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AY MAMA
THE SUMMER'S
HOTTEST DAY
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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 CASSIOPEIA
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 IMAGINING
WHAT YOU'D DO
REMEMBERING WHAT
WE WENT THROUGH
NUEVA YORK AY MAMA
IT WASN'T LIKE TODAY
YOU'D SAY
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FRESH OFF THE BOAT
IN AMERICA
FREEZING IN EARLY
DECEMBER
A CROWDED CITY
IN NINETEEN
FORTY THREE
LEARNING THE ROPES
IN AMERICA
EN ESPAÑOL I REMEMBER
DANCING WITH MAYOR
LA GUARDIA
ALL OF SOCIETY
WELCOMING MAMI
AND ME
HA
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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
AND AS I FEED
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
I MADE IT THROUGH
I SURVIVED
I DID IT
NOW
DO I LEAVE
OR STAY
ALRIGHT MAMA
OKAY
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