Music on the Border

Atzlan Underground, "Decolonize" Well here's something they missed Self D means self determination To put a stop to colonization We begin with a historical analysis To illustrate a Mexican paralysis See Mexico's been occupied since 1848 Which left the mexicano at a constant 2nd rate Now learn the word called colonization Stranger in your own land under exploitation This is the state of the indigena today Under the oppression of the settlers way (2x) WE DIDN'T CROSS THE BORDERS, THE BORDERS CROSSED US! (3x) YET THE SETTLER NATION LIVES IN DISGUST! The American dream only for some Play the role and forget where you came from Now check it, this is their reality And just because it's wasp holds no validity WASP-White Anglo Saxon Protestant The frame of mind that keeps our oppression constant You try to be white and it's very respectable But be Xicano and it's highly unacceptable Then we're termed hispanic as if we were from Spain Trying to insert us in the American game And we're called wetbacks like we've never been here When our existence on this continent is thousands of Years This is the state of the indigena today Under the oppression of the settlers way (2x) WE DIDN'T CROSS THE BORDERS, THE BORDERS CROSSED US (3x) YET THE SETTLER NATION LIVES IN DISGUST ­ repeat To the earth, to the air, to the fire, and to the Water... The eagle and condor have met We must realize Our connection to this land Till a Hopi and a Mexica can really understand That invaders divided indigenous people Under english, french, or spanish it make us all feeble Unable to recognize each other From Xicano to Lakota all sisters and brothers In the spirit of Pontiac, all the red keepers of the Earth mother From the top of Alaska to the tip of South America Abya Yala, Anahuak, Turtle Island 506 years of indigenous resistance The prophecies are coming true The redemption of the red people has come! The 6th sun now arises The 7th fire has arrived Cihuatl is reclaiming We have returned to Aztlan We have returned to Aztlan! WE DIDN'T CROSS THE BORDERS, THE BORDERS CROSSED US (3x) YET THE SETTLER NATION LIVES IN DISGUST! GET THE *&^%, GET THE *&^%, GET THE *&^% WASICHU EATER OF THE FAT WASTER OF EARTH MOTHER AND PEOPLE COLONIZER OF AZTLAN AND THE WORLD GET THE FUCK OUT! Rage Against the Machine, "Zapata's Blood" "Zapata's Blood" Zapata's blood Wasn't spilt in vain So now the most poor wage war To reclaim their name Zapata's blood Wasn't spilt in vain So now the most poor wage war To reclaim their terrain On January 1st , 1994 The indigenous farmers of Southern Mexico Declared war on an unjust and illegitimate government Out of the debt of the most wild, the most poor Came a just arm struggle for democracy, justice, and liberty And it won't stop until that 65 year old dictatorship, the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (Institutional Revolutionary Party) is buried in the ground and the people's voice is heard once again Yeah So check it out: On January 1st, of 94 they became known as the Zapatista movement And they have a saying, and I want you all to sing along with me real quick. It goes something like this It goes everything for everyone... and nothing for ourselves. Everything for everyone, and nothing for ourselves. Everything for everyone, and nothing for ourselves. Everything for everyone, and nothing for ourselves. Yeah, sing that shit... Everything for everyone, and nothing for ourselves. Everything for everyone, and nothing for ourselves. Everything for everyone, and nothing for ourselves. Everything for everyone, and nothing for ourselves...