and as it happened before and will always happen..

both DSTA and NUS rejected my scholarship app

I'm gonna pay my way through uni...

:)

I’ve been away for awhile
I gave my word when I returned
And I come back with a smile,
And I don’t come back at all
The World is throwing blows,
But I ain’t backing off
Everybody claiming they want to grow,
But they just slacking off
It took a lot of years to put the hood behind me
The best advice I got was that I had to find me
Another day, another challenge
I never thought I’d see the day I’d be rewarded for my talents

And if you ever call up,
And say you fell down
It feels good that I can finally help them all up
I’m doing well now,
Let’s go to the mall now
We ain’t gotta split the bill,
I told you I got all us
Came a long way from those ghettos on the east coast
The 7th letter, 6 number, flying high who needs coach
I miss my son up in my arms, miss my homies, miss my mom’s
So home cooking with the bomb

This once’s for all my people in the struggle,
Unemployed or working double shifts,
Take your head and lift it in the air,
One fist in the air
Reach for the stars, you’re almost there,
You can’t make it, I’ve been there,
You can’t take it, I’ve been there
Given that all the hope is gone,
Find something to focus on,
You need motivation,
That’s the reason why we play this song
To let you know you’re not out in this World on your own,
And the only time you’re going back,
Is when you’re going home

im super happy and proud of y'all

I realised that, the true meaning of the rioHC spirit, is not just about singing or music-making, whether be it individually or just in any group..

It is about the passion and love for singing, with the people you love and trust, the ones you really don't mind spending all day long breaking out into songs and random sing-alongs... On the stage, the connection you feel with the people on stage with you, with the conductor, with the audience, is just really immense.

It is really the rioHC spirit, it's the rioHC family.. it's hard to put a finger on it, but when it happens, somehow we know and feel it deeply within us, whether we're up on stage, or just listening to them from down below..

Where the heart really is. Another Home.

It'll probably be impossible for me to stay away from rioHC and voices. It's too big a deal to give it up.. I'll never miss it for the world...

Music can really do what words cannot. Expressions of passion, family, togetherness.. That is our spirit, that is the spirit of rioHC.

thank you for the music, for the love, for spreading the joy of music to everyone out there..

thank you for the passion, the family, the conviction, the spirit.

thank you for everything

I’m coming home
I’m coming home
Tell the World I’m coming home
Let the rain wash away all the pain of yesterday
I know my kingdom awaits and they’ve forgiven my mistakes
I’m coming home, I’m coming home
Tell the World that I’m coming