Not Hispanic

Not from Spain

Not born in Spain

We did not go to Spain

Spain came to us

Introducing us to slavery.

 We are not Spanish

We speak Spanish

 I’m Puerto Rican, Dominican, Cuban & Mexican

From a place called Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, Cuba, and Mexico.

 Unclutter the pages in the head

To wake up the history of the past

To heal the mind to think again

To educate the present to have a future.

 Let us dare to embrace the image in the mirror

Let us be a family again

Let us adopt our lost generation

Enslaved by foreign ships

 I’m Puerto Rican, Dominican, Cuban, and Mexican

Not Hispanic.

Open the pages hiding in the mind.

Erase the curse of Hispanic Heritage Month

A plot designed on the American golf course

To protect their colonies.

 I’m Puerto Rican, Dominican, Cuban and Mexican

From a place called Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, Cuba, and Mexico.