1355  "Represent" by Orishas

Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 09:24:56 -0700
From: Rick FromPortland <pruneshrub04@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: "Represent" by Orishas

After reading some postings a whileback, regarding connecting African music to Tango or something along those lines, it made me think of this really cool alternative Tango song, "Represent" by the cuban hiphop/rap group Orishas. Andrew Burt has played it at his mixed-music practica/really fun night. Its a party, full of laughter & good times & good people. Someone else, also mentioned that Daniel Trenner played it as a kind of warmup for dancing or teaching Tango? Anyway, I'm sure the people in Cuba would just as soon not have the connection to Africa happen in the way it did years ago. sigh... Anyway, here's the lyrics & I'm working on a translation. It has a nice steady beat, somewhere around 92 bpm, perfect for Tango. I so love dancing to this.


Represent, represent
Cuba, Orishas son de la mera Habana.
Represent, represent
Cuba, hey, mi mzsica.

Represent, represent
Cuba, Orishas son de la mera Habana.
Represent, represent
Cuba, hey, tu mzsica.

Ven que te quiero cantar de corazsn asi
la historia de mis ramces.
Rumba son y guaguanco todo mezclado
pa' que lo bailes tu,
mira, ay! que no baila en La Habana.

Candidato (uh huh)
pa' rumbiar en la cadencia.
Represento a mis ancestros toda la mezcla (ves),
no lo pierdas bro (yo).
Latino Americano de La Habana te lo mando
con sabor mejor.

zAprenderas que en la rumba esta la esencia Que en mi guaguanco es sabroso y tiene buena mezcla (cudes) A mi vieja y linda Habana (Ivana) un sentimiento de manana (Ivana) todo eso representas. Represent, represent
Cuba, Orishas son de la mera Habana.
Represent, represent
Cuba, hey, mi mzsica.

Represent, represent
Cuba, Orishas son de la mera Habana.
Represent, represent
Cuba, hey, tu mzsica.

Para la gente, mi zona Pa mi santo especulando En el micro, escucha como dice Miko Nico La musica cubana vale mucho chico Mi funky estilo mira viene de Habana. Represent, represent
Cuba, Orishas son de la mera Habana.
Represent, represent
Cuba, hey, mi mzsica.

Represent, represent
Cuba, Orishas son de la mera Habana.
Represent, represent
Cuba, hey, tu mzsica.

Mi musica tiene sabor a melao de caqa Ay, dime si te gusts Hey yo representando a los orishas de mi cuba Me floro a lo fin de hasta la sepultura Sha preson sa clasa salsa be popo be pre salse ho Cuando quiero estallar yo me voy a mi zona Pa' la habana yo me voy Sha preson que blon la nuir de chica a chico chicago a panama te cure la avana she preson la fiesta se lu va de la conga Saca los collares que llego chango chango hey blo a la gua chango batalan a maya o chun ma fin a que mi canto suba para la gente de mi cuba mis ancestros todos mis muerto todo eso represento Represent, represent
Cuba, Orishas son de la mera Habana.
Represent, represent
Cuba, hey, mi mzsica.

Represent, represent
Cuba, Orishas son de la mera Habana.
Represent, represent
Cuba, hey, tu mzsica.

Represent, represent
Cuba, Orishas son de la mera Habana.
Represent, represent
Cuba, hey, mi mzsica.

Represent, represent
Cuba, Orishas son de la mera Habana.
Represent, represent
Cuba, hey, tu mzsica.

Cuba...