Watch a Homeless Busker Steal the Show on 'Mexico's Got Talent' Ramon Ramirez - The Daily Dot
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Mexico Tiene Talento 2014 Pablo Lopez hace llorar a Ximena Sariñana (AztecaTube)

You don't need to speak Spanish to appreciate Pablo Lopez's captivating performance on Mexico Tiene Talento, the country’s cut-and-paste version of Britain's Got Talent, but you do understand his equally inspiring backstory.

Lopez was born in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. At age 5, he wandered away from home and got to the city of Torreon. Lost and unable to return home, the Red Cross put him in an orphanage where American parents adopted him. But, he says, they sent him to Mexico City when they "got tired of him" as a teen; he lived homeless eight years. It was during this window that a friend gave him a tape recorder and he began to sing.

"Well there's more money at the subway," 43-year-old career busker told the judges, explaining why he sings in public, "And more people see you at the subway and so you bring joy to more people."

Seemingly out of nowhere, Lopez howls a gruff, soulful Bob Seger cover that literally brought one of the judges to tears.

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