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Ay mama

The summer's hottest day

Paciencia y fe

Paciencia y fe

Ay carajo it's hot

But that's okay

Mama would say

Paciencia y fe

It was hotter at home in La Vibora

The Washington heights of Havana

A crowded city of faces the same as mine

Back as a child in La Vibora

I chased the birds in the plaza

Praying mama you would find work

Combing the stars in the sky

For some sort of sign

Ay mama so many stars in Cuba

En nueva york we can't see beyond our streetlights

To reach the roof you gotta bribe the Supa

Ain't no cassiopia in Washington heights

But ain't no food in La Vibora

I remember nights

Anger in the streets hunger at the windows

Women folding clothes

Playing with my friends in the summer rain

Mama needs a job

Mama says we're poor one day

You say Vamos a Nueva york

And Nueva york was far

But Nueva york had work and so we came

And now I'm wide awake

A million years too late

I talk to you imagine what you'd do

Remembering what we went through

Nueva york

Ay mama

It wasn't like today you'd say

Paciencia y fe

Paciencia y fe

Paciencia y fe

Paciencia y

Fresh off the boat in America

Freezing in early December

A crowded city in 1943

Learning the ropes in America

En espanol I remember

Dancing with Mayor Laguardia

All of society welcoming mami and me ha

You better clean this mess

Paciencia y fe

You better learn ingles

Paciencia y fe

You better not be late

You better pull your weight

Are you better off then you were

With the birds of La Vibora

Sharing double beds trying to catch

A break struggling with English

Listening to friends

Finally got a job working as a maid

So we cleaned some homes polishing with pride

Scrubbing the whole of the upper east side

The days into weeks the weeks into years

And here I stayed

Paciencia y fe

Paciencia y fe

Paciencia y fe

And as I fed these birds

My hands begin to shake

And as I say these words

My heart's about to break

And ay mama

What do you do when your dreams come true

I've spent my life inheriting dreams from you

What do I do with this winning ticket

What can I do but pray

I buy my loaf of bread

Continue with my day

And see you in my head

Imagining what you'd say

The birds they fly away

Do they fly to La Vibora

Hey alright mama okay

Paciencia y fe

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