El Valiente

Piñata Protest
Released May 21, 2013
Saustex Media / Cosmica Records
 

 
LYRICS

VATO PERRON


NO MAMES GUEY, SOY VATO BIEN PERRON
A LOS CHINGONES, LES CANTO ESTA CANCION
I’M IN A GANG, I ALSO DO VOODOO
I AM MOJADO, Y QUE? WHAT’S IT TO YOU?

I DRINK BY DAY AND DANCE CUMBIAS AT NIGHT
THESE MAMACITAS ARE ALWAYS A DELIGHT
COMO LAS HIJAS DEL MERO DON SIMON
ME VUELVEN LOCO MY POBRE CORAZON

ME GUESTA ANDAR EN PURO CHINGOLIN
I LIKE CERVEZA WITH MY BORRACHO BEANS
FROM SAN ANTONIO, LAS VEGAS, TO LA
YO SOY EL MERO, EL MERO PINCHE GUEY

VATOS PERRONES WE WON’T GO AWAY
WE’RE HERE TO STAY, LIVE FOR TODAY
VATOS PERRONES WE WON’T GO AWAY
LIVE FOR, YEAH, LIVE FOR TODAY



LIFE ON THE BORDER

BORN ON THE BORDER, NO FLAG DO I PLEDGE
ENTRE DOS MUNDOS, NOT KNOWING WHO I WAS NOT FITTING
THEY SAID “WHERE YOU FROM? YOU’RE UNFAMILIAR.
YOU MUST BE FROM ELSEWHERE. YOU’RE A LONG WAY FROM HOME”

LIFE ON A LINE ON A TIGHTROPE
THE BORDER’S MY LIFE ALL THAT I KNOW

VIVO DOS VIDAS, MY LIFE’S A DUET
DISSONATE MELODIES BLASTING ALL INSIDE OF MY HEAD
SAYING “YOU CAN’T STAY YOU SHOULD GO.
YOUR WORDS ARE DECEIVING. YOUR COVER IS BLOWN”

LIFE ON A LINE, ON A TIGHTROPE
THE BORDER’S MY LIFE, ALL THAT I KNOW

NAMELESS NOT AIMLESS
NO SIDE TO DECLARE, NO NEED OR DESIRE,
I’M NOT STUCK I DECLARE
LIFE ON THE BORDER I’VE LIVED MY WHOLE LIFE
I’M WEAVING AND DANCING, ASCENDED, SUBLIME


TOMORROW, TODAY

TOMORROW WE’LL REGRET TODAY
THE BLURRY THE HAZY THE GRAY
TONIGHT LET’S JUST DRINK
WE’LL SING SONGS, WE’LL BE KINGS
TOMORROW WE’LL REGRET TODAY

WICKED I’VE BEEN ALL NIGHT LONG
WICKED I’M SINGING THIS SONG
THE LIGHT FROM THE MOON WILL SHINE DOWN FOR A WHILE
JUST HELPING TO SHOW US THE WAY, HEY!

RUMBLE AND STUMBLE AND GLOW
THE THOUGHTS ARE BECOMING VERBOSE
WHILE WE DREAM AND WE SCHEME AND WE SCREEM AND WE FIEND
A CIGGARETTE FULFILLS THE NEED

POETS AND WRITERS AND WOES
WELL, IS IT HERE WHERE WE BELONG?
WELL, TOMORROW, TODAY, HERE WE ARE, BOMBS AWAY
TOMORROW WE’LL REGERT TODAY, HEY!


GUADALUPE

STILL AND STATIC MAKE YOUR MOVE
EAT MESCALINE AND ILL APPROVE
I STOLE HER HEART, SHE WANTS THE TRUTH, I TELL HER LIES
TAKES A CHANCE AND CALLS IT FATE
AND FEEDS ME FOOD THAT I CAN’T TASTE
SWALLOW ME WHOLE, SPIT OUT MY SOUL, DIGEST MY EYES

CRUCIFIED AND ON PARADE
ROSARIES AND SARANADES
HOOKED AND LOW
PRETEND AND TESTIFY

SOMETIMES RAMPANT, SOMETIMES BRUISED
PAINT OVER SCARS OR GET TATTOOS
STEADY AND SLOW, BORROW AND OWE
AND CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
AFTER HOURS AFTER BARS, YOU LOOK SO GOOD
WHEN CRASHING CARS, YOU GIVE ME FAITH, IT’S NO MISTAKE THAT YOU’RE CRUCIFIED


