(May 13 –16, 2010, Phoenix bound)
Copyright by Nephtali
freedom bus rides
across the Texas frontier
still wild after so many years
going out further west
put our truth to the test
Dallas, Phoenix bound,
Midland, El Paso,
over the mountains
past Chuco, Tejasland,
Las Cruces, New Mexico,
Tucson, desert state,
land of immigrant hate…
they got it all wrong
it’s in our color
It’s in our song
brother, sister,
come along
all our corridos
can not be wrong
mean laws in Arizona state
SB 1070, HB 2281
get rid of u and your pulgas
if u look illegal -- guess what?
we’re the only ones that look native
we’re the color of the earth
the color of the land
who’s the native
European woman/man?
our cinnamon color,
lindo color canela
speaks for me and my abuela
u look kinda outta place
got a feeling u’re a different race
why so arrogant and grim
u crashed onto our shores
u Mayflower pilgrim
I had no walls I embraced u free
why do u now haunt me?
freedom bus rides
across the Texas plains
storm dust or rain
we gotta be there
for our Arizona clans
brave heart people of the land
no matter what happens
we’re in it together
pa’ que no nos lleve la pelona
porque Todos Somos Arizona!