El Inmigrante
Apenas tenia 17
Cuando cruce la frontera
Se lo prometi a mi viejesita
Sacarla de la pobresa
Me quemaban las noches de frio
Por poquito me hogaba en el rio
Y aquellos que sufrieron lo mismo
Les dedico este corrido...
Soy uno de tantos mexicanos
Que trabajan dia con dia
Para darle futuro a mis hijos
Y ayudar a mi familia
Como extraño mi rancho querido
Mis amigos que no los olvido
Y a mis viejos que hace varios años
Que no los he visto...
Piensan que por que brinque la linea
Soy un narcotraficante
Ya basta de mil humillaciones
Nomas por ser "inmigrante"
Estoy cantando por toda mi gente
No lo olviden tenganlo presente
Que aquellos a los que no querian
Hoy los hacen presidentes...
(Y haunque les duela a muchos
Somos mayoria
Puro calibre 50 oiga)
El trabajo aqui ha sido muy duro
Pero nunca me he rajado
Y las cosas que yo he conseguido
Con esfuerzo me he ganado
Y aquel que se fue pal otro lado
Y dejo en su pais su pasado
Quien pensaba de aquel muchachito
Y miren lo que a logrado...
Nos han prometido tantas cosas
Y no nos han dado nada
Igualdad, respeto, y tolerancia
Es lo que pide mi raza
Estoy cantando por toda mi gente
No lo olviden tenganlo presente
Y aquellos a los que no querian
Hoy los hacen presidentes.
The Immigrant
I was only 17
When I crossed the border
I promised my dear mother
To take her out of poverty
The cold nights burned me
I almost drowned in the river
And to those who suffered the same
I dedicate this ballad...
I am one of many Mexicans
Who work day by day
To give a future to my children
And help my family
How I miss my beloved ranch
My friends who I haven't forgotten
And my parents whom I haven't seen
For several years...
They think that because I crossed the line
I am a drug trafficker
Enough of a thousand humiliations
Just for being an 'immigrant'
I am singing for all my people
Don't forget, keep it in mind
That those they didn't want
Today they make them presidents...
(And even though it hurts many
We are the majority
Pure caliber 50 listen)
The work here has been very hard
But I have never backed down
And the things I have achieved
I have earned with effort
And those who went to the other side
And left their past in their country
Who would have thought of that young boy
And look at what he has achieved...
They have promised us so many things
And have given us nothing
Equality, respect, and tolerance
Is what my race asks for
I am singing for all my people
Don't forget, keep it in mind
And those they didn't want
Today they make them presidents.