Decadencia

It's like we're frozen in time
Seems like we don't care about anything
The hope of our people, Squadron
I believe the people need this message
With much love to all my brothers, Fugitive Ciao- Yo

I go for my taste when need embraces me
Between a decadence that the system disguises
My verb takes shape and hooks onto poetry
My spirit flows, immortalizing my words
Once again I transform into the voice of a great mass
Headless, empty silently moving
They got tired of crying and now their soul bleeds
As they wonder who controls their hope
And they twist because it hurts, the wound bleeds, and they think they're dying
They want to scream their pain but they can't
Because the imposed terror takes away what little they have
They ask for justice and that's not seen
Why do they repress those who want to be free?
From their offices, they can't smell reality
They won't understand the sadness of this country
Just like my people don't understand how to solve
You work, sweat all over, and can't break free
You give everything and get nothing in return, total slavery
That's how they control you, I call it a lethal conspiracy
The message merges with the seconds, my faith grows
They invent abusive laws, they have you at their mercy
Our opinions are not heard, thinking revolutions are for the people
Not for those in power
And decadence shakes the conscience
And the mind doesn't wake up and accepts everything
People don't believe and don't see, dragged by inertia
They prefer to endure everything before breaking the cord

Decadence
So much destruction, so much frustration, so much sadness
Decadence
So much need to scream, to demand but fear lurks
Decadence
All of us like automatons accept the brainwashing
Decadence
For our children, family, and generations let's seek answers
Decadence
They took everything from us but not resistance and the power of words
Decadence
Brothers standing, nothing more beautiful than a nation awakening
Decadence
We don't want blood, no one to perish, but let's raise our heads
Decadence
Like Víctor Jar telling his people freedom is near

And they confront us, and divide us into two sides
And we live watching out, paranoid, distrusting
The same children of the people are tearing each other apart
Because the system manipulates them, and they never see the harm
And the police without limits, nor measure
They respond to a doctrine they don't understand but it feeds them
They abuse, mistreat, arrogant, humiliate you
Okay, not all of them, but the majority
And they forget where their lives come from, their family
The school they attended
Now they live with anger
Defenders, there's never hegemony with a cold mind
You are the directed puppets of the system
And I wonder if this is a democracy
Why is thinking differently a heinous betrayal?
Why are several sectors marginalized and rejected?
If criteria are not respected, this nation won't progress
But then injustice is unleashed
And it's dangerous to speak up, fear paralyzes you
Your message of peace is turned into a benizist
I never talked about bombing the Minister of Justice, never
And they militarize civil society
And education heads straight to chaos in a hurry
And everything is confusion and there's no love
And you feel suffocated
And they impose everything on you and your patience unravels
God give me strength and all your compassion
Only you know the suffering of this heart
To see the good of my people and not so much despair
And not be a silent witness to the destruction of my nation

Decadence
So much destruction, so much frustration, so much sadness
Decadence
So much need to scream, to demand but fear lurks
Decadence
All of us like automatons accept the brainwashing
Decadence
For our children, family, and generations let's seek answers
Decadence
They took everything from us but not resistance and the power of words
Brothers standing, nothing more beautiful than a nation awakening
Decadence
We don't want blood, no one to perish, but let's raise our heads
Decadence
Like Víctor Jar telling his people freedom is near

Brothers, raise your fists and join hands
And shout freedom, shout freedom because power is in the people
We are masters of our destinies
Of our own freedom, strength, resistance
We can't take it anymore, we can't take it anymore
In the name of all these generations
In the name of Cuban youth
In the name of all who study, work
Those who strive and sacrifice for this island
No more decadence, evolution, satisfaction, joy
And fundamentally social freedom for this people
Decadence
No more, brothers, no more, no more
Decadence
Let's see the end of this story in peace and with our own
Decadence
Squadron, Squadron Yo
Decadence
Once again my mission, freedom is near