people want to pretend that coming across the border
is just some choice to come and take advantage of the american dream
nobody wants to talk about the sacrifice
of going back. of dying. of staying here.
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you have to cross the border
knowing that everything in your life
is going to disappear. in order to
try to find in this american mexican abyss
underneath the streets of gold. underneath
the death threats. underneath your doubt
nobody talks about what it took for you to decide
to come across this journey
nobody talks about what it looked like
coming across the border knowing that
you could be raped murdered somewhere in between
but so many want to pretend you are coming
across this red blood water. this red blood of you
you are the forgotten song. waiting to be sung
on the other side of this frontera
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