Emigrantes

Emigrants

Emigrantes

They say that...Oye dicen que...
They say it was for EuropeDicen que fue pa Europa
And when he arrived, yeahY cuando llegó jaah
Tremendous disillusionTremenda desilusión
Tell him Ruzzo, put it onDíselo tu Ruzzo, ponle

Hey, IEh yo he
What I'm telling you here is very realLo que te digo aquí es bien real
Easy, it's just about livingFácil, solo se trata de vivir
Understanding, resistingCompreder, resisitr
Like a Phoenix in a golden cageComo Ave Fénix en jaula de oro
Reviving, I, it hasn't been easyRevivir, yo, no ha sido fácil
Representing in a yearRepresentar en un año
The influences and hardships on this sideLas influencias y penurias de este lado
Of the colonized continentDel continente colonizao
Exploited, marked, no traceExplotao, marcao, no huella

Sad is the man who has left behindTriste el hombre que ha dejado atrás
His sun, his people, and his shirtSu sol, su gente y su camisa
Without thinking so far changes everythingSin pensar tan lejos cambia todo
And nostalgia tears you apartY la nostalgia te hace trizas
Sad is the man who has left behindTriste el hombre que ha dejado atrás
His sun, his people, and his shirtSu sol, su gente y su camisa
Without thinking so far changes everythingSin pensar tan lejos cambia todo
And nostalgia tears you apartY la nostalgia te hace trizas

It's me, who picks up what you don't eatSoy yo, quien recoge lo que tu no comes
It's me, who left my ballsSoy yo, quien dejado mis cojones
In jail, your hopeCon trullo, tu esperanza
You never put yourself on my sideTú a la balanza no te pones nunca de mi lado
I have a Peruvian brotherTengo un hermano peruano
Another Chicano, a Chilean, a ColombianOtro chicano, un chileno, un colombiano
A Chinese, an African AmericanUn chino, un afroamericano
I have built with my own handsHe construido con mis proprias manos
Cities, new placesCiudades, nuevos lugares
You have colonized meMe has colonizado
And now discriminates against my raceY ahora discrimina hoy mi raza

Sad is the man who has left behindTriste el hombre que ha dejado atrás
His sun, his people, and his shirtSu sol, su gente y su camisa
Without thinking so far changes everythingSin pensar tan lejos cambia todo
And nostalgia tears you apartY la nostalgia te hace trizas
Sad is the man who has left behindTriste el hombre que ha dejado atrás
His sun, his people, and his shirtSu sol, su gente y su camisa
Without thinking so far changes everythingSin pensar tan lejos cambia todo
And nostalgia tears you apartY la nostalgia te hace trizas

Understand, what happenedEntiende, qué fue lo que pasó
Try, answer in his watchIntenta, respuesta en su reloj
Homelands and on top of thatPatrias y más encima
More than a goodbye, he left without rhyme or reasonQue un adiós, se fue sin ton ni son
To look for a paradiseA buscar un paraíso
And found disillusionY encontró desilusión

I'm singing for my peopleEstoy cantando pa mi gente
Those they call emigrantsEsos que llaman emigrantes
They are common, ordinary peopleSon personas comunes corrientes
Listen to me, my peopleOye mi gente
For having a different color,Por tener otro color,
A different way of thinkingOtra forma de piensar
Two different culturesDos culturas diferentes
I can't stayYo no me puedo quedar

I'm singing for my peopleEstoy cantando pa mi gente
Those they call emigrantsEsos que llaman emigrantes
They are common, ordinary peopleSon personas comunes corrientes
Listen to me, my peopleOye mi gente
I sing it to my good motherSe lo canto a mi madre buena
Look how nice it soundsMíralo que lindo suena

I'm singing for my peopleEstoy cantando pa mi gente
Those they call emigrantsEsos que llaman emigrantes
They are common, ordinary peopleSon personas comunes corrientes
Listen to me, my peopleOye mi gente

For my people, for my people...Pa mi gente, pa mi gente...

I'm singing for my peopleEstoy cantando pa mi gente

Sad is the man who has left behindTriste el hombre que ha dejado atrás
His sun, his people, and his shirtSu sol, su gente y su camisa

I'm singing for my peopleEstoy cantando pa mi gente

Without thinking so far changes everythingSin pensar tan lejos cambia todo
And nostalgia tears you apartY la nostalgia te hace trizas

I'm singing for my peopleEstoy cantando pa mi gente

Sad is the man who has left behindTriste el hombre que ha dejado atrás
His sun, his people, and his shirtSu sol, su gente y su camisa

I'm singing for my peopleEstoy cantando pa mi gente

Without thinking so far changes everythingSin pensar tan lejos cambia todo
And nostalgia tears you apart...Y la nostalgia te hace trizas...