NUYORICAN
El David
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Mateo baby Daddy El David Nuyorico, Nuyorico Hey No soy natural de la isla No me importa Soy Boricua Soy el Nuyoriqueno Soy el Nuyoriqueno No soy natural de la isla No me importa Soy Boricua Soy el Nuyoricqueno Soy el Nuyoriqueno Many struggles ago Africa landed on Puerto Rico Shackled bodies held on to life Through turbulent suffering Guarding the light The Ashé in their hearts and Ori Midnight blue beautiful Onyx magic Suppressed, outlawed, but never destroyed Africa wed Boriken West Alkebulan lips shared sacred Oriki Taught Ifá behind masks and porcelain dolls Built Ilés in shadows Crowning Iyawos in twilight misas Risking life to preserve la cultura Spread roots of la regla to beat down tenements And section hate halls In Boogie Down projects In Spanish Harlem casitas Somewhere along the way It was forgotten That Santa Barbara was a facade It was forgotten that the statues with white faces Were merely veils Concealing true Black Magic from predatory eyes It was forgotten that our antepasados Danced with Gods Soared with ancestor spirits On cohoba vision trips Before rosaries and crucifixion monologues But even so A balance was forged And a small bandera Was draped over la mesa blanca Ensuring the light of Africa Of Boriken Never went out No soy natural de la isla No me importa Soy Boricua Soy el Nuyoriqueno Soy el Nuyoriqueno No soy natural de la isla No me importa Soy Boricua Soy el Nuyoricqueno Soy el Nuyoriqueno New York Where I walk with Eggun The spirits of the dead Where Rican, Taino Africano antepasados, and Orisha watch over my head I revel in sofrito blessed meals Keeping tradiciones And ancient customs alive Rationing crumbs Between a family of eight to survive I love being Nuyorican And no matter what the islanders might say that I am I know I am defined by blood Not language, image, beach, earth or sands I was not born on the island But trust, that acknowledgement Validation and acceptance From its nativos, are not things that I am seeking My DNA, and heart already confirms me And in this country where I grew up struggling Blocking blows from hoods of snow Rest assured I grew up Rican Pa' que tu lo sepa No soy natural de la isla No me importa Soy Boricua Soy el Nuyoriqueno Soy el Nuyoriqueno No soy natural de la isla No me importa Soy Boricua Soy el Nuyoricqueno Soy el Nuyoriqueno Nuyorican families, be they close or distant Remain united in the rhythm of their hearts We share a soulful bond Much deeper than our last names We keep a place for that Rican camaraderie Intangible raíces connect us all Nomadic Ricans reunite on celebrated occasions Where heartfelt songs coast the air To the heartbeat of la pandereta, bomba or conga drums The reverberated tambores Lift on the edge spirits A piece of African magic That just makes everything mejor Even wakes are celebrations of life Food, sharing cuentos And that black bat rum Tres caminos intertwined Into a savory sancocho Stewed to perfection Taíno, Alkebulan and Latin DNA Dances in our sangre To evolved rhythms of Salsa, Hip Hop Reggaeton and House Eternal Arawak imprints In the bodies of a new breed Born through rejection, struggle And the grit of inner-city culture Cultura electrica Cultura Nuyoriqueño No soy natural de la isla No me importa Soy Boricua Soy el Nuyoriqueno Soy el Nuyoriqueno No soy natural de la isla No me importa Soy Boricua Soy el Nuyoricqueno Soy el Nuyoriqueno
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