| Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
| Ah ah ah ah ah ah
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| Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
| Ah ah ah ah ah ah
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| Quien se atrevió en algún momento
| who ever dared
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| A hablar mal de la raza negra
| To speak ill of the black race
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| Que se abstenga hoy (Ah, ah)
| Let him refrain today (Ah, ah)
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| Pues borínquen tiene un sabor en la sangre
| Well, borínquen has a taste in the blood
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| Herencia de la tierra sagrada (Africa)
| Heritage of the sacred land (Africa)
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| Que nadie se atreva si quiera
| Nobody dares if he wants
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| A decir una palabra contra la raza negra, no
| To say a word against the black race, no
|
| Hoy y nunca, no, hoy (Uh)
| Today and never, no, today (Uh)
|
| Pues la raza oprimida vivió en la tempestad
| For the oppressed race lived in the storm
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| Y los juzgan con maldad de llevar mala vida
| And they judge them with malice for leading a bad life
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| ¿Cuánto no hemos bailado de sabor africano? | How long have we not danced with an African flavor? |
| (Africa)
| (Africa)
|
| ¿Cuánto no hemos gozado de ese ritmo acaderado? | How much have we not enjoyed that academic rhythm? |
| (Africa)
| (Africa)
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| Arrebatados hemos estado
| raptured we have been
|
| Moviendo nuestros cuerpos lado a lado (Africa)
| Moving our bodies side by side (Africa)
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| Arriba a abajo, lado a lado
| Top to bottom, side to side
|
| Africa, Africa
| Africa, Africa
|
| En borínquen en tiempo de conquista de los españoles esclavistas
| In Borínquen at the time of the conquest of the Spanish slavers
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| No bastaba explotar a los taínos, trajeron africanos a nuestra isla
| It was not enough to exploit the Tainos, they brought Africans to our island
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| Los sacaron de su tierra querida, de la naturaleza que tenían
| They took them from their beloved land, from the nature they had
|
| Les arrancaron la vida
| life was ripped from them
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| Para llevarlos a una tierra desconocida con gente asesina Obligándolos a
| To take them to an unknown land with murderous people Forcing them to
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| trabajar sin nada que ganar
| work with nothing to gain
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| A pesar del tal grado de mala vida (Ay)
| Despite such a degree of bad life (Ay)
|
| Los africanos miraron hacia arriba
| Africans looked up
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| Buscaron una salida (Eah)
| They looked for a way out (Eah)
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| Rompieron las cadenas, rompieron las cadenas de la esclavitud negra (Ay, uy)
| They broke the chains, they broke the chains of black slavery (Ouch, ouch)
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| Rompieron las cadenas (Eh, eh, eh) de la esclavitud negra
| They broke the chains (Hey, hey, hey) of black slavery
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| Por eso tengo sangre negra en las venas
| That's why I have black blood in my veins
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| Borínquen tiene sangre negra en las venas (Ah-ah, ah-ah; uy)
| Borínquen has black blood in his veins (Ah-ah, ah-ah; oops)
|
| Ah, eah, ah, wuy
| Ah, eh, oh, wow
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| Uy-ne-nah, uy-nah-ne, uy-nah-ne
| Oops-nah-nah, oops-nah-ne, oops-nah-ne
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| Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah
| Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah
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| Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah
| Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah
|
| Africa | Africa |