Born in Puerto Rico

Paul Simon

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I was born in PuertoRico we came here when I was a child before I reached the age of 16 I was runnin' with the gang and we were wild He keeps looking but he don't recognize me some guy from Lexington or Park Red beans and rice from kitchen window it's supper time and the Barrio is dark No one knows you like I do nobody can know your heart the way I do No one can testify to all that you've been through but I will I was born in Puerto Rico and my blood is Taino Spanish Carribean my soul We came here wearing summer clothes in winter hearts of sunshine in the cold Your family rented this apartment you'd watch the streetlamps from your perch In the sacramental hour your stepfather in black preached the fire of the Pentecostal church No one knows you like I do nobody can know your heart the way I do No one can testify to all that you've been through but this will I was born in Puerto Rico came here when I was a child Small change and sunlight and I left these streets for good my days as short as they were wild I'm Carlos Apache Angel Soto Frenchy Cordero Babu Charlie Cruz Your features blurred in ev'ry grainy photo and fading headlines of the Daily News Wyltwyck school for crimonal children Auburn Brooklyn House of D. Dannemora Sing-Sing Attica Greenhaven 20 years inside today you're free You cannot even read your story the pages piling up in shame before the words released you The guard would kill the light the night you took The Capeman for your name I was born in Puerto Rico (8x)

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La chanson évoque l'histoire d'un homme originaire de Puerto Rico, qui a déménagé avec sa famille aux États-Unis lorsqu'il était enfant. En grandissant, il se retrouve entraîné dans une vie tumultueuse, entouré de violence et de gangs. Tout en explorant ses racines taino et hispaniques, il fait le constat d'une lutte intérieure et d'un parcours difficile, marqué par des épreuves et des incarcerations. Il exprime une profonde connaissance et compréhension d'un autre personnage, probablement une personne proche, en soulignant la solitude et la douleur que cette personne a endurées. À travers des souvenirs de l'enfance, de la famille et un contraste entre la chaleur de sa culture d'origine et la froideur de la vie dans la ville, il cherche à mettre en lumière la lutte personnelle et le chemin vers la rédemption.

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