Tastes Like L.A.
“It’s a taste of LA. Our friends have described our music as a taste of LA, and we have started to consider it a taste of LA: a mix of the rhythms that we ‘Angelenos’ love, given our roots in East LA.”
“The album offers a powerful counterpoint to the current dominant news narrative, while encouraging people of all backgrounds to cherish both what makes them unique and what unites them all. With open hearts and open minds, Las Cafeteras offer a timely and affirmative statement to confront a troublesome time.”
Released: April 14, 2017
Label: Self-released
Format: CD, Album
Country: USA
Genre: Son Jarocho, Hip Hop, Latin, Funk / Soul, Folk, World, & Country
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Lyrics
Cruzaría cualquier río
Para estar cerca de ti
Porque siento un vacío
Palpitar dentro de mi
Dentro de me
CHORUS
No puedo seguir asi
Sueno estar junto a ti
En tiempo de dolor
Con frio o con calor
Yo cruzaria montanas
Para alcanzar tu amor
Ooooh la la la laaa
Moriria hasta de sed
En los campos y el desierto
No me puede detener
El sufrir ni el pensamiento
CHORUS
No puedo seguir asi
Sueno estar junto a ti
En tiempos de dolor
Con frio o con calor
Yo cruzaria montanas
Para alcanzar tu amor
Ooooh la la la laaa
OUTRO
Yo naci de mi madre
Yo naci de la flor
Yo naci de la tierra
Tengo el mismo color
La la la la la la la la la la
Verse 1
Chambie toda la semana
Estoy, cansada y frustrada
desde lunes le hecho ganas
Le hecho ganas a-Haaa
El tiempo, parece no moverse
(Y) Ahora, Mi cabeza me duele
Chale, no mas yo ya me voy,
ya me voy, Ah descansar
CHORUS
Vamos a la playa (hey)
Vamos to the beach (vamanos)
Vamos desde el Friday (hey)
(x3) Hasta al dominguich (al dominguich)
Vamos a la playaaaaaaaaaaa…. (vamos a la playa, vamos a la playa)
Vamos a la playaaaaaaaaaaa….
Verse 2
Lista, vamos a relajar
a-haaa, a donde quiero estar
Que dulce, pedasito del cielo
de mi cielo a-haaaa
Que rico, tierra sol y mar
Olitas, mis penas te las llevas
Viento, que bien me haces sentir, que feliz
A descansar, A descansar
CHORUS (x2)
Vamos a la playa (hey)
Vamos to the beach (vamonos)
Vamos desde el Friday (hey)
(x3) Hasta el dominguich (al dominguich)
Vamos a la playaaaaaaaaaaa…. (vamos a la playa, vamos a la playa)
Vamos a la playaaaaaaaaaaa….
Ah, ah, ah……
Siempre vienes a verme
Cada dia a las tres
Ofreciendo tu dulzura
Todo el aňo, cualquier mes
Vienes a visitarme
Con tu sonrisa
Todos los dias
Hasta quieres abrazarme
Ahh..
CHORUS
Paletas de fresa
Paletas de limón
Paletas de tamarindo
De pina y de amor
Paletero, llego el tiempo
Yo te quiero
Lo confieso
Quisiera ser caramelo
Nunca alejarme de ti
Que suenen las campanitas
Y que te pegues a mi
Eres piel de chocolate
Y te imagino sabor a vino
Como quisiera probarte
Ahhh…
[ CHORUS repeats then ]
Paletero me gusta
Me gusta tu sabor
Paletero te adoro
Me derrite tu calor
Ven a mi, Ven a mi, Ven a mi
Paletero ahh..
Eres, eres, eres mi amor
Ven a mi
Ven a mi
Ven a mi
This land is your land
This land is my land
From California to the New York Islands
Todo para todos
Nada pa’ nosotros
This land was made for you and me
La tierra es tuya
La tierra es mia
Desde California
Hasta Nueva York
Todo para todos
Nada pa nosotros
This Land was made for you and me
CHORUS
Oh, this Land (This land!)
