Somos Sur Lyrics in English Ana Tijoux

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Somos Sur by Ana Tijoux from Spanish to English.

You tell us that we must sit down

But ideas can only lift us up

Walk, travel, not give up nor go back

Come and learn how straw absorbs

Nobody over everyone, if any are missing we all add up

Everything is for everyone, everyone is for us

We dream big, that the empire may fall

We shout it loud, there's no other remedy

This isn't utopia, it's joyful rebellion of dance

Of those who are surplus, of the dance that exists today

Rise up to say that's enough

Neither Africa nor Latin America is up for auction

A barrio with helmets and a pencil to stomp on the fiasco

To spark an earthquake in this puddle

Come on

All the silent, all the subdued, all the invisible

Nigeria, Bolivia, Chile, Guatemala, Puerto Rico and Tunisia

Algeria, Venezuela, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mozambique, and Costa Rica

Cameroon, Congo, Somalia, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Tanzania

Yankees out of Latin America, French, English and Dutch

I want you free, Palestine

All the silent, all the subdued, all the invisible

Plunder, trampling, colonization, a thousand times we'll win

From the sky to the ground and from the ground to the sky we go, za za za

White song go back to your people

We don't fear you, we have life and fire

Fire in our hands, fire in our eyes

We have so much life and this red-colored strength

Little girl María doesn't want your punishment

She'll free herself with the Palestinian soil

We are Africans, Latin Americans

We are this South and we join our hands

All the silent, all the subdued, all the invisible

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SONG MEANING

Somos Sur bursts open like a street protest set to a hip-hop beat, inviting you to stand up and move instead of sitting down and staying silent. Ana Tijoux celebrates the power of ideas in motion, calling on listeners from Latin America, Africa, and beyond to march together, dance together, and speak up together. The song is a bold shout-out to every community that has been ignored, colonized, or silenced, reminding them that "todo es para todo" — everything belongs to everyone — and that joyful resistance can shake an empire.

At its heart, the track is a global roll-call of solidarity: Puerto Rico, Nigeria, Chile, Palestine, and many more nations are named, linked by shared histories of struggle and the unbreakable hope for liberation. Key themes include: collective empowerment, anti-imperialism, cultural pride, and the unstoppable rhythm of unity. Over pounding drums and fiery rhymes, Tijoux paints rebellion as a lively dance where pencils become weapons of truth and red-hot passion fuels the fight for freedom. "Somos Sur" is both an anthem and an invitation — rise up, take each other’s hands, and let the South’s heartbeat be heard worldwide.

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Ana Tijoux Somos Sur Lyrics