Various Artists - I'm Brown (Boricua Anthem) lyrics

[Eroc] Foundation, Boricuas rise up, huh, yeah, yo... I'm brown, even though we come in all colors From the bricks to the suburbs I'ma rep for my brothers To the Latin queens who fall too often as single mothers Trust me, we love you, though we do the things that thugs do I know it bugs you, stop and breathe, life we must do All praise is due to the women, holding us down since the beginning I'm brown! That's how I'm living Proud, that's the feeling I get cause I'm Latino From the Bean to Puerto Rico, Clemente to Albizu I'ma rep for my people in the belly o'evil Organize, that's the game plan, from islands to mainland We repping the same clan, got roots from the same man Taíno, Spaniard and African I'm brown, and we all young lords From Pun to The Floor Lords, four-door Honda Accords Drop to the floor, but we so much more No one as proud as us, look how rowdy we get At the festival, each year lively as sh** Like, qué bonita bandera, rocking the guayabera Ciento por ciento boricuas, se lo digo a cualquiera Marina pa'fuera, cause this is our era Shining stars from P.R. trapped far But we are beautiful people I'm brown from Arecibo I'ma rep' that every day, rep' that in every way I pray for a better day, that's why I say I'm brown, and I feel it in my soul We gotta let 'em know we tired of they bull Too many locked bodies, cops Rise up PuertoRocs, pump your fist If you feelin' that, then hit 'em hard with the left Like Tito Trinidad, from the Bronx to Chi Town D.C. to Beantown, we repping the scene now And here from the inception, that's a blessin' In my veins flows the salsa of Willy Colón From San Juan to Bayamón, I dedicate this canción To revolutionaries, like Lolita Lebrón In the eighties and still strong, despierta boricua We been a colony for too long No longer using Vieques to drop bombs But we stay stressed, we want the Pentagon gone But clean up your mess, like our basketball team did to the U.S I'm brown, like the skin on the congas playing the beat And I'm hot like P.R. during the summer heat Cool down with a piragua from Ponce De Caguas, Culebra to Naranjito I'm brown like Tito Puente Rep' hard para mi gente Caliente, like mami's cooking Rice and beans, you can smell it in the streets of Brooklyn Alcapurrias, pastelillos y bacalao Look at us now, somehow we stay struggling On the corners hustling, it's puzzling The system tries to keep us locked down Los Yanquis getting fuego Just ask Roy Brown, I'm brown And on the corner playing dominoes, stacking our plátanos Trust me I'm brown and I'm not afraid to show it I'm a genius, and a Jibaro poet, huh I'm brown, I'm that if I ain't nothing else I'm brown, I'm beautiful, I love myself I'm brown and I'm a proud Puerto Rican For my dreams I'm reaching, independence we achieving From my heart is how I'm speaking, I'm brown Entiende? For my Boricuas on the mainland And on the island con mucho orgullo Para todo mi gente latino From the islands, South and Central America y México Stop letting the U.S. steal our resources And treat us like second-hand citizens in our own lands It's bigger than pride, know your history Don't just wave a flag, know who made it and why We've been imperialized by Spain and the U.S. for too long Too many have forgotten their roots That's the truth, from the booth to the streets, each one teach one We brothers and sisters, we need to look out for each other And stop making war with each other, that's what they want from us That's what they expect, the struggle continues Shout out to the PuertoRocs holding us down From Tony Touch to Fat Joe, {Termin?} and Dramatic All the breakers, DJs and graff' writers keep doing your thing Rest in peace Big Pun Boricua