Raíces

Unapologetic drama
I got it from my mama
She got it from her mama
Can't put that in a diorama
At a multicultural day festival
Can't fit the faith in the testament that led them all here
Not the blood-fire undying in my birth
Not the sun and its rising at the center of the earth
Not the savior complex
Nor the beat
Not obsessing over projects and a tolerance for heat
"'Te quiero Abuelita.' You got that Ev and Amandita?
That's what you say when she gives you a kiss on the cheek
And a chocolate from the tray."
Okay
Mom's making tostones tonight
(Patacones)
Dad's dancing with his hips though he's real white
SAP is on
I try to be like him and rate the translation
Goddamnit I just don't know
Enough to get anything right
Let alone to say what's wrong
Goddamnit I just don't know
Enough to really bring the fight
Or to play it in a song
Goddamnit I just don't know
(Goddamnit I just don't know)
Enough to get anything right
Let alone to say what's wrong
Goddamnit I just don't know
(Goddamnit I just don't know)
Enough to really bring the fight
Or to play it in a song
It's all gone
Is it all gone?
Is it all gone?