Ella era una chica plástica de esas que veo por ahí,
De esas que, cuando se agitan, sudan Chanel Number Three;
Que sueñan casarse con un doctor,
Pues él puede mantenerlas mejor.
No le hablan a nadie si no es su igual,
A menos que sea un fulano de tal.
Son lindas, delgadas, de buen vestir,
De mirada esquiva y falso reír.

Él era un muchacho plástico de esos que veo por ahí,
Con la peinilla en la mano y cara de 'yo no fui';
De los que por tema en conversación
Discuten qué marca de carro es mejor;
De los que prefieren el no comer
Por las apariencias que hay que tener
Pa andar elegantes y así poder una chica plástica recoger.

Qué fallo...

Era una pareja plástica de esas que veo por ahí,
Él pensando sólo en dinero,
Ella en la boda en París;
Aparentando lo que no son,
Viviendo en un mundo de pura ilusión,
Diciendo a su hijo de cinco años:
"No juegues con niños de color extraño";
Ahogados en deudas para mantener
Su estatus social en boda o coctel.

Qué fallo...

Era una ciudad de plástico de esas que no quiero ver,
De edificios cancerosos y un corazón de oropel;
Donde en vez de un sol amanece un dólar,
Donde nadie ríe, donde nadie llora;
Con gente de rostros de poliéster
Que escuchan sin oír y miran sin ver,
Gente que vendió por comodidad
Su razón de ser y su libertad.

Oye, latino,
Oye, hermano,
Oye, amigo,
Nunca vendas tu destino por el oro ni la comodidad.
Nunca descanses, pues nos falta andar bastante.
Vamos todos adelante para juntos terminar
Con la ignorancia que nos trae sugestionados
Con modelos importados que no son la solución.

No te dejes confundir,
Busca el fondo y su razón.
Recuerda: se ven las caras,
Pero nunca el corazón.
No te dejes confundir,
Busca el fondo y su razón.
Recuerda: se ven las caras
Pero nunca el corazón.
Recuerda: se ven las caras,
Y jamás el corazón.

Se ven las caras, se ven las caras, vaya, pero nunca el corazón.

Del polvo venimos todos y ahí regresaremos, como dice la canción.
Recuerda que el plástico se derrite si le da de lleno el sol.

Estudia, trabaja y sé gente primero: ahí está la salvación.
Pero que mira, mira, no te dejes confundir, busca el fondo y su razón.

Pa' lante, pa' lante, pa' lante, pa' lante, pa' lante,
Y así seguiremos unidos y al final venceremos.

Pero señoras y señores, en medio del plástico
También se ven las caras de esperanza,
Se ven las caras orgullosas que trabajan
Por una Latinoamérica unida
Y por un mañana de esperanza y de libertad.

Se ven las caras de trabajo y de sudor
De gente de carne y hueso que no se vendió,
De gente trabajando buscando el nuevo camino,
Orgullosa de su herencia y de ser latino,
De una raza unida, la que Bolívar soñó.

¡Siembra!

Panamá, ¡presente!
Puerto Rico, ¡presente!
México, ¡presente!
Venezuela, ¡presente!
Perú, ¡presente!
República Dominicana, ¡presente!
Cuba, ¡presente!
Costa Rica, ¡presente!
Colombia, ¡presente!
Honduras, ¡presente!
Ecuador, ¡presente!
Bolivia, ¡presente!
Argentina, ¡presente!
Nicaragua sin Somoza, ¡presente!
El Barrio, ¡presente!
La esquina, ¡presente!
Los estudiantes, ¡presentes!...


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