Here I am established
in the U.S
many years I have already
I came from wet
papers I have not fixed
I'm still an illegal
I have my wife and my children
I brought them to me very young
and they have already forgotten
from my dear Mexico
from which I never forgot
and I can not go back
What's the money?
If I am a prisoner
inside this great prison
when I remember until I cry
and even if the cage is gold
it does not stop being prison.
My children do not talk to me
another language have learned
and forgot the Spanish
they think like Americans
they deny that they are Mexican
even if they have my color.
From my work to my house
I do not know what happens to me
although I am a man of home
I almost do not go out to the street
I'm afraid they'll find me
and they can deport me.
What's the money?
If I am a prisoner
inside this great prison
when I remember until I cry
and even if the cage is gold
it does not stop being prison.
Only among all we can make this a better place :)