Alzo Mi Voz

I Raise My Voice

Alzo Mi Voz

Rap out of necessityRap por necesidad
I demandReclamo
I raise my voice, I have no masterAlzo mi voz no tengo amo
They can't silence mecallarme no podrán
This rap is essential, we areeste rap es necesario Estamo
To rap, there are plenty of excusespara rapiar bastan pretextos
The same examples from lifelos mismo ejemplos de la vida
Aren't based on any textno se basa en ningún texto
Look at the facemira el rostro
Of my poisoned peoplede mi pueblo envenenado
For the sake of their familiespor el bien de su familia
Many of them have stayed quietmuchos de ellos han callado
And what hurts me the mosty lo que mas me duele
Is that they criticize what I doque critiquen lo que hago
I don't do it just for meno lo hago solo por mi
But for those who are drowningsino por los mas ahogados
I don't sing just to singno canto por cantar
Or to have a pretty voiceni por tener bonita voz
Less to entertain a bourgeoismenos para un burgués ser la entretención
I sing out of necessitycanto por necesidad
For strengthpor la fuerza
For reasonpor la razón
I sing so my peoplecanto para que mi gente
Can be free from oppressionsea libre de la opresión
I sing your paincanto tu dolor
My painmi dolor
And everyone’sy el de todos
Because all for oneporque todos para uno
And one for ally uno para todos
These aren't just wordsno son solos palabras
In my songsen mis canciones
This is my speecheste mi discurso
And on the street, actions runy en la calle corren las acciones
I sing for the facelesscanto para los sin rostros
The namelesslos sin nombre
The nobodylos ninguno
Those whom many discriminatelos que muchos discriminen
Their existence endssu existencia terminan
I sing for the kidscanto para los piños
For children's rightspara el derecho de los niños
For the homeownerpa la dueña de la casa
For the neighborhood councilpa la junta vecinal
To invent and redirectinventar y redicar
To organize reformsreformas organizar
I sing for womenle canto a las mujeres
Great beingsgrandes seres
I sing for the Mapuchesle canto a los mapuches
Studentsestudiantes
For those who fighta los que luchen
For the Tehuelchesa los tehuelches
For the Picunchesa los picunches
And for everyone who listens to mey a todos los que me escuchen
I sing for the workerle canto al obrero
For the popular communesa las comunas populares
I sing out of initiativecanto por iniciativa
And great needsy grande necesidades
For those who emancipatea los que se mancipan
For those who participatea los que participan
For those who give their lives for freedoma los que dan la vida por libre
And not submissiony no sometida
We have the enemytenemos de testigo
As our witnessal mismo enemigo
It's just onees solo uno
And not the one next doory no el de alado tu vecino
I sing against indifferencecanto a la indiferencia
Like Violeta Parracomo violeta parra
Who poured out her wisdomquien descargo su sabia
Along with her guitarjunto a su guitarra
I sing ragecanto rabia
Wise rebellionrebeldía sabia
We cultivate hatecultivamos el odio
Even after thousands of episodesaun pasando miles de episodios
My people suffermi gente sufre
And feel no joyy no siente alegría
What an irony it would be to sing for sympathyque ironía seria cantar por simpatía
We are not the minorityno somos la minoría
We are more than themsomos mas que ellos
We have enough strengthtenemos fuerza suficiente
To overcome thempara vencerlos
And I raise my voicey alzo mi voz
Not for free timeno es por tiempo libre
Who said an MC was useless?quien dijo que un mc era inservible
And not for being a womany no por ser mujer
Am I limited to the kitchen?me limitan al cacer
If my role is to defendsi mi rol es defender
My mom told me that yesterdaymi maima me lo dijo ayer
I sing for my peopleyo le canto a mi pueblo
I sing for my familyle canto a mi familia
I denounce with my rapdenuncio con mi rap
It gives me strengthme da fuerza
And brings me peacey me concilia
Rap out of necessityrap por necesidad
And not for free timey no por tiempo libre
Who said an MC was useless?quien dijo que un mc era inservible