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Like My Mom

Tay Oluá

Como Mi Mama

Si no compreendes que quiero decir
Solo me escuches
Yo sé donde quiero llegar
No te deslumbres
Las chicas de fuerza tán grande
Siguiendo al rumbo
Estrellas no más tán distantes
Cambiando al mundo

Hoy me recuerdo
Soy negra latinoamericana
No tengo miedo
Yo soy bruja como es mi mama

Y no me importa lo que pasa
No me ván callar
No quiero a las intituciones que me atrapán
Y no me importa lo que pasa
No me ván callar
No quiero a las intituciones que me atrapán

Desde que me descobri
Vi que não tinha espaço
Pra ser quem sou, ir onde vou
E fazer o que eu faço
Tudo o que me sobrava
Tava sempre tão escasso
Más eu aperto o passo
Sem sair do compasso

No me verás caminando
Porque hoy ya lo sé que tengo mis asas a volar
Y no me verás callada
Porque tendo mis razones que me llevan a cantar

Por mis hermanas
Por mis hermanas

Hoy me recuerdo
Soy negra latinoamericana
No tengo miedo
Yo soy bruja como es mi mama

Y no me importa lo que pasa
No me ván callar
No quiero a las intituciones que me atrapán
Y no me importa lo que pasa
No me ván callar
No quiero a las intituciones que me atrapán

Like My Mom

If you don't understand what I mean
Just listen to me
I know where I want to go
Don't be dazzled
The girls with such great strength
Following the path
Stars are not so far away
Changing the world

Today I remember
I'm a Black Latin American
I'm not afraid
I'm a witch like my mom

And I don't care what happens
They won't shut me up
I don't want the institutions that trap me
And I don't care what happens
They won't shut me up
I don't want the institutions that trap me

Since I discovered myself
I saw that there was no space
To be who I am, go where I go
And do what I do
Everything that was left over
Was always so scarce
But I pick up the pace
Without losing the beat

You won't see me walking
Because today I know I have my wings to fly
And you won't see me silent
Because I have my reasons that lead me to sing

For my sisters
For my sisters

Today I remember
I'm a Black Latin American
I'm not afraid
I'm a witch like my mom

And I don't care what happens
They won't shut me up
I don't want the institutions that trap me
And I don't care what happens
They won't shut me up
I don't want the institutions that trap me

Escrita por: Tay Oluá