Puerto Rico

when my lips pronounce your name
my heart speeds up
and always hopes to follow you

when I was a kid playing in your streets
with curly hair living in me
your beautiful mountains, your beautiful valleys
on that island, I want to die

Puerto Rico, our enchanted island
Frankie Ruiz with his singing wants to make you happy
Puerto Rico, my ambition is to have you
like a true Puerto Rican in my heart
Puerto Rico, I feel latent
because you made me Puerto Rican until death

when I was a kid playing in your streets
with curly hair living in me
your beautiful mountains, your beautiful valleys
on that island, I want to die

Puerto Rico, our enchanted island
Frankie Ruiz with his singing wants to make you happy
Puerto Rico, my ambition is to have you
like a true Puerto Rican in my heart
Puerto Rico, I feel latent
because you made me Puerto Rican until death

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I am Puerto Rican and I will always be
it's the island of enchantment, the land where I was born
it's my Borinquen

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I am Puerto Rican and I will always be
they call you precious, the waves of your blue and green sea

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I am Puerto Rican and I will always be
because you made me Puerto Rican and I will love you until death
I am Puerto Rican, just so you know, yesssss

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and I will always be
Puerto Rico, I am yours

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and I will always be
Puerto Rican and from Mayaguez

chorus
and I will always be
Puerto Rican until death

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and I will always be
Puerto Rican until death
from Mayaguez to Paterson, New York, working-class neighborhood Quintana, to the whole world, in La Perla, El Hoyo