DAVID HERRERA PERFORMANCE COMPANY

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Órale

Oh oralé    oh oralé    oh oralé    oh oralé

When Jesus walked    When Jesus walked     

Oh when he walked    When Jesus walked

Oh when he walked    When Jesus walked

Into the USA        

Oh oralé    oh oralé    oh oralé        

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Oh oralé    oh oralé    oh oralé    oh oralé

When Jesus walked    When Jesus walked     

Oh when he walked    When Jesus walked

Oh when he walked    When Jesus walked

Into the USA          

oh oralé    oh oralé    oh oralé       

BRIDGE

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A new work force   of course

To TCB every day

taking care business oh yeah yeah yeah 

A new begin        family & friends

To share a better working way

 

Sail on silver girl    oh happy day

Sail on by            oh happy day

Your time has come to fly

You have no borders

See how they run

Oh when times are rough

and peace just can’t be found oh ho ho

CHORUS

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Like a bridge over troubled borders I will lay me down 

Like a bridge over troubled borders I will lay me down

Like a bridge over troubled bordersI will lay me down 

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Immigration Time

(Aah, aah

ugh!

Ohh!

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh…..)

 

I’m caught in a trap, I canʼt walk out

Because my foot ʻs caught in this border fence

Why canʼt you see? Statue of Liberty

I am your homeless tired & weary

(Im sooo weary)

 

We can grow on together

Itʼs Immigration Time (Immigration Time)

And we can build our dreams

Itʼs Immigration Time (Immigration Time)

 

Yes Iʼm trying to go, get out of Mexico

The promised land waits on the other side.

(El Vez look out!)

Here they come again (the choppers La Migra)

Theyʼre trying to fence me in

Wanting 2 live w/the brave & the home of the free (oooh, oooh, ooooh)

 

We can grow on together

Itʼs Immigration Time  (Immigration Time)

And we can build our dreams

Itʼs Immigration Time (Immigration Time)

 

(oooooh)

 

All that I have I will share (oooh)

Iʼm ain’t asking a lot (ooh), oh no

Youʼre the 1 thatʼs supposed 2 care (ooh)

Weʼre the melting pot...or were U lying 2 me?

ooh oh...not much...ooh oh yeah, yeah

 

Iʼm caught in a trap, I canʼt walk out

Because my footʼs caught in this border fence

Why canʼt U see? Statue of Liberty

I am your homeless tired & weary

(Dont you know)

 

Iʼm caught in a trap, yeah, yeah, yeah, I canʼt walk out

Because my footʼs caught in this border fence

Why canʼt U see? yeah, yeah, yeah - Liberty

I am your homeless tired & weary

 

Iʼm caught in a trap, yeah, yeah, yeah, I canʼt walk out

Because my footʼs caught in this border fence

Why canʼt U see? yeah, yeah, yeah  - Liberty

I am your homeless, tired, & weary

 

Im caught in a trap, I cant walk out……

 

 

Aztlan 

The river Río Grande is carving like a national scar

I am following the river, making wetbacks,

Where my parents crossed to be now where they are.

 

I’m going to Aztlan. Where I want to be.

I’m going to Aztlan

Homeboys, Chicanos, Latinas & we are going to Aztlan.

 

With my traveling companions, La Virgen, Miss Liberty,

a map & my Mecha books.

Well I’ve reason to believe, We all have been deceived,

there still is Aztlan.

 

Miss Liberty tells me Aztlan's gone….

As if I didn’t know that, as if I didn’t know my own back yard.

As if I didn’t know, to get in you need a card.

& she said losing home, is like a bullet in you heart (oooh, oooh, ooh, ooh)

I am looking for a place, myth of my people,

that won’t get torn apart.

 

I’m going to Aztlan. Aztlan.

Where I want to be. I’m going to Aztlan.

Homeboys, Latinos with Green cards

& we are going to Aztlan

 

With my traveling companions, thru Califas,

Arizona on the way to Texas.