This land (This land)
This land was made for you and me
As I was walking, I saw a sign there
And on that sign it said “no crossing”
And on the other side, it said nothing
This land was made for you and me
CHORUS
Oh, this Land (This land!)
This land (This land)
This land was made for you and me
Mama tierra
This land was made for you and me
Todo para todos
This land was made for you and me
Put down the pain, put down the gun
Dancing warrior of the sun
Get up and run, up and run
Heart is beating like a drum, drum, heart is beating
Mystery of a seed
Mamas gonna have you a child
Nourishing home is what she’ll need
Little baby will grow up wild, wild, oh free and
Like a drum. Like a drum.
Heart beating like a drum
Like a drum. Like a drum.
Warrior of the sun
Sweet candy on fire
Stole the fate of my baby boy
Sweet candy on fire
Stole the fate of my baby boy
Plugged into a machine
Faded and sedated
Things I said I didn’t mean
It was all related, related, oh it was all
Crashing cycles of the sun
Fighting for the light of joy
Like a wave your time will come
You’ll be ok, keep going on, on, you’ll be ok, and
Like a drum. Like a drum.
Heart beating like a drum
Like a drum. Like a drum.
Warrior of the sun
Like a drum. Like a drum.
Heart beating like a drum
Like a drum. Like a drum.
Warrior of the sun
Sweet candy on fire
Stole the fate of my baby boy
Sweet candy on fire
Stole the fate of my baby boy
…Say to you, baby boy
Just keep on going
You keep on going
When the world gets tough
Keep on going)
Like a drum. Like a drum.
Heart beating like a drum
Like a drum. Like a drum.
Warrior of the sun.
Like a drum. Like a drum.
Heart beating like a drum
Like a drum. Like a drum.
Warrior of the sun.
Like a drum. Like a drum.
Heart beating like a drum
Like a drum. Like a drum.
Warrior of the sun.
Like a drum. Like a drum.
Like a drum. Like a drum.
Morenita
Rezando estoy
Rezando a usted
Morenita
Rezando estoy
Rezando a usted
Cuando escucho la morena
Me dan ganas de llorar
Era un rió de esperanza
Y la dejaron secar
Como la tierra, mi cuerpo
Agua que corre, mi sangre
Mi canción vuela en tu viento
Ojala tu fuerza cargue
Tu espíritu es mi fuego
Te agradezco, tierra madre
Yo nací de una morena
Con magia en sus raíces
Todos tomaban de ella
Dejándola en cicatrices
Como la tierra, mi cuerpo
Agua que corre, mi sangre
Mi canción vuela en tu viento
Ojala tu fuerza cargue
Tu espíritu es mi fuego
Te agradezco, tierra madre
Yo tenia una morena
Que culpa iba tener?
Me sano con su ternura
Me dio fuerza su poder
No le di de mi querer
Y se me murió de sed
Como la tierra, mi cuerpo
Agua que corre, mi sangre
Mi canción vuela en tu viento
Ojalá tu fuerza cargue
Tu espíritu es mi fuego
Te agradezco, tierra madre
Señor President le vengo avisar
No tengo papeles para trabajar
Me gusta la lima
Me gusta limón
Pero no me gusta
Tanta corrupción
Señor President le pido porque
Matan al Moreno con piel de café
Me gusta la lima
Me gusta limón
Pero no me gusta
Tanta corrupción
Señor President le vengo avisar
No tengo papeles para trabajar
Señor Presidente pregunto porque
Matan al Moreno con piel de café
Si fuera Presidente
Honestamente
Si fuera Presidente
Para mi gente
Si fuera Presidente
Honestamente
Si fuera Presidente
Para mi gente
If I was president
I’d roll up my sleeves
As I face the congregation
First thing I’d do
Is Free Education
And every 3rd Period
Yo, we’d practice meditation
Like a brown Robin Hood
I’d take from the rich and I’d give to the poor
So my little sister ain’t gotta be hungry no more
And my first lady
Would be my Moms
Cause she’d smack me
At the first thought of drone strikes
And dropping bombs
And if I was president
I’d free all my poor black and brown kids
That got caught up in three strikes
And when they get out, they’re getting free bikes
So they could ride to their future
Back to their past
Go to the store get some chips with no GMOs
Because my folks, we got a right to know
And if you don’t know, now you know
Me gusta la lima
Me gusta limón
Pero no me gusta
Tanta corrupción
Si fuera Presidente
Honestamente
Si fuera Presidente
Para mi gente
Si fuera Presidente
Honestamente
Si fuera Presidente
Para mi gente
At my inauguration
I’d burn tobacco at the opening
Give thanks and prayers to creator and all living beings
I’d sit you down with your abuelita
Rewrite history so our kids can see
Where we came from and a new destiny
From Flint to Cali water flowing pure and free
And my department of peace, would melt guns into bike racks
Budget cuts to corporate kickbacks
If I was president, well, there’d still be drama
Takes a village to heal our generational trauma
So, shake your spine
Put your hands up high
We got a different kinda party in the White House tonight
If I was president
Hey, What would you do?
