Soñamos y Lucharemos
we are
somos
soy
descendants of the hopeful and the practical whose
dreams tacked down the uneven path for who we are today
leaving all that they knew to follow a dream into the unknown
from barro to concrete
children of the the juanitas, marias y jaimes
left to stand in stead for their honor
crushed by an opportunistic system that then pointed at them
as an example of inferiority and cultural failure
we are
somos
soy
those who stomp statistics
break cycles
rework identity
live outloud
because we write
we write scrawling while blazing new paths
from the bx, to manhattan, to the bk, out into queens and alllllll the way to staten island,
we are more than enough
we are
somos
soy
the fruition of the hard work of the the piraguero, the frutero, the seamstress half blind yet peering into the future
told to give up while reaching out with yearning hands and hearts
lucharemos
hasta en la luna
we live out our dreams
no longer allowing ourselves to be seen as an invisible mass
allowing self love to wash away the doubt
taking 10 steps forward
each one taking position
using all of the best in us that our heritage has to offer
because we are all
soñamos
a renaissance is upon us
we live in a spirit of unity that pushes past all who come against us
we hold onto to one another
grab on tight in familial faith and love
raise each other up in the spirit of progress
y lucharemos
juntos
our voices harmonize
invincible
powered by the silent primal screams of our elders
we are those who rise up on behalf of those
who took 3 steps forward and were pushed 5 steps back
we dance 10 steps forward
we are the vanguard
with every generation separated from patria we lose words
but are blessed with a new identity
a language birthed in Nuyorico
shouted out into the world
y con eso
vamos pa'lante
sin pena
- Jani Rose
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