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Ella

by Gina Chavez

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Sus manos están atadas
Su voz no puede mas
No sabe a dónde ir
Ni que hacer

Su cuerpo no para de bailar
Al ritmo de esta realidad
No sabe a dónde ir
Ni que hacer

Le quitaron las ganas de hablar
El silencio tratan de comprar
A la fuerza ellos quieren callar
En contra de esto y más

Nunca se rindio
(Ella persistio)

Toda la historia callando una verdad
Hemos tenido el poder
Siempre supimos a donde ir
Y que hacer

En la calle corremos peligro
En la casa nos matan también
Y si armamos valor pa’ decirlo
Hasta la iglesia se calla también
Pero no tenemos tiempo que perder
Fueron muchas las que lucharon ayer
Por las que están, y las que vendran

No nos rendimos
Nunca se rindio
(Ella persistio)
No nos rendimos
(Ella persistio)


---(English translation)---

Her hands are tied
Her voice is exhausted
She doesn’t know where to go
Or what to do

Her body keeps dancing
To the rhythm of this reality
She doesn’t know where to go
Or what to do

They took her desire to speak
Tried to buy her silence
With force, they shut her up
Against all this and more
She never gave up

All of history has been quieting a truth
We’ve had the power
We’ve always known where to go
And what to do

In the streets we are in danger
In our homes they kill us too
And if we find the courage to say so
Even the church will silence our truth
But there’s no time to lose
So many have fought before us
For women today and all those to come
We won’t give up!

She persisted
We won’t give up
She didn’t give up
We won’t give up

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released April 17, 2020
Written by Gina Chavez, Nathan Villegas, Andrea Pernia, Linda Briceno, Fernando Lodeiro
Produced by Linda Briceno, Fernando Lodeiro
Mixed by Fernando Lodeiro
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen
Keys by Cale Hawkins
Guitar by Jordan Peters

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Gina Chavez Austin, Texas

“Her voice stops you in your tracks.” —NPR
A radiant, passionate performer and activist, Gina Chavez crosses musical and cultural boundaries. Her bilingual, genre-bending songs and gutsy voice have earned her 12 Austin Music Awards and more than a million views on her NPR Tiny Desk concert. Her new album, La Que Manda, drops this Spring. ... more

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