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Las Cafeteras
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It's Movement Time
Your history books got it all wrong, so I come to you with a song.
In 1810, con el gran grito de pasión se levantaron con razón black and brown fighting together on a day I'll always remember
En el 5 de Mayo con el grito de gallo black, white, and brown bleeding together on a day I'll always remember
Cos really it hasn't been that long, so just in case Kat Williams has you guessin' let me kick y'all down with a little history lesson
In the 19th century while the US promoted degradation and anniliation with it's military and US navy Mexico got rid of the caste system, voted for its first indigenous president even getting rid of legalized slavery
The underground railroad also ran south which led black folks to freedom with Mexico right there to receive them Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com
In 1910 it was Mexican men with Pacho Villa and Zapata fighting for tierra, libertad, y techo with Adelitas on the front line with bullets accross their pecho
In the year 1946 it was the Mendez family that fought against segregation in schools because before that, they treated us like fools pushing us out into gangs, wars, and drugs and then they get pissed off at us?
When we become Crips and Bloods, Traviesos, Zoot Suiters, Pachucos, Futbolistas, Punks, Homeras, Haraneras in the heat, haraneros with the bomb ass beat talkin' about what's really goin' on in the streets
In the 60s, in the streets of Oakland, California Black Panthers organized for answers young lords in New York fought against wars, the Stonewall rebellion remained true for the rights of the LGBTQ
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