But I’ve reason to believe, We all will be received. In Aztlan.

 

(Guitar solo)

(oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, aaahhh)

 

There is a girl In San Antonio, who calls herself the human mortar

11 generations she's lived there

Its just the land & name that’s changed its border.

She is the cement that is Aztlan!

 

And I say who, who, who has ever seen this place? (ooh, oooh, oooh, oooh)

I am looking for a land that belonged to Mexico

But now holds no time or space (wooooh, oooh, oooh)

 

In Aztlan, Aztlan. I’m going to Aztlan.

For reasons I have explained I’m not a part of Spain.

I’m part of Aztlan

And I’m trying to get back to a place I’ve never been.

I’m trying to cross over.

Well I’ve reason to believe, we all have been deceived. There is an Aztlan….

 

 

Mystery Tren

Tren Tren de La Revolución

Tren Tren de La Revolución

Este Tren Toma mi baby, Pero it never will again (Never will again).

 

Tierra Y Libertad

Tierra Y Libertad

Este Guerra, este, guerra y libertad.

 

Pancho Villa y Los Zapatistas

Pancho Villa y Los Zapatistas

Adelita es la mujer to destroy Los Capitalistas

Destroy Los Capitalistas! (waahaaa, ooouh!)

 

Tren Tren de La Revolución

Tren Tren de La Revolución

Este Tren Toma mi baby, Pero it never will again.

Never will again, gain, gain….woohooo!

All Aboard! The night train.

 

 

En El Barrio

As she shoos the flies.

On a hot and smoggy, summer morn 

Another brown baby is born En El Barrio.

 

La Mamacita cries,

Porque there’s one that thing she don’t need

That's another hungry vato to feed En El Barrio (En El Barrio)

 

People don’t you understand (stand)

This child needs a helping hand

Or he’s going to be an angry young man one day.

 

Take a look at you and me (you and me)

Are we too blind to see?

Do we simply turn our heads and look la otra way?

 

So he joins a gang…

Porque there’s one thing that he can’t stand Thats to have to join a Mariachi band En El Barrio (En el Barrio)

As his tires burn,

Cause he’s riding low and riding slow with no particular place to go En El Barrio (En El Barrio).

Then one night in desperation,

This young man steals away,

Rising son, steals a car, tries to run but he won’t get far.

 

(The Planes, the plane. Piedra afuera!!!!!!! - as in “rock out”)

 

Dear Mr. Fantasy, play us a tune

Something to make us all happy.

Do anything, take us out of this gloom

Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy!

 

You are the one, take us out of this gloom

But doing so, you break down in tears.

 

Please dont be sad

If it was straight line you had (?)

We wouldn’t have know you all these years (woohoo)

(ooooh, Aaaah, aahhhh)

(ooooh, Aaaah, aahhhh)

(ooooh, Aaaah, aahhhh)

 

I got a feeling,

A feeling I cant hide

Wooh no (oh no!)

 

La Mamacita cries,

Porque, what in the heck is she going to do

When the car he stole belongs to Uncle Lou en El Barrio?

 

Out of East LA…

With no more gangs and no more crime

To the promised land out in Anaheim (near Disneyland)

En El Barrio

En El Barrio (En El Barrio)

 

Everybody put their hands up

Everybody put the guns down

Everybody took the lowride

Everybody felt the sunshine

Oh no (En el Barrio)

En el Barrio (En el Barrio)

En el Barrio (En El Barrio)

 

El Barrio….(En El Barrio)

 

 

Ave Maria

Ave Maria,

Gratia plena

Maria Gratia plena

Maria Gratia plena

Ave, Ave Dominus

Dominus tecum.

 

Benedicta tu in mulieribus,

et benedictus

Et benedictus fructus ventris

Ventris tu, Jesus

 

Ave Maria

Gratia plena

Maria, Gratia plena

Maria Gratia plena

Ave, ave Dominus

Dominus tecum.

 

Benedicta tu in mulieribus

et benedictus

 

I’m not alone in the night,

When I can have all the love you write.

