Plástico (part. Willie Colon) Rubén Blades (English Translation) Lyrics

She was a plastic girl
One of those I see around
One of those that when they get excited
They sweat Chanel number three

Who dream of marrying a doctor
Because he can support them better
They don’t talk to anyone who isn’t their equal
Unless it’s so-and-so

They are pretty, thin, well-dressed
With a elusive look and fake smile

He was a plastic guy
One of those I see around
With a comb in hand

And a face of “I didn’t do it”
Those who discuss in conversation
Which car brand is better
Those who prefer not to eat

For the appearances they have to maintain
To walk elegantly and be able to
Pick up a plastic girl like that

What a failure!

They were a plastic couple
One of those I see around
He only thinking about money
She about fashion in Paris

Pretending to be what they are not
Living in a world of pure illusion
Telling their five-year-old child
Not to play with kids of strange color
Drowning in debts to maintain
Their social status at a wedding or cocktail party

What a failure!

It was a plastic city
One of those I don’t want to see
With cancerous buildings and a heart of gold
Where instead of a sun rises a dollar

Where nobody laughs, where nobody cries
With people with polyester faces
Who listen without hearing and look without seeing
People who sold for comfort
Their reason to be and their freedom

Listen, Latino, listen brother, listen friend
Never sell your destiny for gold or comfort
Never rest, for we still have a long way to go

Let’s all move forward together
To end with the ignorance that keeps us hypnotized
With imported models that are not the solution

Don’t let yourself be confused
Look for the bottom and its reason
Remember: Faces are seen
But never the heart

Don’t let yourself be confused
Look for the bottom and its reason
Remember: Faces are seen
But never the heart

Remember: Faces are seen
And never the heart

(Faces are seen, faces are seen, wow, but never the heart)
We all come from dust
And there we’ll return, as the song says

(Faces are seen, faces are seen, wow, but never the heart)
Remember that plastic melts
If it’s hit directly by the sun

(Faces are seen, faces are seen, wow, but never the heart)

(Faces are seen, faces are seen, wow, but never the heart)
Study, work, be people first
There lies the salvation

(Faces are seen, faces are seen, wow, but never the heart)
But look, really look, don’t let yourself be confused
Look for the bottom and its reason

(Faces are seen, faces are seen, wow, but never the heart)
Forward, forward, forward, so we’ll continue united
And in the end we’ll overcome

But ladies and gentlemen, in the midst of plastic
We also see faces of hope
We see proud faces
Working for a united Latin America
And for a tomorrow of hope and freedom

We see faces of sweat and hard work (We see faces)
Of people of flesh and bone who didn’t sell out (We see faces)
Of people working, seeking a new path (We see faces)
Proud of their heritage and being Latino (We see faces)
Of a united race, the one Bolívar dreamt of (We see faces)

Sow!
Panama (Present)
Puerto Rico (Present)
Mexico (Present)
Venezuela (Present)
Peru (Present)
Dominican Republic (Present)
Cuba (Present)
Costa Rica (Present)
Colombia (Present)
Honduras (Present)
Ecuador (Present)
Bolivia (Present)
Argentina (Present)
Nicaragua (Present)
The neighborhood (Present)
The corner (Present)