Lyrics
Soy el plástico azul del centro comunitario,
colgado en un alambre desde las siete de un martes.
Huelo a café quemado y a un miedo hereditario,
reflejo las luces fluorescentes por todas partes.
[Chorus]
Tinta en el dedo,
bailando con el dembow.
Este plástico ciego
por fin sabe quién soy.
[Verse 2]
Entra ella, con las botas que suenan a futuro,
dejando una estela de gardenias y de gas.
Afuera, una voz dice "Apellido primero", un susurro duro.
En mi piel opaca, ve la cara de su abuela detrás.
[Chorus]
Tinta en el dedo,
bailando con el dembow.
Este plástico ciego
por fin sabe quién soy.
[Bridge]
Es un gracias que no tiene sonido, una oración de espinas,
por la raíz que no se ahogó en la sequía.
Una flor de buganvilla entre tantas ruinas,
que no pidió permiso pa' nacer este día.
[Outro]
Se va. El alambre tiembla.
Queda su huella.
About Salena Quintero
Salena Quintero earned a scholarship to the prestigious Berklee College of Music, only to drop out after a professor told her to 'sand down the regionalism' in her Tejano-tinged voice. She returned home to Corpus Christi with a mountain of debt and a crisis of faith. Now, she writes fierce, vibrant cumbia-pop anthems for her hometown, channeling the stories of the Texas coast into a sound that…
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