I Am Not A Mestizo

Mestizo?
Shit, more like Yaqui Mexican
Making tapes again
Helping people represent
Let's get it in
This ain't for the sensitive
This is for the warriors
The soldiers
Waking people up like Folgers
I told ya
That I'm coming with a vengeance
Piercing people's heads
Like needles and syringes
Injecting Brown Pride in your veins
'Cause you're meant to be
Colonized in the brain
Decolonize is the aim
'Cause you're trained to maintain
So check game
I come from the Yaqui people
Yaqui de Sonora, amigo
El ombligo de la Luna
And Sonora es mi nido
And I got love for my Native people
Homie, check lo que te digo
'Cause you're meant to stay perdido
When these liars label you mestizo
Is like saying
"Yo no existo"
But I refuse to lose
Soy un Yaqui de Sonora
And the root esta macizo

I am not a mestizo
I'm a Yaqui de Sonora
En el ombligo de la Luna
Soy nacido
And I represent it
Te lo digo
Con orgullo te lo grito
These labels de los gringos
Yo no los necesito

I am not a mestizo
I'm a Yaqui de Sonora
En el ombligo de la Luna
Soy nacido
And I represent it
Te lo digo
Con orgullo te lo grito
These labels de los gringos
Yo no los necesito

Native pride on my mind
And you know I'm unliked
'Cause I was trained to be white
I was meant to be colonized
But I'm a rebel that's stepping outta line
Yes, I'm slipping in the clip
In the 9
But it's lyrical
Not spiritual
'Cause I don't need to kneel and pray
To make miracles
Yes, I make them when I speak
And I'm curing your disease
You're no longer blind
Homie, open up your eyes and see
Now follow me
'Cause there's at least
A million slaves to be saved
To be free
But it ain't easy
'Cause they don't know that they're slaves
And they lack identity
'Cause they're yanked from the root
Of their family tree
So it's up to you and me
To reach them
And then teach them
All the schemes of their fucking enemy
To teach them about modern day slavery
And teach them that they're lost without identity
They're lost without identity
They're lost without identity

I am not a mestizo
I'm a Yaqui de Sonora
En el ombligo de la Luna
Soy nacido
And I represent it
Te lo digo
Con orgullo te lo grito
These labels de los gringos
Yo no los necesito

I am not a mestizo
I'm a Yaqui de Sonora
En el ombligo de la Luna
Soy nacido
And I represent it
Te lo digo
Con orgullo te lo grito
These labels de los gringos
Yo no los necesito