EL VALIENTE

FEELING VALIENTE, I TOOK THE CHANCE
TIPPED MY SOMBRERO, ASKED HER TO DANCE
WEAVING AND CREEPING, THE TEMPO WENT SLOW
SHE’S HAVING FUN, I WANT TO KNOW
WISPERED IN HER EAR “A ONE NIGHT STAND”
WE LEFT TOGETHER, GAVE HER ROMANCE
IN THE MORNING OUT THE DOOR
NO NEED FOR TREATIES
NO NEED TO TELL HER LIES

TAKE THE CHANCE OR THROW IT ALL AWAY
SO EL VALIENTE I AM A LOADED GUN
LIVE YOUR LIFE TO NEVER WONDER WHY
FREE FROM THE BURDENS ON ME
BURDENS THAT I DECRY

OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOUSE, IT’S LATE AT NIGHT
ACHING AND SHAKING TO SEE YOU TONIGHT
INSIDE YOU’RE SLEEPING, LONESOME AND LOW
WISKEY AND RISKY AND LOOKING TO GLOW
WENT UP TO YOUR DOOR, KNOCKED IT THREE TIMES
WAITED FOREVER, FINALLY SAID “HI”
LET ME AND DOE-SI-DOE
NO NEED FOR TREATIES NO NEED TO TELL HER LIES


QUE PEDO

NO QUIERO QUE PEDO
CAMBIARME NO PUEDO
MI VIDA PERDIDA DESTINO DESEO

MY BREEDING, FORSAKED
MY BREEDING, FORSAKED

NO QUIERO QUE PEDO
MI VIDA MI PROPIO

QUIEN SOY? MAÑANA? HOY?


All music written by Piñata Protest and all lyrics by Alvaro del Norte.
All titles published by Saustex Songs - BMI.


 
 
Plethora "Reloaded"
Piñata Protest
Released Jan 17, 2012
Saustex Media


LYRICS


CAMPESINO


el vino de su tiera para venir a trabajar
ella vino pa’ que sus hijos se pudieran educar
ensima de sus ojos se van a encontrar
una vida en el campo
se van a batallar

el es hombre campesino
el sudor y la sangre
olvidado, sin destino
pa’ que otros coman bien

ayi lo miro en el campo con cortadas en la piel
dolor en la espalda y en su boca tiena ser
el trabaja todo el dia como esclavo de nuestro dia
pa’ que todos coman bien cunando es tiempo de comer


CANTINA

con cerveza en la mano todos estamos happy,
mis chavos y yo gusta decir
vamos todos a cantina a tomarnos gasolina,
tequila, y lonestars for me please

y yo no se! lo que tome, pero traime otra copa pues
y yo no se! lo que tome, pero chica ques tu nombre pues?

so i ask this mamacita if i could please dance with her
bailamos to that cumbia beat
and well then here comes her novio que me dice: ‘’hey man off her!’’
y le digo: ‘’you smell like pee’’

y yo no se! si si le pege, pero duro con chingasos fue
y yo no se! si el sabe, that i dont have a health insurance plan

y luego nos tiraron con todos mis hermanos de la cantina, yeah we had to leave
‘’y ni traten de regresar o a la migra los echaran’’ y nos fuimos muy unhappy

y yo no se! si yo llore, por la cantina o esa chuca pues
y yo no se! me desmaye, pues mañana chavos otra ves

JACKEEE

jackeee’s going to alaska desperate to get away
she’s going to start over, make herself a whole new name
now jackeee’s on the run, on a train to i don’t know
so far its been fun being far away from home
what are you running to? she doesn’t have a clue at all…

jackeee’s now in alaska, no one there knows her name
living off arts & crafts and asking bums for spare change
jackeee’s far from home, but she’s still feels all alone
nothing’s changed at all and she don’t know where to go
she don’t know what to do, she don’t know what to do at all…

once again jackeee’s leaving to a place far away
to the moon or to pluto by balloon or on a plane
jackeee don’t you know that no matter where you go
life remains the same, inside you should be the change
no need to run away, no need to run away at all…

SUCKCESS

convince yourself that there’s nothing wrong
affluent life can be quite convincing
y dime que yo lo tengo mal, yo vivo solo para trabajar
pero que será la illusion? talking to the world with your ethnocentrist tone
when all the world involves a price, you can be the winner at the game of life
por ser, y pedir, well who’s to blame? you know were doing just the same as always

todos a trabajar no nos puede ir mal!

what you’re saying is nothing new
i break away from whats expected
there’s no cheating in a losers game
blame the victim wanting social change
pero que sera la maldicion?
emblematic prizes make a house a home
when suckcess is obedience to a structured way of life
then we’re all the losers at the game of life
por ser y pedir, well who’s to blame?
you know were doing just the same as always

todos a trabajar no nos puede ir mal!

