CHICANO. . WHAT IT MEANS
TO ME, BEING CHICANO MEANS BEING SERIO ABOUT THINGS, SER TRUCHA WITH WHAT GOES AROUND ME. KNOWING WHAT’S UP AND HAVE THE FEEL FOR BOTH SIDES OF THE LINE, AND HOW LA GENTE FROM THIS SIDE AND THOSE FROM THE OLD SIDE CARRY THEMSELVES!
TO ME BEING CHICANO MEANS BEING CALMADO, CREASED UP, CON LA RANFLA BIEN RANITA, STAYIN' ALL BIEN CLEAN. TAKING IT EAZY AND THROWING THAT HOMES ACCENT ON THE HABLAR. SPEAKING HALFWAYS, MAINLY EN INGLES, BUT THROWING IN THERE THOSE WORDS FROM ESPAñOL AND THOSE CROOKED PALABRAS WE MIXED UP GROWING UP IN THE VARRIO.
TO ME BEING CHICANO MEANS LISTENING TO OLDIES AND HAVING A SOFT CORAZON FOR THE TRUE FINE LOOKING LADIES, YET STILL KEEPING UP THE HARD SIDE FOR WHAT THE LIFE BRINGS. TO ME BEING CHICANO MEANS NOT BEING STUCK ON STUPID, NOR THINKING LIKE A GUERO STUCK UP ON SOME HIGH EGO TRIP.
BEING CHICANO MEANS I RESPECT MY FOLKS AND CLING TO THE NOSTALGIA OF THE YOUNG DAYS WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS FROM THE VARRIO AND ALL THOSE FROM AROUND THE WAY.
SER CHICANO TO ME IS KNOWING THAT I REPRESENT A STILO DE VIDA BORN IN THIS LAND FOUGHT BETWEEN TWO RIVALS, MEXICO VS ESTADOS UNIDOS. NEITHER ONE KNOWS ME, NEITHER ONE CARES TO UNDERSTAND ME, NEITHER ONE WOULD BACK ME UP IN A COURT OF LAW.
FOR ME, A CHICANO, IT MEANS THAT I MUST KEEP MY HEAD UP; KEEP MY SENSES TRUCHA, KEEP MY STILO GOING; LEST I DIE AND BE ABSORBED BY THOSE WHO NEVER KNEW WHAT I WAS ABOUT. I MUST KEEP MY PRIDE, I MUST KEEP MY ESTILO, I MUST KEEP MY ARTE, MY SPEECH AND MY EVERYTHING GOING, LEST I SHOULD DIE!
I CAN NOT SIMPLY SAY FUCK IT AND GIVE UP ON MY WAYS. I CAN NOT SIMPLY SURVIVE UNDER THE PRISON SYSTEM, AND I CAN NOT ALLOW FOR RAP AND HIP HOP TO DESTROY ME!
I MUST CONTINUE, I WILL CONTINUE!
I’LL KEEP ON THROWING MI SABLASO. I’LL KEEP ON THROWING THAT CARNE ASADA WITH BUDWEISER GET TOGETHERS AT THE PARK. I WILL CONTINUE TO THROW A CRUISE ON FRIDAY NIGHT OR ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON. I WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP A COOL ATTITUDE AND NEVER EVER LET NO ONE GET ME DOWN NOMAS POR QUE SI. I WILL CONTINUE TO THROW ON THEM SOUNDS AND BE ALL REMINISCENT OF THE LIFE IN THE VARRIO. THAT LIFE THAT GOT ME ALL SQUARED UP WITH WHAT I HAD TO DO TO SURVIVE; WITH WHAT I HAD TO LEARN UP AND BE STRAIGHT WITH.
SO WHETHER IT BE COSAS DE LAS CALLES, LOVE LESSONS, STYLES AND TRENDS OR POLITICS, I OWE IT ALL TO THE WAY I WAS RAISED AND CAME UP BEING A CHICANO.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU, BUT TO ME, IT MEANS EVERYTHING THAT I AM!
I’M NOT A GANGSTER, I’M NOT AN EVIL PERSON, I’M NOT A SCREWED UP MIND, I’M NOT A SON OF SAM CYCO MOTHAFOCKER AND I’M MOST DEFINETELY NOT A RACIST FOOL WHO THINKS HIMSELF HIGHER THAN OTHER FOLKS.
BUT I AM A CRUISER, I AM A DEDICATED FATHER, A TRUE CARNAL, A BANDIDO HUSBAND (LOL), UN VATO DEL VARRIO, A LOCO CALMADO, A TEQUILA BOTTLE CHUGGER, A PEN AND INK ARTIST, A NOSTALGIC HOMEBOY, A JOKER AND A TOKER, Y UN CABRON DE POCAS MADRES AND A MOST DEFINITE STREET POLITICIAN FOR THE CAUSE!
"LA RAZA IS WHO I AM". .
EVERYTHING ABOUT LA RAZA HERE IN THIS LAND..
