Patria Madrina [English translation]

Today I woke up with the eye stuck

I already saw hell, I already saw the news

Mass graves, dead people, damages to Mother Nature

Greediness, power, hence depression got hold of me

Everybody wants a share of the oil, you see?

And to burn Mother Earth with urgency

To make more cars, to make more money

As if you could buy happiness

And today everything is better, better*

And today everything is better, better

Everything is better, better

Everything is better, better

You are the homeland of all my hope

He, who does not respect I'll cut open his heart

Whichever way they put it to me, I dance to this tune

And to the tune they play to me, I dance that song

Of that blade is my machete, let it be known

For the devil knows well to whom he appears

We already drank water from this same jar**

Do not back out on me for it is the last swig***

Today I woke up and my eyes were cleared

Today I planted a corn stalk in an old tire in my neighborhood

Even though everything, everything falls apart around me

I see your center like a gun barrel

This medicine is taken by spoonfuls

Of poisonous words that normally are not spoken

And it's rinsed with pepper, booze, mescal and tequila

When I move my body to the flower of your poetry

And today everything is better, better

And today everything is better, better

Everything is better, better

Everything is better, better

You are the homeland of all my hope

He, who does not respect I'll cut open his heart

Whichever way they put it to me, I dance to this tune

And to the tune they play to me, I dance that song

Of that blade is my machete, let it be known

For the devil knows well to whom he appears

We already drank water from this same jar

Do not back out on me for it is the last swig

• Artist:Lila Downs
• Album:Balas y chocolate