Ilegal

Good morning, children
I'm going to take attendance
Francisco?
Present
Maria?
Present, teacher
Jorge?, Jorge?

I'm no longer here, teacher
I'm here in the desert with delay
We were 20 of the 5 that are here now
And the coyote says we're missing 3 hours

That was my journey through the border
With a dream, because hunger doesn't wait
With the faith to raise Contreras high
Like every Mexican who holds on

They gave me a little job in the field
At night, a train car was my room
When there's will, the effort isn't that much
I even had to laugh amidst tears

To the world, an illegal, to mom, a brave child
The north is very different from what many people think
Money doesn't rain down

And as usual
Pure courage, and up, Mexico!

From child to man, I grew up in a few months
I wished for a hug from mom a thousand times
But a dream in my mind was constant
I fought hard to get them ahead

Little by little, I sent something back to the little ranch
My parents stopped suffering a little
Although the cold and hunger no longer attacked
They missed me, I noticed it in the calls

To the world, an illegal, to mom, a brave child
The north is very different from what many people think
Money doesn't rain down