Lyrics and translation Los Tigres del Norte - Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez

No habia quien defendiera al campesino
ni al mas minimo derecho conseguia
de las actas laborales excluidos
su derecho como humano no existia
Y aunque no quieras
creeer querido amigo
esto sucedio
en los estados unidos.
Pero el lider de la union de campesinos
25 dias estuvo sin comer
y tambien como lo estados vecinos
al fin tuvo California que ceder
Y aunque no quieras
creeer querido amigo
esto sucedio
en los estados unidos.
Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez el caudillo
a quien los agricultores tienen miedo
no necesito pistolas ni cuchillos
pero sus demandas se le consedieron
24 dias en el 75
promulgar la ley agricola valieron.
Pero cuando los contratos se vencian
los patrones y otras uniones se aliaron
y a los miles llevaron la policia
y con sangre de inocente los regaron.
y aunque no quieras
creer querido amigo
esto sucedio
en los estaods unidos...
Protestando contra los desinfectantes
Chavez hace huelga por tercera vez
por querer salvar la de sus semejantes
el su vida casi tuvo que perder
y aunque no quieraas
creer quierido amigo
esto sucedio
en los estados unidos.
Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez
como Martin Luther King yo te comparo
por si tu no lo sabias ya lo sabes
tienes un lugar en el cielo apartado
y en tu honor an de cantar un dias la avez
cuando el campo ya no este contaminado...

Cesar Chavez

There was no one to defend the farmworker,
not even the slightest right he could obtain.
Excluded from labor agreements,
his human rights didn't even exist.
And even if you don't want
to believe it, my dear,
this happened
in the United States.
But the leader of the farmworkers' union,
went 25 days without eating.
And just like the neighboring states,
California finally had to give in.
And even if you don't want
to believe it, my dear,
this happened
in the United States.
Cesar Chavez, Cesar Chavez, the leader,
whom the growers fear.
He didn't need guns or knives,
but his demands were granted.
24 days in '75
were worth it to enact the agricultural law.
But when the contracts expired,
the bosses and other unions allied,
and they brought the police against the thousands,
and watered them with innocent blood.
And even if you don't want
to believe it, my dear,
this happened
in the United States...
Protesting against the disinfectants,
Chavez goes on strike for the third time,
wanting to save the lives of his fellow men,
he almost had to lose his own life.
And even if you don't want
to believe it, my dear,
this happened
in the United States.
Cesar Chavez, Cesar Chavez, Cesar Chavez,
I compare you to Martin Luther King.
In case you didn't know, now you know,
you have a place reserved in heaven.
And in your honor, the birds will one day sing,
when the fields are no longer contaminated...