[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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In this album there’s a picture
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Of the ladies at Daniela’s
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You can tell it’s from the eighties
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By the volume of their hair
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There’s Usnavi, just a baby
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‘Eighty-seven, Halloween
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If it happened on this block, Abuela was there
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Every afternoon I came
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She’d make sure I did my homework
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She could barely write her name
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But even so…
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She would stare at the paper
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And tell me
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“Bueno, let’s review
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Why don’t you tell me
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Everything you know.”
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[Verse 2]
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In this album there’s a picture
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Of Abuela in Havana
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She is holding a rag doll
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Unsmiling, black and white
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I wonder what she’s thinking
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Does she know that she’ll be leaving
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For the city on a cold, dark night?
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And on the day they ran
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Did she dream of endless summer?
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Did her mother have a plan?
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Or did they just go?
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Did somebody sit her down and say
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“Claudia, get ready, to leave
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Behind everything you know”?
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Everything I know
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What do I know?
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[Verse 3]
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In this folder there’s a picture
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From my high school graduation
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With the program, mint condition
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And a star beside my name
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Here’s a picture of my parents
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As I left for California
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She saved everything we gave her
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Every little scrap of paper
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And our lives are in these boxes
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While the woman who held us is gone
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But we go on, we grow, so…
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Hold tight, Abuela, if you’re up there
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I’ll make you proud of everything I know!
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Thank you, for everything I know
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