A Forgotten Spot (Olvidado) Lyrics in English Zion , Lennox, De La Ghetto, Ivy Queen, PJ Sin Suela,, Lucecita Benitez

A forgotten spot in the Caribbean

A forgotten spot in the Caribbean

A forgotten spot in the Caribbean

A forgotten spot in the Caribbean

A forgotten spot in the Caribbean

A forgotten spot in the Caribbean

Puerto Rico!

Puerto Rico!

A mal tiempo buena cara

At bad times, good face

Aunque hubo hambre

Although there was hunger

Muchas muertes

many deaths

Metimos mano, vencimos, luchamos

We put our hand in, we won, we fought

Sobrevivimos

We survived

Metimos mano vencimos, luchamos

We put our hand, we won, we fought

Sobrevivimos

We survived

Ok, listen

Ok, listen

Puerto Rico, donde vengo

Puerto Rico, where I come from

Es mi isla d'encanto

It is my island of charm

Somos de sangre guerrera

We are of warrior blood

Con corazón en mano

With heart in hand

Bandera en visita nosotros enfrentamos

Flag in visit we face

Y no es raro

And it's not strange

Que todos juntos metamos mano

Let us all put our hands together

Y como dice Hector Lavoe

And as Hector Lavoe says

'Todo tiene su final'

'Everything has its end'

Los días grises ahora

The gray days now

Colores van a cambiar

Colors are going to change

La esperanza y la felicidad

hope and happiness

Nunca va a acabar

It will never end

Boricua mano arriba

Puerto Rican hand up

Nunca nos vamo'a dejar

We are never going to leave each other

Alza tu bandera y vamos pa encima

Raise your flag and let's go ahead

A enfrentar

to face

Porque yo prefiero morir luchando

Because I prefer to die fighting

Que vivir la vida

Than live life

Sin hacer nada

Without doing anything

You know what time it is hommie?

You know what time it is hommie?

