Joell Ortiz, La Bruja - Latino lyrics

Look around in my neighborhood
(aqui en el barrio, tu sabe) see how we live
See right there on that corner
That's where they sell the drugs
(the manteca, brother)
Run the numbers and play dominoes
Whistle at the fly ladies
You know, I'm Latino, hahahaha
(Latino, pa que sepa)

The dope gets sold by the bodega
The way y'all call it dope
We call it the manteca
We don't look for lotto
Numbers in the newspaper
We play it right over the counter
By the Now & Laters
Sit down on milk crates and play dominoes
Capicu! Slam it down, tell them adios
Another round of beers before we go upstairs
And watch a fuzzy TV on
Some of the oldest chairs
Relax, take a bath and get nice and clean
Come out just in time for dinner
You know rice and beans
A little chicken, maybe tostones
It's up to Ma
She might be tired keeping this
House all up to par
Sometimes I look out the window
And see some nice wheels
I got a thing for rims
They give me slight chills
Around here you get killed over a ice grill
Guns pop but the OG's carry knives still

(Latinooo) i'm that and I'm proud
If you don't know us let me tell you about
(Latinooooooos, LaLaLaLaLaLaLaaa)
We got beautiful women
And they all seem to know
Their way around the kitchen (Latinooos)
Yeah we stick together
We had hard lives so our
Skin is thick forever
(Latinooooooo LaLaLaLaLaLaLaaa)
I'm that and I'm proud
If you don't know us let me tell you about

See every block got a different crew
This kid I knew got paralyzed
Cause of his tattoo and he wasn't in a gang
Just some young punk trying to come
Up and get a name
Put a bullet in his brain, it's a shame
But yo, on a better note
Latina women look so good from head to toe
Get 'em and never let 'em go
Baseball is big in my town so is boxing
A hundred he don't see the 9th round
These young girls is fresh they
Like to get piped down babies having babies
Guess who on the WIC line now? (Who?)
Guess who got welfare? Guess who on medicaid?
(Who?) guess who left they kid with
Their girl for eleven days
Without calling cause he's balling
One year from now he'll have
A child support warrant
It happen all the time in my community
That's the difference between someone
Like you and me, i'm

Big Chino got a truck and a bike and a boat
But Chino got a gun cause
His life full of coke
And Chino having fun he
Don't like being broke
But Chino gon' be done, FBI is no joke
And I don't want Chi to get knocked
When the truck around he buy
Ice cream for the block
See where I'm from the kids
Look up to the hustlers
Even if they family was some of the customers
My abuela used to tell me
To stay off the corner
You heard what happened to
Mrs rivera's daughter?
See she had got caught in the
Crossfire right there in broad day
Shot her in the back trying
Run in the hallway
By my building all you hear is:
"Oye, ten cuidado la policia esta
En la esquina de Broadway"
There's action all the time
In my neighborhood but see we all mind our
Business like a neighbor should

See this one right here is for
All my Latinos around the world
Around the world, man, there's so many of us
Man be proud of who you are, man
I love ya'll niggas! Joell Ortiz!