Uh huh-

My man told me,
"you nice... for a Puerto Rican dude."
(laughs)

Then they used to tell me,
"Quido... Nene, rapiando a si, ese gente se va creer que tu eres moreno. No por na, 'ta loco!"

Wepaa
Wepaaa

Hol' up.
I said it's way 2Soulful.
Latin thats rappin like he was raised off of soul food.
Red beans & rice.
Thats just arroz con pollo loco, When them greens is spiced
We tell them,
Thats it's way 2Soulful
Puerto Rican speaking like he's raised off of soul food.
Red beans & rice.
Is just arroz con pollo loco, when them greens is spiced
And we like
Wepaa!
Wepaaa!

I know that they warned you,
about us loads of latin people, "be careful"
The way they used 2 warn us about morenos,
you dare pull,
The race card on me, homie,
Don't be a damn fool.
we both drowning from cleaning
this mans pool.
Though a brother from other mother,
colored one and the same.
Those who put 2 play against eachother
running this game.
Then they put us in the back of the bus
so we aint complain,
2 each other- run us in races,
fight over lanes.
perro Jibarro, mira,
if we'd have only spoke the language...
-Been speaking about the damage,
The youth, the women, the fried foods.
Dancing, dominoes skammed, capicu.
Morenos out there doing Salsa, Merengue.
My women don't come when you holla,
tell the vente, "Vente"
This is for my people, pa mi gente
More than color, whats in common,
feel mis-represented .
"Vente"
Don't know what he said,
but know he meant it.
Borrowed from eachothers culture
grateful that we lent it.
Have yet to break the color barrier
but bent it
Wepaaa!

Hol' up.
I said it's way 2Soulful.
Latin thats rappin like he was raised off of soul food.
Red beans & rice.
Thats just arroz con pollo loco, When them greens is spiced
We tell them,
Thats it's way 2Soulful
Puerto Rican speaking like he's raised off of soul food.
Red beans & rice.
Is just arroz con pollo loco, when them greens is spiced
And we like
Wepaa!
Wepaaa!

From the beats in the Island
2 in the streets wildin,
Canta Dona Santa-
so far,
salsa, merengue,
mi barrio, mi gente.
ahora me intiende,
we going 2 the stars,
these bars
have got the souls of borinquens in them.
From the Island, with no sense
til they sentenced them.
2 the ghettos y la calle's of the states,
Nunca could they keep us down
we carrying the weight,
but wait, it gets deeper;
what we ended in the slums for.
A NewYorican taught me
somethin 'bout a Young Lord
A Militant had taught me
something 'bout a panther,
Asked them why they never met
and no one had an answer.
You ask me,
we never had the chance 2.
I came 2 unify us
meet me by the dance floor.
We the same homie,
view the culture, look around.
It started where us Puerto Ricans B-
The Boogie Down...
Let the bass knock, maracas.
Hit the Soul Train line, Bachata
Wepaa!
Wepaaa!

Hol' up.
I said it's way 2Soulful.
Latin thats rappin like he was raised off of soul food.
Red beans & rice.
Thats just arroz con pollo loco, When them greens is spiced
We tell them,
Thats it's way 2Soulful
Puerto Rican speaking like he's raised off of soul food.
Red beans & rice.
Is just arroz con pollo loco, when them greens is spiced
And we like
Wepaa!
Wepaaa!