Half Breed

Media Raza

Half Breed

Media Raza
Half Breed

Mi padre se casó con un cherokee
My father married a Cherokee.
La gente de mis madres se avergonzaba de mí
My mothers people were ashamed of me.
Los indios dijeron que yo era blanco por ley
The Indians said that I was white by law.
Aunque el hombre blanco siempre me llamaba india india
Though white man always called me Indian squaw.

Media raza
Half breed.
Es todo lo que he oído
Is all I ever heard.
Media raza
Half breed.
Cómo aprendí a odiar la palabra
How I learned to hate the word.
Media raza
Half breed.
No sirve de nada, lo advirtieron
She's no good they warned.
Ambos bandos estaban en mi contra desde el día en que nací
Both sides were against me since the day I was born.

Nunca nos asentamos, fuimos de pueblo en pueblo
We never settled, went from town to town.
Cuando no eres bienvenido no te quedas por aquí
When you're not welcome you don't hang around.
Los otros niños siempre se rieron de mí
The other children always laughed at me.
Dale una pluma de que es un cherokee
Give her a feather she's a Cherokee.

Media raza
Half breed.
Es todo lo que he oído
Is all I ever heard.
Media raza
Half breed.
Cómo aprendí a odiar la palabra
How I learned to hate the word.
Media raza
Half breed.
No sirve de nada, lo advirtieron
She's no good they warned.
Ambos bandos estaban en mi contra desde el día en que nací
Both sides were against me since the day I was born.

No nos aceptaron y me sentí avergonzado
We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed.
Quince me fui y me dije de quién tiene la culpa
Fifteen I left and tell me who's to blame.
Mi vida desde entonces ha sido de hombre a hombre
My life since then has been from man to man.
Pero no puedo huir de lo que soy
But I can't run away from what I am.

Media raza
Half breed.
Es todo lo que he oído
Is all I ever heard.
Media raza
Half breed.
Cómo aprendí a odiar la palabra
How I learned to hate the word.
Media raza
Half breed.
No sirve de nada, lo advirtieron
She's no good they warned.
Ambos bandos estaban en mi contra desde el día en que nací
Both sides were against me since the day I was born.