"Two Pesos Pobres" is a song that I wrote and dedicated to the undocumented farm workers from Mexico who put their lives on the line and food on American tables every day.
Here is a video of Jen's and my performance at the AFOP (Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs ) conference in New Orleans, 12/2010.
Sorry about the apparent extra step: cut and paste
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKj8fBdB4Oo or
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=new+orleans+afop+conference+2010.
Lyrics:
Campesinos Mexicanos, will you survive?
Pobreza, corrupcion y narco - violencia
Its harder and harder to cross the line,
Will you get through or will you die tryin'
Y los Americanos ellos no comprenden
Hopelessly poor, in a desperate land, houses of pallets, they do what they can
Campesinos Mexicanos, they farm to survive, necessitan trabajo, without it they'll die
Sin
papeles legales, they run for their lives, cosechas Americanas, al Norte they arrive, los niños se lloran, ¿'apa, adonde vas? Their
families are starving, what is the cost?
They are Two Pesos Pobres, y más peor, South of the border they struggle for more,
Two Pesos Pobres, y más peor, Que Dios les ayude, as you go north
Los ricos, el gobierno, they have way to much, Carteles, y drogas, its best not to touch,
They see poor mamá, without papá, asi es la vida, que sera sera
They are Two Pesos Pobre, y mas peor, South of the border they struggle for more,
Two Pesos Pobres, y mas peor, Que Dios les ayude, as you go north
They love this new country, they love USA, they start their new families, aquí they will stay
Por favor, please forgive them for crossing you line, they seek a new future aquí on your side
They are Two Pesos Pobres, y más peor, South of the border they struggle for more,
Two Pesos Pobres, y más peor, Grácias a Dios, el Norte's your home
Two Pesos Pobres, y más peor,
Two Pesos Pobres, y más peor,
Two Pesos Pobres, y más peor,
Two Pesos Pobres, y más peor,
Gracias a los trabajadores!