If I was president
Hey, I’d ask you
If you were President
Hey what would you do?
If it was you, you, or you
Me gusta la lima, me gusta limón
Pero no me gusta tanta corrupción
Me gusta la lima, me gusta limón
Pero no me gusta tanta corrupción
Si yo fuera Presidente
Pa’ toda la gente
Si yo fuera Presidente
Pa’ toda la gente
Si yo fuera Presidente
Pa’ toda la gente
Si yoooo…
Me gusta la lima
Me gusta limón
Pero no me gusta tanta corrupción
Me gusta la lima
Me gusta limón
Pero no me gusta tanta corrupción
Me gusta la lima
Me gusta limón
Pero no me gusta tanta corrupción
Me gusta la lima
Me gusta limón
Pero no me gusta tanta corrupción
Me gusta la lima
Me gusta limón
Pero no me gusta tanta corrupción
Me gusta la lima
Me gusta limón
Pero no me gusta tanta corrupción
I’ll paint my nails black
If that’s what you want
Steal all your kisses
Until I get caught
I’ll give you my heart
If that’s what you need
Just hold me real tight
When my wounds start to bleed
El feo mas bello me quiere amar
Con alas de sueños podemos volar
No tiene dinero, tiene mucho mas
Caricias, cariño y besos de paz
Can’t wait for the day that we get to meet
I’ll comb all my hairs, and brush all of my teeth
We’ll dance in the streets like no one’s around
Walk to the clouds and never come down
El feo mas bello me quiere amar
Con alas de sueños podemos volar
No tiene dinero, tiene mucho más
Caricias, cariño y besos de paz
Caricias, cariño y besos de paz
We’ll dance in the streets
Like no one’s around, no one’s around, no one’s around
Walk to the clouds and never come down
We’ll dance with the moon
Shine bright as the light, bright as the light, bright as the light
We’ll sleep with stars
Make love with the night
El feo mas bello me quiere amar
Con alas de sueños podemos volar
No tiene dinero, tiene mucho mas
Caricias, cariño y besos de paz
Caricias, cariño y besos de paz
Caricias, cariño y besos de paz
One, two
One, two
On the road I go again
Cross my heart and we begin
‘Til one day home will be sweet home
Thinking of your sweet perfume
Lemongrass, rose, berry too
It’s been too long without you
Here I go, on the road again
Whoa, travelling road
Place to place, far from home (home, home, home)
You are my face when I feel blue (blue, blue, blue)
Chocolate, mango, honey too
Two more days (too many days)
Two more states (too many states)
Thousand miles ’til I’m with you
Far away for miles while
Buffalo and deer pass by the sunset
And I can see your eyes
La-di-dah-di, me-oh-my
You’re the reason of my world
You’re the salt to my lemon
Here I go, on the road again
Whoa, travelling road
Place to place, far from home (home, home, home)
You are my face when I feel blue (blue, blue, blue)
Chocolate, mango, honey too
Two more days (too many days)
Two more states (too many states)
Thousand miles ’til I’m with you
You are my face when I feel blue (blue, blue, blue)
Chocolate, mango, honey too (honey too)
Two more days (too many days)
Two more states (too many states)
Thousand miles ’til I’m with you