| No habia quien defendiera al campesino
| There was no one to defend the peasant
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| ni al mas minimo derecho conseguia
| I couldn't even get the slightest right
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| de las actas laborales excluidos
| of labor records excluded
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| su derecho como humano no existia
| his right to him as a human did not exist
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| Y aunque no quieras
| And even if you don't want
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| creeer querido amigo
| believe dear friend
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| esto sucedio
| this happened
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| en los estados unidos.
| in the U.S.
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| Pero el lider de la union de campesinos
| But the leader of the peasant union
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| 25 dias estuvo sin comer
| 25 days he was without eating
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| y tambien como lo estados vecinos
| and also as neighboring states
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| al fin tuvo California que ceder
| in the end he had California to give in
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| Y aunque no quieras
| And even if you don't want
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| creeer querido amigo
| believe dear friend
|
| esto sucedio
| this happened
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| en los estados unidos.
| in the U.S.
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| Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez el caudillo
| Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez the caudillo
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| a quien los agricultores tienen miedo
| who farmers are afraid of
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| no necesito pistolas ni cuchillos
| I don't need guns or knives
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| pero sus demandas se le consedieron
| but his demands were granted
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| 24 dias en el 75
| 24 days in 75
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| promulgar la ley agricola valieron.
| enact the farm bill were worth.
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| Pero cuando los contratos se vencian
| But when the contracts expire
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| los patrones y otras uniones se aliaron
| the bosses and other unions allied themselves
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| y a los miles llevaron la policia
| and the thousands brought the police
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| y con sangre de inocente los regaron.
| and with innocent blood they watered them.
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| y aunque no quieras
| and even if you don't want
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| creer querido amigo
| believe dear friend
|
| esto sucedio
| this happened
|
| en los estaods unidos…
| in the United States…
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| Protestando contra los desinfectantes
| Protesting against disinfectants
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| Chavez hace huelga por tercera vez
| Chavez goes on strike for the third time
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| por querer salvar la de sus semejantes
| for wanting to save the lives of their peers
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| el su vida casi tuvo que perder
| his life he almost had to lose
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| y aunque no quieraas
| and even if you don't want to
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| creer quierido amigo
| believe dear friend
|
| esto sucedio
| this happened
|
| en los estados unidos.
| in the U.S.
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| Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez
| Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez
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| como Martin Luther King yo te comparo
| like Martin Luther King I compare you
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| por si tu no lo sabias ya lo sabes
| in case you didn't know, you already know
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| tienes un lugar en el cielo apartado
| you have a secluded place in heaven
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| y en tu honor an de cantar un dias la avez
| and in your honor I will sing one day at a time
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| cuando el campo ya no este contaminado… | when the field is no longer contaminated… |