Cumbia Feminista

Feminist Cumbia

Cumbia Feminista

I leave my house feeling harassedSalgo de mi casa me siento acosada
Walking through the subway feeling watchedCamino por el metro me siento observada
Hey hot stuff, you look tight!¡Hay mamacita te ves apretadita!
Come a little closerAcércate un poquito
Come have funVente a divertir

I feel them looking at me, touching me, yelling at meSiento que me miran, que me tocan, que me gritan
Singing to me, whistling at meQue me cantan que me chiflan
This is not livingEsto no es vivir
I go out on the street with a knifeSalgo a la calle con una navaja
Walking through the subway with keys clenchedCamino por el metro con las llaves empuñadas

Pepper spray ready for me to be able to liveEl gas pimienta listo para yo poder vivir
Afraid of not feelingMiedo a no sentir
I can perceive that you want to follow meLo puedo percibir que tú me quieres seguir
I won't get out of thisDe esta no voy a salir

We're not going to be silent, we're not going to stopNo vamos a callar no vamos a parar
The state will trembleEl estado va a temblar
The streets will be freeLas calles libres estarán
Because what's done, is donePor que lo hecho, hecho esta
We're not going to forgetNo lo vamos a olvidar

Can't you see that I will keep fightingQué no ves que yo seguiré luchando
Take your rosaries out of my ovariesSaca tus rosarios de mis ovarios

Rich and millenary dictator robotRobot dictador rico y milenario
I add up in the streets while you get richA mí me suman en las calles mientras te haces millonario

We're not going to be chess piecesNo vamos a ser fichas de ajedrez
Your game is upside downTu juego está al revés
It's wrong that you don't see itEstá mal que no lo ves
We're going to change itLo vamos a cambiar
This can't lastEsto no puede durar
We're going to throw it awayLo vamos a tirar
Your patriarchal gameTu juego patriarcal

We're not afraid anymoreYa no tenemos miedo
Now we have powerAhora tenemos poder
We have the fireTenemos el fuego
With nothing to loseSin nada que perder

The same fire you used to burn witchesEl mismo con que brujas quemaste
You washed your hands of bloodDesechaste tus manos de sangre lavaste
The cavalry has arrivedLlegó la caballería
It came to banish youLlegó a desterrarte

Dressed without fearVestidas sin temor
With the marks you leftCon las marcas que dejaste