 

Ave Maria

 

Cuauhtemoc Walk

Cuauhtemoc was a man who would be King

Cortez burned his feet because he would not sing

About the treasures of the Aztec Gold

The Golds still there or so I am told

 

Yo soy El Rey de las Aztecas

Rey de las Aztecas

Yo soy El Rey de las Aztecas

Come on and walk the Cuauhtemoc!

 

Cuauhtemoc was the nephew of King Moctezum

His head wore the feather of the quetzal plume

Uncle Moctezuma was a noble man

Cuauhtemoc would be King of Tenochtitlan!

 

Yo soy El Rey de las Aztecas ( ? )

Rey de las Aztecas (what a babe)

Yo soy El Rey de las Aztecas

Come on and walk the Cuauhtemoc!

 

Hopping on your foot, rocking to and fro (ooooh)

Shake it like a Mayan, pero not so slow

Then you do the hot foot baby raise your hands

We’ve got to spread this Aztec Culture across the land

 

Well the one day Cortez came to town

Cuauhtemoc didn’t dig what he was putting down

Quetzalcoatal this guy ain’t

They’re not Gods! Its time for our war paint!

 

Yo soy El Rey de las Aztecas (?)

Rey de las Aztecas (what a babe)

Yo soy El Rey de las Aztecas

Come on and walk the Cuauhtemoc!

 

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (x9)

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (x10)

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (x9)

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (x9), aaahhh, aaah, aaahhh

 

Cuauhtemoc was the man who would be King

Cortez came along and he messed the scene

He died for Aztec glory I would say

Moctezuma gets his revenge everyday!

 

Yo soy El Rey de las Aztecas

Rey de las Aztecas (what a babe!)

Yo soy El Rey de las Aztecas

Come on and walk the Cuauhtemoc!

 

La, la, la, la, la ……..

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (x9)

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (x10)

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (x9)

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (x9), aaahhh, aaah, aaahhh

 

  - Intermission - 

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Huarches Azules

Pues, un por dinero

Dos para la show

Tres estamos listos....arriba, arriba, arriba

 

Pero no pieses mis Huaraches Azules

Pues haz lo que quieres, no pieses mis Huaraches Azules

 

Pega mi, cachetada, toca mi shoes and you’ll be sorry

Mess up my hair all covered with mouse’

Pero, uh, uh, vato lay off of them shoes,

 

Pero no pieses mis Huaraches Azules

Pues haz lo que quieres, no pieses mis Huaraches Azules

 

I feel like dancing....

 

step on my turf, write on my car

Drink my Tequila from an old fruit jar

Scratch my records by Celia Cruz

Pero, uh, uh, vato lay off of them shoes

 

Pero no pieses mis Huaraches Azules

Pues haz lo que quieres, no pieses mis Huaraches Azules

 

Pues, un por dinero

Dos para la show

Tres estamos listos....arriba, arriba, arriba

 

Pero no pieses mis Huaraches Azules

Pues haz lo que quieres, no pieses mis Huaraches Azules

 

Azule, Azule Huaraches Azules baby

Azule, Azule Huaraches Azules baby

Pues haz lo que quieres, no pieses mis Huaraches Azules

 

Black Magic Woman

Got a black magic woman

Got a black magic woman

I've got a black magic woman

Making me blind, I can't see.

I got a black magic woman

She's trying to make a devil outta me.

 

Don't turn your back on me, baby

Don't turn your back on me, baby

don't turn your back on me, baby

Stop messing 'round with your tricks,

Don't turn your back on me, baby

You might pick up my magic sticks.

 

You cast your spell on me, baby

You cast your spell on me, baby

You cast your spell on me, baby

Turning my heart into stone

I need you so bad

Woman I can't leave you alone

(Meow)

 

 

 

Walk A Mile

If I could be U, if U could B me

For just 1 hour,

If we could find  a way 

To get in each other's mind.

