Life on Mango Street Alex Reyes 1992

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When I was little boy, I rememba a place

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Where the sun would tan your skin, soft breeze inna face

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Half the year de sun would shine and de odda half it rain hard

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Hibiscus bush was your front hedge, the jungle was your back yard

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An people wonda how I live in a place so great

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That was life on Mango Street.

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Everyday afta school at de Shell gas station you’s find

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A line of friends drinkin’ soda Mil, making joke and eating pork rind.

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Then to Sosa hill we would go on a skateboard and a bike

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Ride down fast and have no fear, cuz a cut and scrape was alright.

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And life was good, my friends and I agreed

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Dat was life on Mango Street

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An we used to sing Way-oh, Dats where we meet

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Way-oh cut off shorts and barefeet

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Raspados roseapples yeah man, dats what we eat.

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Dat was life on Mango street.

I rememba my reaction when round came the Paleta Man

And down the street we would run a race, twenty cents inna hand

His bell ringin’ everybody singin’ Guineo, coco, pina,

Tamarindo eskimo pie, limon, and maracuya.

An’ I look back on a life that taste so sweet

Dat was life on Mango Street.

And der was nothing more exciting den cayuco race or a carnaval water fight

Kick de can, Ringoleveeo on a warm dry season night.

As I look back der was no betta place, no betta place for a kid.

Cuz where else in de entire world, could you do what we did?

An’I know dat was the only place for me

Dat was life on Mango Street

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An we used to sing Way-oh, Dats where we meet

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Way-oh cut off shorts and barefeet

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Raspados roseapples yeah man, dats what we eat.

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Dat was life on Mango street.

Me don’t want to live in de states so please take me back.

People up here dem is too fast pace MTV and pink cadillac

Dey don’t understand de goal in life is have fun

Climb mango trees and race de rain, screamin’ top of you lungs

An if I hurry back, I won’t miss a beat,

Of my life on Mango Street

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An we used to sing Way-oh, Dats where we meet

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Way-oh cut off shorts and barefeet

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Raspados roseapples yeah man, dats what we eat.

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Dat was life on Mango street.

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I wan to go Home, Dat was life on Mango street,

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Take me to da Zone, Dat was life on Mango street One more time sing

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Way-oh, Dats where we meet

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Way-oh cut off shorts and barefeet

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Raspados roseapples yeah man, dats what we eat.

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Dat was life on Mango street.