See How We Are
There are men lost in jail
Crowded fifty to a room
There's too many rats in this cage of the world
And the women know their place
They sit home and write letters
And when they visit once a year
Well they both just sit there and stare
See how we are
Gotta keep bars in between us
See how we are
We only sing about it once in every twenty years
See how we are
Oh see how we are
Now there are seven kinds of Coke
500 kinds of cigarettes
This freedom of choice in the USA drives everybody crazy
But in Acapulco
Well they don't give a damn
About kids selling Chiclets with no shoes on their feet
See how we are
"Hey man, Whats in it for me?"
See how we are
We only sing about it once in every twenty years
See how we are
Oh see how we are
Now that highway's coming through
So you all gotta move
This bottom rung ain't no fun at all
No fires and rockhouses and grape-flavored rat poison
They are the new trinity
For this so-called community
See how we are
Gotta keep bars on all of our windows
See how we are
We only sing about it once in every twenty years
See how we are
Oh see how we are
Well this morning the alarm rang at noon
And I'm trying to write this letter to you
About how much I care and why I just can't be there
To draw your bath and comb...and comb your hair
Last night in a nightspot
Where things aren't so hot
My friend said, "I met a boy and I'm in love"
I said, "Oh really... What's this one's name?"
She said, "His first name is Homeboy"
I said "Could his last name be Trouble?"
See how we are
Ah Homeboy... Isn't that a Mexican name?
See how we are
We only sing about it once in every twenty years
See how we are
Oh see how we are
Yeah see how we are
Así es como somos
Hay hombres perdidos en la cárcel
Hacinados cincuenta en una habitación
Hay demasiadas ratas en esta jaula del mundo
Y las mujeres conocen su lugar
Se sientan en casa y escriben cartas
Y cuando visitan una vez al año
Bueno, ambos solo se sientan y se miran
Así es como somos
Tenemos que mantener barras entre nosotros
Así es como somos
Solo cantamos al respecto una vez cada veinte años
Así es como somos
Oh, así es como somos
Ahora hay siete tipos de Coca-Cola
500 tipos de cigarrillos
Esta libertad de elección en los EE. UU. vuelve loco a todo el mundo
Pero en Acapulco
Bueno, no les importa un comino
A los niños que venden Chiclets sin zapatos en los pies
Así es como somos