Homeland and Life

"Patria y Vida" is a song created through the collaboration of Maykel Osorbo, El Funky, Yotuel, Gente de Zona, and Descemer Bueno, dedicated to calling for an end to the Cuban regime and the freedom of Cuba.

And you are my siren song Because with your voice, my sorrows fade away And this feeling has aged You hurt me so much, even from afar Today I invite you to walk through my fields To show you the purpose 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, my double two Sixty years locked in a game of dominoes Drums and cymbals at the five hundred in Havana While at home, the pots no longer have food What are we celebrating if people are always in a hurry Trading Che Guevara and Martí for currency Everything has changed; it’s not the same Between you and me, there is an abyss Advertising a paradise in Varadero While mothers weep for their children who have left It’s over, your five nine, my double two It’s over, sixty years locked in dominoes, look It’s over, your five nine, my double two It’s over, sixty years playing dominoes We are artists, we are sensitivity The true story, not the poorly told one We are the dignity of an entire people trampled At the point of a gun and with words that still mean nothing No more lies, my people demand freedom, no more doctrines Let’s no longer shout "Homeland or Death" but "Homeland and Life" And start building what we dreamed of, what was destroyed by their hands Let blood no longer flow for wanting to think differently Who told you Cuba belongs to you if my Cuba belongs to all my people? It’s over, your time is up, the silence has broken It’s over, the laughter is gone, and the tears are flowing It’s over, and we are not afraid, the deception has ended It’s over, sixty-two years of suffering There we live with the uncertainty of the past, anchored Fifteen friends ready, prepared to die We raise the flag despite the daily repression of the regime Anamely Ramos standing firm with her poetry Omara Ruiz Urquiola giving us life’s breath They broke down our door, violated our temple And the world is aware that the San Isidro Movement continues, standing We remain the same, with security inserting fears These things outrage me, the enigma is over Of that your wicked revolution, I’m Funky Style, here is my signature You are no longer needed; it’s running out, you’re diminishing The people are tired of holding back, a new dawn we are waiting for It’s over, your five nine, my double two It’s over, sixty years locked in dominoes, look It’s over, your five nine, my double two It’s over, sixty years playing dominoes HOMELAND AND LIFE HOMELAND AND LIFE HOMELAND AND LIFE HOMELAND AND LIFE (SIXTY YEARS LOCKED IN DOMINOES) HOMELAND AND LIFE HOMELAND AND LIFE HOMELAND AND LIFE HOMELAND AND LIFE