Patria y Vida is a song resulting from the collaboration of Maykel Osorbo, El Funky, Yotuel, Gente de Zona, and Descemer Bueno dedicated to demanding the end of the Cuban regime and the freedom of Cuba.
Lyrics of Patria y Vida:
Y You are my siren's song
Because with your voice, my sorrows fade away
And this feeling has grown old
You hurt me so much even when you're far away
Today I invite you to walk through my lands
To show you the worth of your ideals
We are human even if we don’t think alike
Let’s not treat or harm each other like animals
This is my way of saying it
My people cry and I feel their voice
Your five nine, I double two
Sixty years stuck on dominoes
Drums and trumpets to the five hundred in Havana
While at home, the pots are empty of food
What are we celebrating if people rush by
Exchanging Che Guevara and Martí for currency
Everything has changed; it’s not the same anymore
Between you and me, there is an abyss
Advertising a paradise in Varadero
While mothers weep for their sons who have left
It’s over, your five nine, I double two
It’s over, sixty years stuck on dominoes, look
It’s over, your five nine, I double two
It’s over, sixty years stuck on dominoes
We are artists, we are sensitivity
The true story, not the misrepresented one
We are the dignity of an entire oppressed people
With a gun and words that still mean nothing
No more lies, my people demand freedom, no more doctrines
Let’s no longer shout Homeland and Death but Homeland and Life
And start building what we dream of, what they destroyed with their hands
Let blood stop flowing for wanting to think differently
Who told you that Cuba belongs to you when my Cuba belongs to all my people
It’s over, your time has expired, the silence is broken
It’s over, the laughter and tears are flowing
It’s over, and we are not afraid, the deception is over
It’s over, it’s been sixty-two years causing harm
We live with the uncertainty of the past, planted
Fifteen friends ready, prepared to die
We hoist the flag still under the regime's repression today
Anamely Ramos firm with her poetry
Omara Ruiz Urquiola giving us the breath of life
They broke down our door, violated our temple
And the world is aware that the San Isidro Movement continues, standing
We are still in the same place, security imposing threats
These things make me so indignant; the enigma is over
Of your wicked revolution, I’m Funky Style, here is my signature
You have overstayed your welcome; you’re running out of time
The people are tired of holding on, we’re waiting for a new dawn
It’s over, your five nine, I double two
It’s over, sixty years stuck on dominoes, look
It’s over, your five nine, I double two
It’s over, sixty years stuck on dominoes
HOMELAND AND LIFE
HOMELAND AND LIFE
HOMELAND AND LIFE
HOMELAND AND LIFE
(SIXTY YEARS STUCK ON DOMINOES)
HOMELAND AND LIFE
HOMELAND AND LIFE
HOMELAND AND LIFE
HOMELAND AND LIFE
