El Cuarteto de Nos "No somos latinos" lyrics

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No somos latinos

Pensarán que soy medio ladinoO que vivo borracho de vinoQuieren hacerme creer estos cretinosQue los uruguayos somos latinos.

Hace un tiempo parecía jodaQue ser chicano esté de modaSi me viera mi abuelito ArsenioCantando con acento caribeño.

Yo no digo "ia está listo el poio",Ni "frijoles" ni "arroio""ierba", "iuio" ni "io io"

No me jodan más, no somos latinosNo me jodan más, no somos latinosYo me crié en la suiza del sur.

Yo no se bailar ni cumbia ni salsaNi me escapé de Cuba en una balsa.Me parió en Montevideo mi mamiYo no quiero ir a vivir a Miami.

Hace rato en la radio, en la teleMe pudrieron a son y a merengueNo me hagan poner ariscoY no quiero ir al show de Don Francisco

Y piensanLos yanquis y los europeosSomos un país bananeroCon palmeritas y calor.

No me jodan más, no somos latinosNo me jodan más, no somos latinosYo me crié en la suiza del sur.

En Colombia me decían gringo,O alemán en Santo DomingoNi en Honduras, Panamá y VenezuelaEl Uruguay ni saben donde queda.

Prefiero hablar con un filósofo suecoQue con un indio guatemalteco,Y tengo más en común con un rumanoQue con un cholo boliviano.

Cuando leí "las venas abiertas"Que era un bodrio me di cuentaY a la cuarta hoja me dormí.

No me jodan más, no somos latinosNo me jodan más, no somos latinosYo me crié en la suiza del sur.

Uruguaios a gozal!

We are not latinos

You might think that I'm half cunningOr that I live drunk in wineThese fools wanna make me believeThat Uruguayans are latinos

Time ago seemed like a jokeThat being chicano went with the fashionIf my granpa Arsenio could see meSinging with caribbean accent.

I don't say "ia está listo el poio", 1Neither "frijoles" 2nor "arroio"3"ierba"4, "iuio"5 nor "io io"6 7

Don't piss me off, we are not latinosDon't piss me off, we are not latinosI was raised in the Southern Switzerland. 8

I don't know to dance cumbia nor salsaNeither I scaped from Cuba in a raft.My mom gave me birth in MontevideoI don't wanna go to live in Miami.

A moment ago on the radio and the TVThey overwhelmed me with son and merengueDon't make me become fierceI don't wanna go to Don Francisco's show 9

And they thinkYankees and europeansWe are a banana republicwith little palms and heat.

Don't piss me off, we are not latinosDon't piss me off, we are not latinosI was raised in the Southern Switzerland.

In Colombia they called me Gringo,Or German in Santo DomingoIn Honduras, Panama and VenezuelaThey don't know where is Uruguay

I'd rather talk with a swedish philosopherThan with a guatemalan amerindianAnd I have more in common with a romanianThan with a bolivian cholo.

When I read "The Open Veins" 10I realized it was garbageAnd I slept in the fourth page.

Don't piss me off, we are not latinosDon't piss me off, we are not latinosI was raised in the Southern Switzerland.

Uruguaios a gozal! 11

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