Pa'lante

Oh, I just wanna go to work
 And get back home, and be something
 I just wanna fall and lie
 And do my time, and be something
 Well, I just wanna prove my worth
 On the planet Earth, and be something
 I just wanna fall in love
 Not fuck it up, and feel something
 Well lately, don't understand what I am
 Treated as a fool
 Not quite a woman or a man
 Well, I don't know
 I guess I don't understand the plan
 Colonized, and hypnotized, be something
 Sterilized, dehumanized, be something
 Well, take your pay
 And stay out the way, be something
 Ah, do your best
 But fuck the rest, be something
 Well lately, it's been mighty hard to see
 Just searching for my lost humanity
 I look for you, my friend
 But do you look for me?
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 Lately I'm not too afraid to die
 I wanna leave it all behind
 I think about it sometimes
 Lately all my time's been movin' slow
 I don't know where I'm gonna go
 Just give me time, I'll know
 Oh, any day now
 Oh, any day now
 I will come along
 
 Oh, any day now
 Oh, any day now
 I will come along
 
 I will come along
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 (All died dreaming hating and waiting)
 (Dead Puerto Ricans who never knew they were Puerto Ricans)
 (Who never took a coffee break from the 10th commandment)
 (To kill, kill, kill)
 (The landlords of their cracked skulls)
 (And communicate with their Latin souls)
 (Juan, Miguel, Milagros, Olga, Manuel)
 (From the nervous breakdown streets)
 (Where the mice live like millionaires)
 (And the people do not live at all)
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 From El Barrio to Arecibo, ¡Pa'lante!
 From Marble Hill to the ghost of Emmett Till, ¡Pa'lante!
 To Juan, Miguel, Milagros, Manuel, ¡Pa'lante!
 To all who came before, we say, ¡Pa'lante!
 To my mother and my father, I say, ¡Pa'lante!
 To Julia, and Sylvia, ¡Pa'lante!
 To all who had to hide, I say, ¡Pa'lante!
 To all who lost their pride, I say, ¡Pa'lante!
 To all who had to survive, I say, ¡Pa'lante!
 To my brothers, and my sisters, I say, ¡Pa'lante!
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 ¡Pa'lante!
 
 ¡Pa'lante!
 To all who came before, we say, ¡Pa'lante!