| Nuestra abuela,
| Our grandmother,
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| Fue una negra pura y bella
| She was a pure and beautiful black
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| Que nos llegó desde África
| That she came to us from Africa
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| Iyáñlá trajo sus comidas
| Iyáñlá brought their meals
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| Ella nos trajo su sabor
| She brought us her flavor
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| La sangre de nuestra abuela
| The blood of our grandmother
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| Es parte de nuestro resplandor
| It's part of our glow
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| Pero hoy ella está llorando
| But today she is crying
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| Por sus hijos que la niegan
| For her children who deny her
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| No conocen las sangres en sus venas
| They don't know the bloods in their veins
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| Y eso le rompe el corazón
| And that breaks her heart
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| Y eso le rompe el corazón
| And that breaks her heart
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| (Coro) Yo reconozco a mi abuela, ¿y tu abuela donde esta?
| (Chorus) I recognize my grandmother, and your grandmother, where is she?
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| (Pregón)
| (proclamation)
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| (Coro) Yo reconozco a mi abuela, ¿y tu abuela donde esta?
| (Chorus) I recognize my grandmother, and where is your grandmother?
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| (Pregón)
| (proclamation)
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| (Coro) ¿Y tu abuela donde esta?
| (Chorus) And where is your grandmother?
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| (Pregón)
| (proclamation)
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| (Coro) ¿Y tu abuela donde esta?
| (Chorus) And where is your grandmother?
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| (Pregón)
| (proclamation)
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| (Coro) ¿Y tu abuela donde esta?
| (Chorus) And where is your grandmother?
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| (Pregón)
| (proclamation)
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| (Coro) ¿Y tu abuela donde esta?
| (Chorus) And where is your grandmother?
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| (Coro) El que no tiene de Congo, tiene de Carabalí.
| (Chorus) He who doesn't have Congo, he has Carabalí.
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| (Pregón)
| (proclamation)
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| (Coro) El que no tiene de Congo, tiene de Carabalí.
| (Chorus) He who doesn't have Congo, he has Carabalí.
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| (Pregón)
| (proclamation)
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| (Coro) El que no tiene de Congo, tiene de Carabalí.
| (Chorus) He who doesn't have Congo, he has Carabalí.
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| (Pregón)
| (proclamation)
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| ¡Darle Charlie Swing! | Give him Charlie Swing! |
| Rompe el Bongo que tu eres negro Carabalí
| Break the bongo that you are black Carabalí
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| (Coro) Tiene de Carabalí. | (Chorus) He has Carabalí. |
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| (x4)
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| (Coro) Es mi herencia
| (Chorus) It's my inheritance
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| (Pregón)
| (proclamation)
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| (Coro) Es mi herencia
| (Chorus) It's my inheritance
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| (Pregón)
| (proclamation)
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| (Coro) Es mi herencia
| (Chorus) It's my inheritance
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| (Pregón)
| (proclamation)
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| (Coro) Es mi herencia
| (Chorus) It's my inheritance
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| (Pregón)
| (proclamation)
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| (Coro) Es mi herencia
| (Chorus) It's my inheritance
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| (Pregón)
| (proclamation)
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| (Coro) Es mi herencia
| (Chorus) It's my inheritance
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| (Pregón) | (proclamation) |