 

If U could see U, through my eyes

Instead your ego

I do believe, I do believe you'd be surprised 2 see

That you've been blind.

 

Walk a mile in my shoes

Just walk a mile in my shoes

Before you abuse, criticize, and use??

 

Now if we spend the day

Throwin' stones  at one another

'Cause I don't think, cause I dont think

or we are my hair the same way you do.

 

Well I may be common people

But I'm your brother.

And when U strike out You're tryin' to hurt me

It's a hurtin' U, Lord have mercy!

 

Walk a mile in my shoes

Just walk a mile in my shoes

Before you abuse, criticize, and accuse

Walk a mile in my shoes.

 

Now, there are people on reservations,

And out in the ghetto (en el barrio)

and brother, there   

But for the grace of God.

Go you and I…Hay, hay, hay!

 

Walk a mile in my shoes

Just walk a mile in my shoes

Before you abuse, criticize, and accuse

Then walk a mile in my shoes.

 

Just Walk a mile in my shoes,

Just walk a mile in my shoes,

Before you abuse, criticize, and accuse

Then walk a mile in my shoes.

 

Walk a mile in my shoes,

Just walk a mile in my shoes,

Before you abuse, criticize, and accuse

Then walk a mile in my shoes 

 

Walk a mile in my shoes,

Just walk a mile in my shoes,

Before you abuse, criticize, and accuse

Then walk a mile in my shoes.

 

Walk a mile in my shoes (Oh! Walk a Mile)

Walk a mile in my shoes (Walk a Mileeee)

Before you abuse, criticize, and accuse

Then walk a mile in my shoes  (A mile in my Shoes)

yeah, yeah, yea!

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Taking Care of Business

We get up every morning, from the alarm clocks warning

do the menial jobs that run this city 

There’s a whistle up above and we’re cleaning and we scrub

do your lawn, to make you look pretty

 

And if our bus is on time, getting to work way before 9 

to stock and sweat, $2.15 is our pay.

And your getting all annoyed, cause the problems are unemployed

they’re jobs you wouldn’t take any way!

 

And  we’re  TAKING’  CARE  OF  BUSINESS, Everyday

TAKING’  CARE  OF  BUSINESS, Oralé!

TAKING’ CARE  OF  BUSINESS, we’re the maid!

TAKING’  CARE  OF  BUSINESS--and getting under paid!

Work out!

 

For an easy addition you get workers for the kitchen

Paid under table, they won’t tell-oh!

If you need a handyman, you can go to standard brands

And get one of those “Stand-Around fellows”.

You see us slaving in the sun, from la migra we must run!

You tell us that you like it this way.

Then you're getting all annoyed, cause the problem’s unemployed

they’re jobs you wouldn’t take any way!

 

And  we’re  TAKING’  CARE  OF  BUSINESS, Everyday

TAKING’  CARE  OF  BUSINESS - Oralé!

TAKING’ CARE  OF  BUSINESS - blowing leaves!

TAKING’  CARE  OF  BUSINESS— no green cards up our sleeves,

Look out!

 

All we want is a good job, so we can stand on our two feet

We’re crawling up from the bottom, we’re proud labor that just can’t hide

You wouldn’t want to be a field worker, and be sprayed with pesticide (woow!)

 

And we’ve been  TAKING’  CARE  OF  BUSINESS— Everyday!

TAKING’  CARE OF  BUSINESS, Oralé!

TAKING’ CARE OF  BUSINESS, working fields!

TAKING’ CARE OF  BUSINESS--and cooking all your meals!

TAKING’ CARE OF  BUSINESS, kitchen crew!

TAKING’ CARE OF  BUSINESS, nannies too!

TAKING’ CARE OF  BUSINESS - blowing leaves!

TAKING’ CARE OF BUSINESS, no green cards up our sleeves.

 

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

TAKIND CARE OF BUSINESS

Take it Home!

