<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Nuyorico</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><i class="">Dedicated to Pedro Pietri “El Reverendo” R.I.P.</i></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Nuyorico…</div><div class="">That place somewhere between The Empire State and El Morro</div><div class="">Down a dripping pipe that lands pitter pat on Mami’s broken back</div><div class="">For lifetimes attacked</div><div class="">Placed on frontlines to fight for what we will never get back</div><div class="">But the soil is still fertile unlike the colonized spirit of the</div><div class="">Mass graves of the enslaved that chanted but no one could hear it</div><div class="">‘Cause our heads are so far up our own asses</div><div class="">We can’t tell the unnatural from the natural gases</div><div class="">But best believe we still manage to breathe</div><div class="">And pull out in time so we won’t have to breed</div><div class="">Another generation of the ill conceived</div><div class="">Born in search of truth but perpetually deceived</div><div class="">Told that we are free but we cannot leave</div><div class="">Nuyorico…</div><div class="">That place that we live for</div><div class="">Papi said, “Americanos no tienen accentos”</div><div class="">Americans don’t have accents</div><div class="">Except the kind you sprinkle on your food and pretend</div><div class="">That compared to Abuelita’s cooking</div><div class="">Your cooking’s just as good</div><div class="">Yeah! Pour some more on for me</div><div class="">Call it Sazon, even though it’s made by Pillsbury</div><div class="">So obvious when the main ingredient is MSG</div><div class="">The message is to love all that isn’t we and</div><div class="">The doughboy in the White House just goes “hee hee hee”</div><div class="">World War I, World War II, World War Infinity</div><div class="">But resistance existed through Word War divinities</div><div class="">Coming in the form of “El Reverendo” Pedro Pietri</div><div class="">Who fought a war of no good and plenty</div><div class="">Still he speaks to our people</div><div class="">Forcing us out from behind tenement peepholes</div><div class="">To find a place where we can all feel equal</div><div class="">And realize all along your heart knew you were so Rico</div><div class="">When you realize that, that’s when you’re there</div><div class="">Welcome to Nuyorico…</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Caridad De La Luz</div></body></html>