Americanos

Americans are the Venezuelans
Colombians, Peruvians, Ecuadorians
Americans are the Chileans, Haitians
Brazilians, Argentinians, Mexicans

Americans are all of us who fight on this land
It's a shame that there are brother nations
That act like they've forgotten
That Americans are all of us who are in America

For all the indigenous people who died here
For the riches stolen from Potosí, yeah
For the honor of my oppressed ancestors
We must continue the evolution that we lost in the invasion

Say with pride that we are Americans
Let's grow and make our land a place to be envied
For the honor of your oppressed ancestors
We must continue the evolution that we lost in the invasion

Until the desire for power
Is smaller than the desire to be happy
Until universities reach the low-income neighborhoods
And the prisons in your country

Until the weapons of this population
Are preparation more than the bullets of a rifle
We will always be dependent
On those beings who oppress you and decide for you

Let the santeros sing it in Havana
Let it sound from Patagonia to Tijuana
Let it be heard from Panama to Guatemala
And let the volume rise for Latinos in the Big Apple

Let it be translated in the Caribbean and Brazil
Let it be heard from Montevideo to Santiago and Guayaquil
Let it sound from Santo Domingo to Bogotá
From Puerto Rico to Caracas, from Asunción to La Paz

As long as English is not studied for self-improvement
But to forget Spanish
As long as McDonald's and Coca-Cola are consumed more
Than a homemade arepa with melon juice
As long as the kids know more about Michael Jackson
Than the hero who fought for our independence
We will always be dependent
On a borrowed identity that MTV infected us with

Americans are the Puerto Ricans
Paraguayans, Uruguayans, and Panamanians
Americans are the Nicaraguans, Hondurans, Costa Ricans, and Dominicans

Americans are all of us who fight for this land
It's a shame that there are brother nations
That act like they've forgotten
That Americans are all of us who are in America

Americans are the Salvadorans
Guatemalans, Jamaicans, and Cubans
Americans are not just those from the north of my America
But those of us who love our America