When I met Ritchie Valens, I was listening to his heart play music to my spirit's ears.
I listened closely and heard the musical enlightenment of many years.
Feels like he passed away just yesterday.
It's my turn though, to carry the torch and have a tight hold.
One of the only Latino musicians to make it as a famous musician in the US only to leave us so young.
Many wouldn't understand the good he had done.
You wouldn't understand how he gives us all hope.
He was possibility, alive, for our Mexican hearts he spoke.
God bless his mother, Concha.