| Ya me gritaron mil veces que me regrese a mi tierra,
| They already yelled at me a thousand times to go back to my land,
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| Porque aquí no quepo yo
| Because I don't fit here
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| Quiero recordarle al gringo: Yo no cruce la frontera, la frontera me
| I want to remind the gringo: I did not cross the border, the border
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| cruzo.
| I cross
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| América nació libre, el hombre la dividió. | America was born free, man divided it. |
| Ellos pintaron la raya, para
| They painted the line, to
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| que yo la brincara y me llaman invasor es un error bien marcado
| that I jumped over it and they call me an invader is a well-marked mistake
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| nos quitaron ocho estados quien es aquí el invasor. | They took eight states from us and who is the invader here. |
| Soy extranjero en
| I am a foreigner in
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| mi tierra, y no vengo a darles guerra, soy hombre trabajador.
| my land, and I am not here to give them war, I am a hard-working man.
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| Y si no miente la historia, aquí se asentó en la gloria la poderosa nación
| And if history doesn't lie, here the mighty nation settled in glory
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| entre guerreros valientes, indios de dos continentes, mezclados
| between brave warriors, Indians from two continents, mixed
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| con español. | with spanish. |
| Y si a los siglos nos vamos: somos mas americanos,
| And if we go to the centuries: we are more American,
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| somos mas americanos que el hijo del anglo-saxon.
| We are more American than the son of the Anglo-Saxon.
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| Nos compraron sin dinero las aguas del rio bravo. | They bought the waters of the Rio Bravo from us without money. |
| Y nos quitaron a
| And they took from us
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| Texas, Nuevo México, Arizona y Colorado. | Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. |
| También voló California y
| He also flew California and
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| Nevada con Utah no se llenaron, el estado de Wyoming, también
| Nevada with Utah were not filled, the state of Wyoming, too
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| nos lo arrebataron Yo soy la sangre del indio Soy latino soy mestizo
| they took it from us I am the blood of the Indian I am Latino I am mestizo
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| Somos de todos colores Y de todos los oficios Y si contamos los siglos
| We are of all colors And of all trades And if we count the centuries
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| Aunque le duela al vecino Somos mas americanos Que todititos los
| Even if it hurts the neighbor, we are more American than all of them
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| gringos | gringos |