and my mom is opening presents. My mom was pregnant with my little brother at the time. This is one of the only photos I have of my mom. My mother passed on when I was about to turn three years old.  I was told that she crashed on a freeway.  My brother was only a couple of months old.  I don’t remember a lot about my mom. A great deal of mystery surrounds her. I want to know her personality, what she liked, her relationship with my father.  If I could go back in time, I would ask her to stay so that I could make new memories with her. For now, I keep this photo.

Song: Le Compre la muerte a Mi Hijo

By: Beto Quintanilla

          This song is by the king of corridos, Beto Quintanilla. It teaches parents to not give kids everything because they can take advantage. For example, in the video he gives his kid a new car and he dies in a crash.  This song brings memories of my dad because he hears them when he’s with his friends.  I remember him going to his ice chest where he gets a beer and hangs out with his friends. My step mom would get mad when I would hang around my dad’s friends.  

Life as a Playlist

I remember when i was around 4 I went to some parade that was playing nothing but tejano music. We grew up with that kind of music, but I could'nt understand the words they would say. To me spanish was very hard to understand because people would talk to me in english.

I remember me playing tag when I was in elementry. I could run so fast when i was little my friends could'nt even catch me or keep up at all.

When i was 11 the song Crank Dat by Soulja Boi came out and it would always make me wanna dance. It reminded me of my 5th grade dance we had i killed the floor.

This song I thought was just for me. My dad took me from my grandparents and after i stayed out of trouble with him he let me go back home.

I wasnt afraid of nothing due to that Not Afraid by Eminem.Even though i was going through alot. His song made me think alot about my future and how i should live it.

DJ Screw - June 27

Aldo-

This song was the first song I heard chopped & screwed.

It means the song is chopped & slowed down.

This song inspired me to rap & not care what people say.

It showed me that people always care about how people feel about them but its really all on you

Notorious BIG - Big Poppa (Dirty Version)

2001. San Antonio. The first time I heard this is when i saw the movie hardball. Keanu Reeves plays the coach of the baseball team. One characterb listens to the song in his headphones.  The music helps him pitch. When he doesn't hear the song anymore he sucks.

The Notorious B.I.G. and Method Man - The What (Explicit)

Aldo-

This song would pump me up to skate.

I always rapped this song with crazy hand movements.

I would sometimes bounce when I rap, & this song described everything I did.

D-12 - My Band (Clean Version) ft. Cameo

Aldo-

I was on a school bus on my way home and my friend played this song.

It was the first time I heard it. It sounded like a ridiculous song at first.

Now I listen to it alot.