Your Playlist: Los Tigres Del Norte Ft Calle 13
Here’s a heck of a song to open your semester of immigration law with: América by Los Tigres Del Norte and featuring Calle 13:
Here’s the basic theme:
Porque América es todo el continente
Y el que nace aquí, es americano
Which means:
Because America is the whole continent
And whoever is born here is American
This is followed by a shout out to various American nations: Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Brazil, Chile and Costa Rica, Salvador, Uruguay, Venezuela, Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba, and the Bahamas.
My favorite bit comes a little later:
Soy la pesadilla del sueño americano
Soy América, soy lo que dejaron
Toda la sobra de lo que se robaron
Which translates to:
I’m the nightmare of the American dream
I am America, I am what they left
All the leftovers of what was stolen
This song is definitely making my playlist this year.
-KitJ