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the opposite of a wall
02:02
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A history of fuckery brings us to this fuckery.
The separation of a baby from its mother's breast.
The savagery is loud in its capital rhythm.
A caste system works by design.
Drives down wages and rights.
Denies dignity.
Y chingon tus heroes.
We cannot wait for others to save us.
Together, we must wage a war for liberation.
To make a revolution that can and must transform us,
and these so-called-countries.
The border does not stop at the border.
No one has crossed it.
What is the opposite of a wall?
You can work but you can't win.
Though with what's been defined as winning,
maybe nobody should want to.
Gold chains and cuffs.
Stained white
pants and soft hands.
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Here in Philadelphia,
the city that bombed itself.
In almost every kitchen there are Mexicans working.
Making food. Cleaning dishes.
Serving public hunger
and public filling.
We are what we eat.
(Kicio verse)
America, dirty, dirty. In its greedy, greedy.
America, dirty, dirty. In its greedy, greedy.
(Kicio verse)
America, dirty, dirty. In its greedy, greedy.
Tengo hambre para luchar
y para dignidad
por la gente.
Tengo hambre para estar
libre
y fuerte.
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3. |
herencia
03:37
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The number of Mexicans executed by vigilantes compels us to reconsider the geography of mob violence as a whole. A standard lynching map of the United States depicts mob violence as being predominantly a phenomenon of the South. But it is a much more common occurrence than has been previously understood.
September 17th, 1915, Juan Rodriquez, an alleged outlaw, was dragged with wire around his neck and then shot.
November 9th, 1894, in Louisiana, Charlie Williams was taken from jail by an infuriated crowd who shot the "half-breed Mexican."
On June 10th, 1881, Narcisco Montoya had his head pounded and body hanged inside a court room in New Mexico.
May 1st, 1880, Ramirez, family of three, was burned for witchcraft in Texas.
In late March 1855, four unknown Mexicans were taken from jail and hanged for robbing an Anglo clerk and abusing his wife.
May 11th, 1856, three different unknown Mexicans were taken from jail and hanged on "rather slight proof" in Monterrey, California.
In late October of 1856, Jose Castro was hanged by Matt Targe and his vigilantes after being forcibly removed from Mexicans who were trying to protect him.
In February 1857, a man known only as "Mexican Joe" was hanged and decapitated near El Monte, California.
May 17th, 1874, Tomas Valencia was taken from his home with a rope around his neck and dragged until his life was extinct.
In April 1875, an unknown Mexican man was killed and fed to hogs by vigilantes for horse theft near Corpus Cristi, Texas.
July 5th, 1851, Josefa Segura was hanged before a crowd of 2,000 miners.
June, 1851, Antonio Cruz and Patricio...
Ours is not a dead inheritance.
I do not speak of death.
I speak of a history that lives
in each of us,
that lives in the land.
Tierra de sangre.
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4. |
know you know
03:02
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Who is looting whom?
Who is looting whom?
Baby, I know you know. Baby, I know you know.
Who is looting whom?
Baby, I know you know. Baby, I know you know.
Who is looting whom?
Baby, I know you know. Baby, I know you know.
Who is looting whom?
Baby, I know you know. Baby, I know you know.
Who is looting whom?
Baby, I know you know. Baby, I know you know.
Who is looting whom?
When the children won't share we take away the toys.
Wounded masculinity, desperate femininity.
I wanna queer us all.
End fool belief en transa,
in excess lottery exceptionalist ethics
and xmas bonuses for the help
supposed to say thank you masta
all grateful grovel
fuck that racist paternal novel.
Migrantes grind like this
to shine like that
see dreams unfold
while nightmares come true.
Baby, I know you know. Baby, I know you know.
Who is looting whom?
Baby, I know you know. Baby, I know you know.
Who is looting whom?
Baby, I know you know. Baby, I know you know.
Who is looting whom?
Baby, I know you know. Baby, I know you know.
It is
violently
simple
there are
so
many
more
of
us.
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5. |
recognize
02:34
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6. |
puño de amor
03:03
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When that love wheel starts a turning
we gotta ride it all the way.
Pretty good
ain't good enough
Cuz halfway loving
just don't get it.
Pretty good
ain't good enough
Cuz halfway loving
just don't get it.
An all the way lover loves
til everyone gets to eat
and everyone has a home
and no one is on their own
Egos and guns are down.
Now laughter, music
next level sound
bodies pressing
in consent
queer futurity
where we went.
And no one is on their own.
Pretty good
ain't good enough
Cuz halfway loving
just don't get it.
Pretty good
ain't good enough
Cuz halfway loving
just don't get it.
An all the way lover loves.
Cuz halfway loving just don't get it.
Stay there til the job is done.
Pretty good, ain't good enough.
Stay there til the job is done.
Pretty good
ain't good enough
Cuz halfway loving
just don't get it.
Pretty good
ain't good enough
Cuz halfway loving
just don't get it.
When that love wheel starts a turning,
we gotta ride it all the way.
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Hasta la victoria siempre
(Mayate del Sur verse)
For shame,
mi tia went and changed her name
trying to play the game
pero for her Hollywood was the opposite of fame
from the start she didn't look the part
even with her face painted white,
she couldn't fit the color chart.
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8. |
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(Dirty Corolla)
You're right, it's not your problem.
It's our problem.
Paper won't save you.
Porque es claro no hay libertad sin todos.
Mentiras de oro.
All the things you can buy.
I should've been a we.
Not one, not two, not three,
No all, all, all, all
the we
we will free.
I should've been a we.
Not one, not two, not three,
No all, all, all, all
the we
we will free.
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9. |
justicia
01:47
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10. |
other riches
03:00
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Make America Mexico again?
Nah. We gotta go to a better world.
We transcend.
Stay escaping.
And I want, a real love to ride.
We know other ways are possible.
Like the bucket lines in Mexico City,
we have to unbury ourselves.
Not simply bearing witness.
Not only collecting records,
facts, figures, donations.
An inclusive future
where the rights of others
are equal to one's own.
We need a new rich
in redistribution
and an honest
constitution.
Anti-racismo
Anti-machismo
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11. |
tambores de orgullo
02:04
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Though I've always flown to the flame
I'm not sure what to wear to a fire
So I check the temperature
erratic as it is
saw my memory changed too
not hell, the fire everywhere
the warmth of a room
of learning all I need to know
about someone
from how they move
Y si, mi espanol no es perfecto
pero it's the sound of assimilation
of a family's forced disintegration
The sound of how my mother,
unable to do so for herself
tried to protect us.
My pride.
My pride.
Part responsibilidad.
It's a response to a question I've been asked
my whole life,
What are you?
What are you?
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12. |
viva la vida
02:33
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Trabajamos para liberacion entonces bailamos
baila conmigo, baila con la gente x4
got more in common than different
stop thinking you alone are special
believe in us, dance to our potential
vida vibrante y amor picante x4
no ennui para mi y no ennui para ti
tenemos otras riquezas
creamos in nuestra posibilidad
y en dignidad para todos
baila conmigo, baila con la gente x5
al ritmo de la calle sucio
al ritmo de orgullo
al ritmo de la cocina
y de justicia
justicia mas que una persona
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13. |
dancing despite
01:44
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