 

 

Soy Un Pocho

“Soy Segunda Generación Latina

Soy partes de se Moviemento pero no puedo hablar

Ninguna palabra de lo”

 

Well I am a Mexican, and I am hardcore

I don’t speak Spanish but I know the score!

Well I was born here and my dad was too

but I can still be as brown as you!

 

But I love LA LA RAZA  (POOOOOE)

Well I love LA LA RAZA 

Well I don’t speak good like I know I should

porque...soy un pocho.

 

Well to be a Chicano, is more than a language

I’m not white bread, but I am a sandwich.

The best of both worlds my tongue can’t say

I guess I was just  brought up that way.

 

But I love LA LA RAZA (POOOOO)

Well I love LA LA RAZA (CHOOOOO)

Well I don’t speak good, like I know I could (LA LA LA)

porque... soy un pocho.

 

Spanish in high school and in junior college

I know my history, my knowledge is solid.

I don’t speak Spanish but I try my best: 

 

¡Eso Sí Que Es!

 

Well my first language would have to be English

i ‘m sure i sound funny when I say my Spanglish

Do I blame my parents or do blame myself?  NO!

You don’t need the language to share the wealth

 

of LA LA LA RAZA (POOOOOE)

Well I love LA LA RAZA         (CHOOOOO)

Well I don’t speak good like i know I should porque

soy un pocho……

 

Soy soy soy un  po-cho-cho!!

Soy soy soy un  po-cho-cho!!

Soy soy soy un  po-cho-cho!!

Soy soy soy un  po-cho-cho!!

 

 

Samba Para Elvis

Are you lonesome tonight dear? (ooh)

Do you miss me tonight dear? (aah)

Are you sad we drifted apart?

Sad we drifted all apart?

 

Does your memory stray to a bright summer’s day

When you smiled and called me sweetheart?

 

Do the chairs in your parlor, Dear…. (oooh aaah)

seem empty and bare, Dear?  (oooh aaah)

Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?

Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?

Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?

 

Maybe I didn't love you

Often as I could have

Maybe I didn't kiss you

Often as I should have.

 

Maybe I didn’t hold you

(maybe I, maybe I, maybe I didn't hold you)

All those long lonely nights

Maybe I never told you

(maybe I, maybe I, maybe I never told you)

I wanted to mold you

But You You You You You are always on my mind

But You You You You You are always on my mind

All the time…yeah, yeah, yeah

 

 

(Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doooooo)

 

 

Viva La Raza

Olmeca, Tolteca, Chichimeca, Mixteca

 

Aztec City sacrifice my soul

Sacrifice my soul on fire!

After Mayans and Toltecs came Tenochitlan

Taking Civilization much higher…

Astronomers were mapping the stars,

Inventing Zero, Aztec Gold Calendars,

The Pyramids were sending message to Mars..saying

Viva La Raza, Viva La Raza

 

??, Cuahutemoc, Moctezuma, ?? , ..............

The came Cortez with conquistadors from Spain

Turning Indios into Meztisos

Mixing old with the new, killing more than a few

Do we still weep for what they did sow?

Then came Religion for there crimes we must pay

Don Diego saw la Virgen Guadalupe.

Hidalgo used her for his banner to say..hey

Viva La Raza, Viva La Raza

 

Viva La Raza y La Revolucion, Pancho Villa el solucion

Obregon’s arm went down the drain.

Viva La Raza y La Artistas like Tamayo

Paintings of Cinco de Mayo

See Diego’s murals and you’ll never be the same again.

 

Cesar Chavez, Porfino Diaz, Louie Valdez, Mr. El Vez

Gonna have me some fun and I don’t need a gun

Todays Chicanos are sons of Mexico.

You gotta keep up hope and you don’t need no dope to

have a swinging time,

You’ve got to give everything you got

Somos Latinos and Latinos are hot!

You’ve got to give it all, give it all you got, saying

Viva La Raza, Viva La Raza, Viva La Raza

 

Viva, Viva La Raza!!!!!!!! (aaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!)

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Bonus songs:

Mexican-can

Esta Bien Mamacita