Joell Ortiz - Latino lyrics

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Uhh, look around in my neighborhood (aquí en el barrio, tú sabes)

See how we live, see right there on that corner

That's where they sell the drugs (la manteca broder)

Run the numbers and, play dominoes, whistle at the fly ladies

You know, I'm Latino, hahahahaha (pa que sepa)

The dope gets sold by the bodega

While y'all call it dope, we call it the manteca

We don't look for lotto numbers in the newspaper

We play it right over the counter by the Now & Laters

Sit down on milk crates and play dominoes

¡Capicu! Slam it down, tell 'em adios

Another round of beers before we go upstairs

And watch a fuzzy TV on some of the oldest chairs

Relax, take a bath and get nice and clean

Come out just in time for dinner, you know rice and beans

A little chicken, maybe tostones, it's up to Ma

She might be tired keepin this house all up to par

Sometimes I look out the window and see some nice wheels

I got a thing for rims, they give me slight chills

Round here you get killed over a ice-grill

Guns pop but the O.G.'s carry knives still (word)

(Latinooooo) I'm that and I'm proud

If you don't know us let me tell you about (Latinooooos)

We got beautiful women (la-la-la la-la-la la-la)

And they all seem to know their way around the kitchen

I'm (Latinooooo) yeah we stick together

We had hard lives so our skin is thick forever

We (Latinoooooos) I'm that and I'm proud (la la la la la la laaaa)

If you don't know us let me tell you about

See e'ry block got a different crew

This kid I knew got paralyzed cause of his tattoo

And he wasn't in a gang

Just some young punk tryin to come up and get a name

Put a bullet in his brain, it's a shame

But yo, on a better note

Latina women look so good from head to toe, get 'em and never let 'em go

Baseball is big in my town

So is boxing, a hundred he don't see the ninth round

These young girls is fresh, they like to get piped down

Babies havin babies, guess who on the WIC line now?

Guess who got welfare? Guess who on Medicaid?

Guess who left they kid with their girl for eleven days?

Without callin, cause he's ballin

One year from now he'll have a child support warrant

It happen all the time in my community

That's the difference between someone like you and me - I'm

Big Chino got a truck, and a bike, and a boat

But Chino got a gun cause his life full of coke

And Chino havin fun, he don't like bein broke

But Chino gon' be done, FBI is no joke

And I don't want Chi' to get knocked

When the truck around he buy ice cream for the block

See where I'm from the kids look up to the hustlers

Even if they're family with some of the customers

My abuela used to tell me to stay off the corner

You heard what happened to Mrs. Rivera's daughter?

See she had got caught in the crossfire right there in broad day

Shot her in the back tryin run in the hallway

By my buildin all you hear is, "Oye

Ten cuidado la policia esta en la esquina de Broadway"

There's action all the time in my neighborhood

But see we all mind our business like a neighbor should

See this one right here is for all my Latinos around the world

Around the world man, there's so many of us man

Be proud of who you are man, I love y'all niggaz

Joell Ortiz

Latinooooos