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Artist: Lila Downs
Canonical path: /lila-downs/clandestino
Related lyric paths: 6
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Clandestino
Read Clandestino lyrics by Lila Downs on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Clandestino
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Sola voy con mi pena
Sola va mi condena
Correr es mi destino
Para burlar la ley
Perdida en el corazón
De la grande babylon
Me dicen clandestino
Por no llevar papel
Pa' una ciudad del norte
Yo me fui a trabajar
Mi vida la dejé
Entre tijuana y bagdad
Soy una raya en el mar
Fantasma en la ciudad
Mi vida va prohibida
Dice la autoridad
Sola voy con mi pena
Sola va mi condena
Correr es mi destino
Por no llevar papel
Perdida en el corazón
De la grande babylon
Me dicen clandestino
Yo soy la quiebra ley
Peruano ¡clandestino!
Hondureño ¡clandestino!
Mexicana ¡clandestina!
Marihuana ¡ilegal!
Si no peleamos por lo niños
¿Qué será de nosotros?
Sola voy con mi pena
Sola va mi condena
Correr es mi destino
Para burlar la ley
Perdida en el corazón
De la grande babylon
Me dicen clandestino
Yo soy la quiebra ley
Venezolano ¡clandestino!
Colombiano ¡clandestino!
Sonorense ¡clandestino!
Borderiza ¡ilegal!
Chiapaneca ¡clandestina!
Guerrerense ¡clandestino!
Nicaragüense ¡clandestino!
Salvadoreño ¡ilegal!
Boliviano ¡clandestino!
Oaxaqueña ¡clandestina!
Ecuatoriano ¡clandestino!
Tapatía ¡ilegal!
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Lila Downs performs "Clandestino", and this lyric page sits inside the Lila Downs catalog on LyroVerse.
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