Nunca me fui (part. Rubén Blades)

In a few years, I became an architect
Because wherever I go, I make it my home
I became an expert in immigration
I know the process
To get a visa for hope
I always have extra baggage
Because my dreams travel with me
I have the life I wanted
Friends who are now family
But no one can take my homeland away from me

I never left where I come from
Every memory of my people is still here
I will never leave where I come from
And even if I am far away, I will never forget
The cold in the morning, the first loves
And that Sun in the mountains, the color of the flowers
My old guitar, my first songs
The boy who dreamed of touching a hundred thousand hearts

Rumba

Thank God for having lacked nothing
Only my people who are on the other side
December comes and lights up for me
That desire to return to the past
But even though it is hard sometimes
I have to look ahead and take care of the future
And from my history, I don’t walk away for anything
Even if I find dark days
It is more than clear to me

I never left where I come from
Every memory of my people is still here
I will never leave where I come from
And even if I am far away, I will never forget you

Oh, oh
Colombia and Panama
Sisters always

I never left where I come from
Every memory of my people is still here
I will never leave where I come from
And even if I am far away, I will never forget
That cold in the morning, and the first loves
That Sun in the mountains and the color of the flowers
My old guitar, my first songs
The boy who dreamed of touching a hundred thousand hearts

I never left where I come from