SCENE UNSEEN

we are drinkers, mean, mightly unclean,
everything we want we get it for free
no future, scene, we’re living off flies
lend me your time and ill tell you just why
because i’ve swayed away, away and returned
been living the dream which i’ve been told was yours
do you dream obscene? amazed by your life?
i wanna be me, yeah its well worth the try
because i see believe, but really i just don’t know,
and now i’m just waiting, waiting, waiting to go home…

and we’ll shake & fake, no time for good-byes
the stars have come up but they are not gonna shine
and ill stay, away, away and absurd
ive been living the life, but im living unsure
and we’ve made up lies to make you happy
don’t give that away, away or for free
and well leave you to the streets for a while to unwind
you drink to forget, we drink to remind
because i see believe, but really i just don’t know,
and now i’m just waiting, waiting, waiting to go home…

DENIED RIGHTS

whatever they say, well, its our right
i hear wispers in the dark night
if its not words, then it’s a knife
no exeptions, no denied rights

sparten polis of history
men in suits salute hypocracy
confliction of minds is alright
conform the word as state rite
forced beliefs on communities
emulate correct nationality
imperialism says its alright
perfect to be ephemeral
because when the earth collides with our exploding sun
well burn with the atmosphere

whatever they say, well, its our right
i hear wispers in the dark night
if its not words, then it’s a knife
no exeptions, no denied rights

spoiled rotten industry
free your mind and then youll see
ideological smoke screens
justify a class with no dreams
i shot the sheriff and now youll see
ill shoot down the deputy
well, god she said its alright
don’t blame me its something that
was forced on me, a forced belief
constantly conformating

NO QUE SI

bravos, chavos, bien tatuados
ya nos vamos, vamos a bailar!
si nos vamos vamos ufanos,
ya nos vamos, todos a gosar

no que si? no que no?
yo me quedo, ya me fui
no que si? no que no?
para mi o para ti?

chingo lingo, tililingo
quiero, puedo, no te creo
amigero y que pedo
tan cincero no te creo

no que si? no que no?
yo me quedo, ya me fui
no que si? no que no?
para mi o para ti?
yo me quedo, ya me fui

LOVE TACO

all, its all the same, well who’s to blame
when ive wraped myself with you
she would say oh my luv,
you break my heart when you say
youre standing right there and im letting you know
wake up just wake up get ready to go and im not gonna be
the way you wanna be
wake up just wake up and let me be me

and five years and a day, if i may go and try out something new
words they rain, lovers drain, mane, remain and stand and
youre standing right there and im letting you know
wake up just make up get ready im letting you know that im not
gonna be be the way you wanna be
wake up just wake up and let me be me

blasting through this world youre in love with the sky
you believed and you tried
you wrote and you sang your songs
now scratching out the names that you wrote in your songs
and still waiting…still waiting

paint off a blemish on me
palms engraved in your hue
i could never forget your brown eyes
you’re gonna paint off the taint with the tears in your eyes
youll be painting…youll be painting

blasting through your life in the way that you like,
in the way that you like

MATADOR

with your life you gamble for what right
you do just like they say so
who do you trust when they say that you must
y el mundo dice algo mas?
convince yourself that its not for their wealth but for
the cause of feedom
go with the flow not knowing where it goes
le cees la mentira

at what price will you give up your life?
la offerta de tu vida
you’re sacrificed for their affluent life
no ay artenrnativa
endless demand, unlimited amounts
no ay final en vista
its much too late another life to waste
for doing like they say so


MAQUILAPOLIS

corporations feeding off my exploitation
in a race to the bottom i win
not by wips or cuffs, but hunger, no choice, no luck
ay un precio alto para los precios bajos
in a race to the bottom i win

COLD FRIES

sorry sir there are no bathrooms here
but there one located just right down that way
and sorry mam there are no lids or straws here
for the safety of the animals you see…

well, its just another day at the riverview restaurant
but at least i know that youll be there
just another day at the riverview restauruant
maybe well well work there for 10 more years

nancy is this girl i know who works there
she tells she ‘’hates everyone else but me’’
and everybody always loves you when you say good-bye
so run, run, nancy run, bye-bye baby

well, its just another day at the riverview restaurnt
crying cuz i know you wont be there
just another day at the riverview restaruant
you know ill be there for 10 more years


LA CUCARACHA (traditional)

La cucaracha, la cucaracha, lla no pueda caminar
Porque no puede, porque le falta marijuana pa' fumar


ROCKET

Ride around town in your rocket
Parade around town, parade around town


 


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