Stronger

Stronger

Stronger

Sexualized since I was littleSexualizada desde chiquita
Judged since I was bornPrejuzgada desde nacida
Feminist since I clashed with machismoFeminista desde que choqué con el machismo
Fed up with hatred from the patriarchy in Puerto RicoHarta de odio por el patriarcado en Puerto Rico

You gotta be tough, girlYou gotta be tough, girl
You gotta be strong, girlYou gotta be strong, girl
You gotta be better, girlYou gotta be better, girl
Or they will knock you downOr they will knock you down

From a young age, they don't tell you that this worldDe Chiquita no te dicen que este mundo
Hates women because we areOdia a las mujeres porque somos
The ones who have custodyQuienes tiene custodia
Of equality and loveDe igualdad y del amor
History will tell you that with fighting is how we found gloryTe lo dirá la historia con luchar es que pudimos encontrar la gloria

From a young age, they only talk about how weak you areDe Chiquita solo cuentan lo débil que eres
To be afraidQue tengas miedo
To wait for your heroEsperar por tu héroe
And they don't tell you the truth to killY no te dicen la verdad para matar
Every illusion when you face realityCada ilusión cuando te encuentres con la realidad

You gotta be tough, girlYou gotta be tough, girl
You gotta be strong, girlYou gotta be strong, girl
You gotta be better, girlYou gotta be better, girl
Or they will knock you downOr they will knock you down

And as you grow upY mientras creces
They don't tell you that you have to be very cruelNo te dicen que hay que ser muy cruel
That there's no mercy that savesQue no hay piedad que salve
A woman from thatA una mujer de aquel
From that damn one who wants to roam your skinQue aquel maldito que desea recorrer tu piel
Who destroys your soulQue te destruye el alma
And takes your honeyY se lleva tu miel

And when you grow up, you can finally understandY cuando creces finalmente puedes entender
That a woman is worth only what she wants to be worthQue la mujer vale solo lo que quiere valer
That only I can set my priceQue mi precio solo yo me lo puedo poner

That no man determinesQue ningún hombre determina
What my being is worthLo que vale mi ser
That we suffer equallyQue sufrimos por igual
With so many storiesCon tantas historias
That it's youQue eres tú
That it's meQue soy yo
That we are all nowQue somos todas ahora

If we unite, we don't have to fightSi nos unimos, no tenemos por qué pelear
That going against it will only make us lose and be silentQue en contra solo vamos a perder y a callar
Let's make noiseQue hagamos ruido
Let them hear us nowQue nos escuchen ahora
We are thousands, millions, billions nowSomos miles, millones, billones ahora

Raped, abused, murderedVioladas, maltratas, asesinadas
Bleeding out, too manyDesangradas, demasiadas
We are too manySomos demasiadas

We gotta be tough, girlWe gotta be tough, girl
We gotta be strong, girlWe gotta be strong, girl
We gotta be better, girlWe gotta be better, girl
Or they will knock us downOr they will knock us down

We gotta be tough, girlWe gotta be tough, girl
We gotta be strong, girlWe gotta be strong, girl
We gotta be better, girlWe gotta be better, girl
Or they will knock us downOr they will knock us down