Lyrics of Solo - Puya

Solo (original)

Sin razón ni explicación le quitaron al niño
Su más sagrado don, su motivo, su imaginación
Decolorando con falsedad seguimos matando
El nacer de una nueva idea, esperanza, una nueva canción
Aquello que pareció algo tan puro
Se marchito, se endureció al ritmo del progreso
Entre tanta careta y apariencia se nos sigue olvidando
Que bien adentro nuestro indio sigue sonando
Trece, catorce y hasta nueva con un arma en la mano
Su mayor aspiración es ser bichote en su barrio
Su familia le falló, le falla el estado
Su casa es la calle y su escuela es el punto de al lado
Una cara, dos caras, tres carajos se puede creer
Ten cuidado con el ratón porque te puede morder
Oye mi hermano cuida bien, cuida bien tu tesoro
No pierdas tu esencia, no la vendas por un gramo o por oro
Conoce tu propio ser
Celebra tu propio ser
Solo venimos, solo nos vamos
Y aquí nos juntamos, junto aqui estamos
Solo venimos, solo nos vamos
Y aquí nos juntamos, junto aqui estamos
(Solo venimos, solo nos vamos)
La raza latina está echando pa' adelante, te lo digo yo!
(Y aquí nos juntamos, junto aqui estamos)
Panamá, México, el Puerto Rico, Nueva York y también Cañito
(Solo venimos, solo nos vamos)
Hazte a un la’o, hazte a un la’o, nos vemos todos de pega’o
(Y aquí nos juntamos, junto aqui estamos)
Porque somos lo que somos
Somos lo que somos, oye
Somos los que somos

(translation)

Without reason or explanation they took the child away
The most sacred gift of him, his reason for him, his imagination
Discoloring with falsehood we continue to kill
The birth of a new idea, hope, a new song
What seemed like something so pure
Withered, hardened at the rate of progress
Between so much mask and appearance we keep forgetting
That deep inside our Indian continues to sound
Thirteen, fourteen and even new with a gun in hand
His greatest aspiration of him is to be bichote in his neighborhood
His family failed him, the state fails him
His house is the street and his school is the point next door
One face, two faces, three fucks can you believe
Be careful with the mouse because it can bite you
Hey my brother take good care, take good care of your treasure
Don't waste your essence, don't sell it for a gram or for gold
know your own being
celebrate your own being
We just come, we just go
And here we get together, together here we are
We just come, we just go
And here we get together, together here we are
(We just come, we just go)
The Latin race is moving forward, I tell you!
(And here we get together, together here we are)
Panama, Mexico, Puerto Rico, New York and also Cañito
(We just come, we just go)
Make yourself a la'o, make yourself a la'o, we'll all see each other from pega'o
(And here we get together, together here we are)
because we are what we are
We are what we are, hey
We are what we are