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Translation
My Two Nations
Raise your right hand and repeat after me:
"l pledge allegiance to the flag
Of the United States of America
And to the republic for which it stands
One nation under god, Indivisible
With liberty and justice for all"
Congratulations, you are now all American citizens
For those that call me a malinchist
and say that I betray my flag and nation?
I will break the borders with my song,
I will leave my heart wide open:
I left the graves of my parents, my grandparents
I came to this Anglo-Saxon land in tears.
I worked, my children grew up
they were all born to this great nation
and my rights have been trampled on;
they created the laws of the constitution.
What will I do when I am old and they take my money.
I just want my retirement pension.
But what does it matter if I'm a recently made citizen
I am still Mexican, like the pulque and prickly-pear,
and my brothers in Central and South American, Caribbeans and Cubans
carry their tropical blood
so that the rights of my people are respected,
there's enough space in the heart to carry two nations.
The judge stood before the court
on the afternoon of the oath,
from my heart spilled a
salty tear that burned me from the inside.
Two flags stirred up in me:
one green, white and red
decorated with an eagle -
the other blue filled
with stars, with its red and
white lines between, the flag of my children
who happily looked at me.
Don't call me a traitor,
for I love both of my nations
in mine, I left my departed
here, here my children were born.
For defending my rights
I can't be called a traitor.
But what does it matter if I'm a recently made citizen
I am still Mexican, like the pulque and prickly-pear,
and my brothers in Central and South American, Caribbeans and Cubans
carry their tropical blood
so that the rights of my people are respected,
there's enough space in the heart to carry two nations.
mikistli✕
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I don't agree with the message in these lyrics. I'm a child of immigrants (both Mexican parents), born in the United States. Even if I was born here, I personally can't place loyalty to two nations, Mexico will always come first.