Stronger

Sexualized since I was little
Judged since I was born
Feminist since I clashed with machismo
Fed up with hatred from the patriarchy in Puerto Rico

You gotta be tough, girl
You gotta be strong, girl
You gotta be better, girl
Or they will knock you down

From a young age, they don't tell you that this world
Hates women because we are
The ones who have custody
Of equality and love
History will tell you that with fighting is how we found glory

From a young age, they only talk about how weak you are
To be afraid
To wait for your hero
And they don't tell you the truth to kill
Every illusion when you face reality

You gotta be tough, girl
You gotta be strong, girl
You gotta be better, girl
Or they will knock you down

And as you grow up
They don't tell you that you have to be very cruel
That there's no mercy that saves
A woman from that
From that damn one who wants to roam your skin
Who destroys your soul
And takes your honey

And when you grow up, you can finally understand
That a woman is worth only what she wants to be worth
That only I can set my price

That no man determines
What my being is worth
That we suffer equally
With so many stories
That it's you
That it's me
That we are all now

If we unite, we don't have to fight
That going against it will only make us lose and be silent
Let's make noise
Let them hear us now
We are thousands, millions, billions now

Raped, abused, murdered
Bleeding out, too many
We are too many

We gotta be tough, girl
We gotta be strong, girl
We gotta be better, girl
Or they will knock us down

We gotta be tough, girl
We gotta be strong, girl
We gotta be better, girl
Or they will knock us down