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Rubén Blades

Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (Spanish pronunciation: [ruˈβen ˈbleðz]; born July 16, 1948) professionally known as Rubén Blades is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, actor, Latin jazz musician, and activist, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres. As songwriter, Blades brought the lyrical sophistication of Central American nueva canción and Cuban nueva trova as well as experimental tempos and politically inspired Nuyorican salsa to his music, creating thinking persons' (salsa) dance music. Blades has composed dozens of musical hits, the most famous of which is "Pedro Navaja," a song about a neighborhood thug who appears to die during a robbery (his song "Sorpresas" continues the story), inspired by "Mack the Knife." He also… more »


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1992
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Came from the sea, to Panam,
To work in the jungle and build the canal
He got paid in silver, the white man in gold, and the yellow fever took everyone?s soul.

[Chorus]
Grandaddy was a west Indian man,
Why Vivi why Muri en panam.

West Indian man, i want to recognize
Your iron will, your sacrifice.
You gave your life to build a path,
So oceans could meet inside the heart of panam

[Chorus]

Time has passed but discrimination endure, 
We must work together to find its cure.
West Indian man, he came from the Caribbean and found a home and a new start in panamá.

[Chorus]

That is where her blades come from.
From St. Lucy, he came down, etc...

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