IF I AINT GOT YOU, BRO!
(August 25, 2006) My birthday is a couple of weeks away and I’m turning 29. I’m excited although I’m getting pretty old. =)
I spent most of my life (so far) with my folks and with my one and only brother back in the Philippines. It was December 2004 when I migrated to the US to be with my husband.
Some people know how close knit Filipino families are. That’s what my relationship with my family is. Although there were a lot of times when I’d break both my folks’ hearts with my nonsense immaturies. And times when I’d argue with my kid brother - Arniel at even the most petty of things. It all changed when I got married, gave birth, and most of all, I moved halfway across the world from them. You see, when those happened, I did realize the importance of them in my life.
Right now, it is my kid bro that I am missing badly. And it is Alicia Keys’ IF I AIN’T GOT YOU that I am listening to over and over because I think that it is the perfect song that I would like to dedicate to my bro…
My bro who now is the only one who looks after our Mom and Dad in the Phils since I am up here in Seattle. I would just like to thank him for standing by in there, being strong, patient, and all that. And of course, for being “my someone to cry on” when I couldn‘t afford to let our parents know that I am sad. Thank you. Thank you.
So yea, this is for you, bro. I hope to see and be with you all if not this Christmas, well hopefully in the next summer there in Pinas. Mahal na mahal ka ni Ate K. =)
Some people live for the fortune Some people want it all Some people search for a fountain Hand me a world on a silver platter Some people want it all Some people want it all If I ain’t got you with me baby
Some people live just for the fame
Some people live for the power yeah
Some people live just to play the game
Some people think that the physical things
Define what’s within
I’ve been there before
But that life’s a bore
So full of the superficial
But I don’t want nothing at all
If it ain’t you baby
If I ain’t got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain’t got you
Promises forever young
Some people need three dozen roses
And that’s the only way to prove you love them
And what good would it be?
No one to share, no one who truly cares for me
But I don’t want nothing at all
If it ain’t you baby
If I ain’t got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain’t got you
But I don’t want nothing at all
If it ain’t you baby
If I ain’t got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain’t got you
Nothing in this whole wide world don’t mean a thing
If I ain’t got you with me baby
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