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She was a plastic girl, one of those I see around

The ones that when they get excited, they sweat Chanel number three

They dream of marrying a doctor

Because he can provide for them better

They don't talk to anyone unless they're their equal

Unless it's someone important

They're pretty, thin, well-dressed

With evasive looks and fake laughter

He was a plastic boy, one of those I see around

With a comb in his hand and a "it wasn't me" face

The ones who, as a topic of conversation,

Discuss which car brand is better

The ones who prefer not to eat

For the appearances they have to maintain

To walk elegantly and thus be able to pick up a plastic girl

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're not

Living in a world of pure illusion

Telling their five-year-old son

Not to play with kids of different colors

Drowning in debt to maintain

Their social status at weddings or hotels

What a failure

It was a plastic city, one of those I don't want to see

With cancerous buildings and a fake heart

Where instead of a sun, a dollar rises

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 for being and their freedom

Listen, Latino, listen, brother, listen, friend

Never sell your destiny for gold or comfort

Never rest, because we still have a long way to go

Let's all move forward to finish together

With the ignorance that keeps us brainwashed

With imported models that are not the solution

Don't let yourself be confused

Look for the essence and its reason

Remember, faces can be seen

But never the heart

Don't let yourself be confused

Look for the essence and its reason

Remember, faces can be seen

But never the heart

Remember, faces can be seen

But never the heart

Faces can be seen, faces can be seen, well, but never the heart

We all come from dust and there we will return, as the song says

Faces can be seen, faces can be seen, well, but never the heart

Remember that plastic melts if it's hit by the sun

You see the faces, you see the faces, wow, but never the heart

Bubirubidubirubi

Bubirubidubirubi

You see the faces, you see the faces, wow, but never the heart

Study, work and be people first, salvation is there

You see the faces, you see the faces, wow, but never the heart

But look, don't let yourself be confused, look for the bottom line and its reason.

You see the faces, you see the faces, wow, but never the heart

Move on, move on, move on, move on, move on

And so we will remain united and in the end we will win

You see the faces, you see the faces, wow, but never the heart

But ladies and gentlemen in the middle of the plastic

You can also see the faces of hope

You see the proud faces that work for a

Latin America united and for a tomorrow of hope and freedom

You can see the faces of work and sweat

Of people of flesh and blood who were not sold

Of people working looking for the new path

Proud of her heritage and being Latino

Of a united race, the one that Bolivar dreamed of

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 without Somoza, present

The neighborhood, present

The corner, present

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