IS WHAT MAKES ME!!!
AND SO. .
IM A PRODUCT OF LA RAZA. .
THUS “I’M A CHICANO”
TO ME BEING CHICANO MEANS BEING CALMADO, CREASED UP, CON LA RANFLA BIEN RANITA, STAYIN' ALL BIEN CLEAN. TAKING IT EAZY AND THROWING THAT HOMES ACCENT ON THE HABLAR. SPEAKING HALFWAYS, MAINLY EN INGLES, BUT THROWING IN THERE THOSE WORDS FROM ESPAñOL AND THOSE CROOKED PALABRAS WE MIXED UP GROWING UP IN THE VARRIO.
TO ME BEING CHICANO MEANS LISTENING TO OLDIES AND HAVING A SOFT CORAZON FOR THE TRUE FINE LOOKING LADIES, YET STILL KEEPING UP THE HARD SIDE FOR WHAT THE LIFE BRINGS. TO ME BEING CHICANO MEANS NOT BEING STUCK ON STUPID, NOR THINKING LIKE A GUERO STUCK UP ON SOME HIGH EGO TRIP.
BEING CHICANO MEANS I RESPECT MY FOLKS AND CLING TO THE NOSTALGIA OF THE YOUNG DAYS WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS FROM THE VARRIO AND ALL THOSE FROM AROUND THE WAY.
SER CHICANO TO ME IS KNOWING THAT I REPRESENT A STILO DE VIDA BORN IN THIS LAND FOUGHT BETWEEN TWO RIVALS, MEXICO VS ESTADOS UNIDOS. NEITHER ONE KNOWS ME, NEITHER ONE CARES TO UNDERSTAND ME, NEITHER ONE WOULD BACK ME UP IN A COURT OF LAW.
FOR ME, A CHICANO, IT MEANS THAT I MUST KEEP MY HEAD UP; KEEP MY SENSES TRUCHA, KEEP MY STILO GOING; LEST I DIE AND BE ABSORBED BY THOSE WHO NEVER KNEW WHAT I WAS ABOUT. I MUST KEEP MY PRIDE, I MUST KEEP MY ESTILO, I MUST KEEP MY ARTE, MY SPEECH AND MY EVERYTHING GOING, LEST I SHOULD DIE!
I CAN NOT SIMPLY SAY FUCK IT AND GIVE UP ON MY WAYS. I CAN NOT SIMPLY SURVIVE UNDER THE PRISON SYSTEM, AND I CAN NOT ALLOW FOR RAP AND HIP HOP TO DESTROY ME!
I MUST CONTINUE, I WILL CONTINUE!
I’LL KEEP ON THROWING MI SABLASO. I’LL KEEP ON THROWING THAT CARNE ASADA WITH BUDWEISER GET TOGETHERS AT THE PARK. I WILL CONTINUE TO THROW A CRUISE ON FRIDAY NIGHT OR ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON. I WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP A COOL ATTITUDE AND NEVER EVER LET NO ONE GET ME DOWN NOMAS POR QUE SI. I WILL CONTINUE TO THROW ON THEM SOUNDS AND BE ALL REMINISCENT OF THE LIFE IN THE VARRIO. THAT LIFE THAT GOT ME ALL SQUARED UP WITH WHAT I HAD TO DO TO SURVIVE; WITH WHAT I HAD TO LEARN UP AND BE STRAIGHT WITH.
SO WHETHER IT BE COSAS DE LAS CALLES, LOVE LESSONS, STYLES AND TRENDS OR POLITICS, I OWE IT ALL TO THE WAY I WAS RAISED AND CAME UP BEING A CHICANO.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU, BUT TO ME, IT MEANS EVERYTHING THAT I AM!
I’M NOT A GANGSTER, I’M NOT AN EVIL PERSON, I’M NOT A SCREWED UP MIND, I’M NOT A SON OF SAM CYCO MOTHAFOCKER AND I’M MOST DEFINETELY NOT A RACIST FOOL WHO THINKS HIMSELF HIGHER THAN OTHER FOLKS.
BUT I AM A CRUISER, I AM A DEDICATED FATHER, A TRUE CARNAL, A BANDIDO HUSBAND (LOL), UN VATO DEL VARRIO, A LOCO CALMADO, A TEQUILA BOTTLE CHUGGER, A PEN AND INK ARTIST, A NOSTALGIC HOMEBOY, A JOKER AND A TOKER, Y UN CABRON DE POCAS MADRES AND A MOST DEFINITE STREET POLITICIAN FOR THE CAUSE!
"LA RAZA IS WHO I AM". .
EVERYTHING ABOUT LA RAZA HERE IN THIS LAND..
IS WHAT MAKES ME!!!
AND SO. .
IM A PRODUCT OF LA RAZA. .
THUS “I’M A CHICANO”
"FULL FLEDGED ‘TIL THE DAY I DIE!"

