I was born in PuertoRico
w e came here when I was a child
be fore I reached the age of 16
I was runni n' with the gang and we were wild
H e keeps looking but he don't recognize me
s ome guy from Lexington or Park
R ed beans and rice from kitchen window
i t's supper time and the Barrio is dark
N o one knows you like I do
n obod y can know your hea rt the way I do
N o one can testify to all that y ou've been through but I will
I was born in Puerto Rico and my blood is Taino
S panish Carribean my soul
W e came here wearing summer clothes in winter
h earts of sunshine in the cold
Y our family rented this apartment
y ou'd watch the streetlamps from your perch
In the sacramental hour your s tepfather in bl ack
preached the fire of the Pentecostal church
N o one knows you like I do
n obody can know you r heart the way I do
N o one can testify t o all that y ou've
b een through but this will
I was born in Puerto Rico
ca me here when I was a child
S mall change and sunlight
and I left these streets for good
m y days as short as they were wild
I 'm Carlos Apache Angel Soto
F renchy Cordero Babu Charlie Cruz
Your feature s blurred in ev'ry grainy photo
and fading headlines o f the Daily News
W yltwyck school for crimonal children
A uburn Brooklyn House of D.
Dannemora Sing-Sing Attica
Greenhaven 20 years inside today you're free
Y ou cannot even read your sto ry
t he pages pili ng up in shame
b efore the words released you
T he guard would kill the light
t he night you took
T he Capeman for your name
I was born in Puerto Rico (8x)
