They've shouted at me a thousand times to go back
To my land because I don't fit in here
I want to remind the gringo
I didn't cross the border, the border crossed me
America was born free, man divided it

They drew the line
So that I would jump over it
And they call me an invader
It's a well-marked mistake, they took eight states from us
Who is the invader here?
I am a foreigner in my land and I don't come to wage war
I am a working man

And if history doesn't lie,
Here settled the glory of the powerful nation
Among brave warriors, Indians from two continents
Mixed with Spanish
And if we go back through the centuries, we are more American,
We are more American than the son of the Anglo-Saxon

They bought us without money the waters of the Rio Bravo
And they took Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado from us
California also flew away and Nevada, with Utah they weren't satisfied
The state of Wyoming was also snatched from us
I am the blood of the Indian, I am Latino, I am mestizo
We are of all colors and all trades
And if we count the centuries, even if it hurts the neighbor
We are more American than all the gringos

And if history doesn't lie,
Here settled the glory of the powerful nation
Among brave warriors, Indians from two continents
Mixed with Spanish
And if we go back through the centuries, we are more American,
We are more American than the son of the Anglo-Saxon

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