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Aztlan
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Aztlan was released on July 28, 1994 by Sympathy for the Record Industry as a part of the album Graciasland
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Release DateJuly 28, 1994
LabelSympathy for the Record Industry
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM127

Credits

Lyrics

The river Rio Grande is carving like a national scar
I am following the river
Making wetbacks where my parents crossed
To be now where they are
I'm going to Aztlán
Where I wanna be
I'm going to Aztlán
Homeboys, Chicanos, Latinas of the world are going to Aztlán
My traveling companions, La Virgen, Miss Liberty
A map and my M.E.Ch.A. books
Well I've reason to believe
We all have been deceived
This still is Aztlán
Miss Liberty tells me Aztlán's gone
As if I didn't know that
As if I didn't know my own backyard
As if I didn't know, to get in you need a card
And she said losing home
Is like a bullet in your heart
I'm looking for a place, a myth of my people
That won't get torn apart
I'm going to Aztlán
Aztlán, where I want to be
I'm going to Aztlán
Homeboys, Latinos, with green cards and we
Are all going to Aztlán
With my traveling companions
Through Califas, Arizona, on the way to Texas
But I have reason to believe
We all will be received in Aztlán
There's a girl in San Antonio
Who calls herself the human mortar
Eleven generations she's lived there
It's just the land and name that's changed its borders
She is the cement that is Aztlán
And I said who has ever ever seen this place?
I am looking for a land, belonged to Mexico
But now holds no time or place
Whoa-oaa in Aztlán, Aztlán, I'm going to Aztlán
For reasons I've explained, I'm not a part of Spain
I'm part of Aztlán
And I'm trying to get back, to a place I've never been
I'm trying to cross over
I've reason to believe, we have all been deceived
There is an Aztlán
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