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LIFEWTR launched Life Unseen, a new platform and bottle collection in the ongoing fight for fair representation within the arts. Gina Chavez is one of the 20 artists being featured in the #LifeUnseen series and she created a song called “Pitaya Roja” and now its cover art is being featured on the brand’s bottles. Visit LIFEWTR.COM/LifeUnseen to learn more. @LIFEWTR

lyrics

Había una vez una nina in a dress
As all ninas usually are
Too thick on the outside, face cut like a fault line
Red hot on the inside, when all her friends were white

Too thick on the outside, face cut like a fault line
Red hot on the inside, when all her friends were white
And all her friends were right

Pitaya Roja
Delicadeza
Ruidosa cabeza
Mejor que la fresa
Pi-ta-ya-ro-ja

Ella fue tan intensa
The opposite of dulce y buena
As good girls should wanna be
Louder than an anthem, way too hard to handle
They tell her every day chillona just be quiet, wait your time

Pitaya Roja
Delicadeza
Ruidosa cabeza
Mejor que la fresa
Pi-ta-ya-ro-ja

Pitaya Roja
Quieren protegerla
Mas como comerla
nunca la venceran
Pi-ta-ya-ro-ja

---English Translation---

Once upon a time there was a girl in a dress
As all girls usually are
Too thick on the outside, face cut like a fault line
Red hot on the inside, when all her friends were white
And all her friends were right

Red dragon fruit
A delicacy
Head full of noise
Better than strawberry
Red dragon fruit

She was so intense
The opposite of sweet and good
As good girls should wanna be
Louder than an anthem, way too hard to handle
They tell her every day, "crybaby," just be quiet, wait your time

Red dragon fruit
A delicacy
Head full of noise
Better than strawberry
Red dragon fruit

Red dragon fruit
They want to protect her
More like consume her
They'll never beat her
Red dragon fruit

credits

released April 14, 2021
Lyrics & Music by Gina Chavez
Produced by Camilo Lara (Mexican Institute of Sound)
Mixed & Mastered by Frank "El Medico" Rodriguez
Artwork by Broobs

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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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