Levanta tu bandera y vamos pa' encima

Raise your flag and let's go ahead

A enfrentar

to face

Porque yo prefiero morir luchando

Because I prefer to die fighting

Que vivir la vida

Than live life

Sin hacer nada

Without doing anything

Metimos mano, vencimos, luchamos

We put our hand in, we won, we fought

Sobrevivimos

We survived

Metimos mano vencimos, luchamos

We put our hand, we won, we fought

Sobrevivimos

We survived

Amada tierra te canto

Beloved land I sing to you

Yo te recorrí descalza

I walked you barefoot

No soy una mujer mansa

I am not a meek woman

Y quiero verte sonreír

and I want to see you smile

Tus palmeras y tus playas

Your palm trees and your beaches

Y las siembras de café

And the coffee crops

Y a todo pulmón la fe

And faith at the top of my lungs

Nos devuelva la esperanza

give us hope back

Solo siento indignación

I only feel indignation

Por cegarnos con mentiras

For blinding us with lies

Muchas perdidas de vida

Many losses of life

Siento angustia y gran dolor

I feel anguish and great pain

Y aunque sabemos que el sol

And although we know that the sun

No se tapa con un dedo

Can't be covered with a finger

El Boricua es un guerrero

The Boricua is a warrior

Y la lucha es su rol

And the fight is your role

La tierra de Borinquén

The land of Borinquén

La tierra de Borinquén

The land of Borinquén

Donde he nacido

Where I was born

A mi no se me olvida la ventolera

I don't forget the wind

Ni como llovía de adentro pa' afuera

Not even how it rained from inside to outside

Ni tener que pedirle a alguien

Not even having to ask someone

Que no se suicide

Don't commit suicide

Mas de 3,000 muertes que no se te olvide

More than 3,000 deaths that you don't forget

Por esperar por un país

For waiting for a country

Que no le importa

He does not care

Que te corta la vuelta

that cuts you off

Si exporta o no te comporta

If it exports or not it behaves

Que no soporta

that can't stand

Tu acento ni bandera

Your accent or flag

Que dejaron que tu hermano

that they let your brother

Y tu gente se muera

and your people die

Olvidados, ahogados

Forgotten, drowned

Echados a un lado

Tossed aside

Pero nunca nos caímos

But we never fell

Seguimos parados

We continue standing

Luchando desde una isla pequeña

Fighting from a small island

No hay fuerza mas grande

There is no greater force

Que la Puertorriqueña

That the Puerto Rican

A forgotten spot in the Caribbean

A forgotten spot in the Caribbean

A forgotten spot in the Caribbean

A forgotten spot in the Caribbean

A forgotten spot in the Caribbean

A forgotten spot in the Caribbean

y La L

and the L

Luchamos contra ese gigante

We fight against that giant

Como hermanos echamos pa' adelante

As brothers we move forward

Aunque haya zona de desastre

Even if there is a disaster zone

Mala ven y da que me levante

Bad come and let me get up

Muchos colega por la causa se unieron

Many colleagues joined in for the cause

No miraron sexo raza ni color

They did not look at sex, race or color

No toda la ayuda se hace con dinero

Not all help is done with money

cuando todo lo hacemos de corazón

when we do everything from the heart

Luchamos contra ese gigante

We fight against that giant

Como hermanos echamos pa' alante

As brothers we move forward

Aunque haya zona de desastre

Even if there is a disaster zone

Mala ven y da que me levante

Bad come and let me get up

Puerto Rico pa'alante

Puerto Rico forward

Todos 'pa encima pa'alante

Everyone's on top of things

A paso firme, a paso de gigante

At a firm step, at a giant step

Mala ven y da que me levante

Bad come and let me get up

Nos tiró a la cara

threw us in the face

Con papel toalla

With paper towel

Ese canalla anaranjado

That orange scoundrel

Que no tiene agallas

that has no guts

Nos faltó el respeto

We were disrespected

Nos abandonó

He abandoned us

Casi tres mil muertos

Almost three thousand dead

Somos los ciudadanos

We are the citizens

De segunda categoría

Second class

Desesperados y abandonados

Desperate and abandoned

En esta agonía

In this agony

Muriendo día a día

Dying day by day

En el olvido

In oblivion

Destrozados por los vientos de Maria

Destroyed by Maria's winds

Nos tiró a la cara

threw us in the face

Con papel toalla

With paper towel

Ese canalla anaranjado

That orange scoundrel

Que no tiene agallas

that has no guts

Nos faltó el respeto

We were disrespected

Y nos abandonó

and abandoned us

Casi tres mil muertos

Almost three thousand dead

Somos los ciudadanos

We are the citizens

De segunda categoría

Second class

Desesperados y abandonados

Desperate and abandoned

En esta agonía

In this agony

Muriendo día a día

Dying day by day

En el olvido

In oblivion

Destrozados por los vientos de Maria

Destroyed by Maria's winds

Destrozados por los vientos de Maria

Destroyed by Maria's winds

¿Dónde estás Maria?

Where are you Maria?

Maria? Maria?

Maria? Maria?

Pero soy Boricua

But I'm Boricua

Traigo sangre borriqueña

I bring borriqueña blood

Soy de la peña que picó la caña

I am from the group that bit the cane

Y con mi maña

and with my skill

Vamos a salir de esta maraña

Let's get out of this mess

Vamos a salir de esta maraña

Let's get out of this mess

Soy un mejunje de taíno de africano

I am a concoction of African Taíno

Y de la madre España

And from mother Spain

De la caraña que mete caña

Of the anger that puts the cane

Y no se olvidará jamas esta patraña

And this nonsense will never be forgotten

yo estuve aquí

I was here

Y sigo aquí

And I'm still here

Yo estuve aquí

I was here

Y sigo aquí

And I'm still here

Yo estuve aquí

I was here

Y sigo aquí

And I'm still here

Yo estuve aquí

I was here

Y sigo aquí

And I'm still here

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Feliz Ortiz, Gabriel Pizarro, Rafael Castillo, Martha Ivelisse Pesante Rodriguez, Pedro Juan Vazquez Bragan, Luz Esther Benitez, Lin Manuel Miranda