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5-year-old singer delivers ‘most adorable’ rendition of national anthem

He’s confident, patriotic, adorable and he’s only 5-years-old.

Jacob Martinez has become quite the superstar after his rendition of the national anthem went viral.

The young man was invited to sing “The Star Spangled Banner” to open up the El Paso Chihuahua’s baseball game in Texas on Sunday.

And, as the Chihuahua’s wrote on their Facebook, it’s “the most adorable Father’s Day rendition of the National Anthem you’ll ever hear.”

Despite the crowd for the game against the Oklahoma City Dodgers, Martinez states he “was only a little” nervous.

His dad, Gilbert Martinez, said he was quite the opposite, stating, "(My wife and I) were probably more nervous than him. He (had) no idea what's going on. He just goes up there and sings. He's just waiting on home plate waiting to sing and they told him to go and he didn't even look back at us or anything the confidence came out of nowhere."

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Jacob first learned the song after he was asked to perform it for his Head Start graduation ceremony.

"(My wife and I) showed him the song, he learned it little by little. Memorized it more than anything and remembered the pitches because it's a pretty hard song to sing," dad explained.

But music in no stranger to the Martinez household.

Jacob’s mother is a singer and his father plays the saxophone.

"My daddy plays some music with a group...and I try to copy him," Jacob says.

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