Dm I was born in PuertoRico, Gm we came here when I was a child, A Dm before I reached the age of 16 Bb A Dm I was runnin' with the gang and we were wild Dm He keeps looking but he don´t recognize me, Gm some guy from Lexington or Park ADm Red beans and rice from kitchen window, A Dm it's supper time and the Barrio is dark Bb F No one knows you like I do, C Bb F C nobody can know your heart the way I do Bb F C A Dm No one can testify to all that you´ve been through, but I will Dm I was born in Puerto Rico, and my blood is Taino, Gm Spanish Carribean my soul A Dm We came here wearing summer clothes in winter, A Dm hearts of sunshine in the cold Bb F C C Your family rented this apartment, Bb C Fb you'd watch the streetlamps from your perch F C In the sacramental hour your stepfather in black A Dm preached the fire of the Pentecostal church Bb F C No one knows you like I do, Bb F C nobody can know your heart the way I do Bb F C No one can testify to all that you've A Dm been through but this will Dm I was born in Puerto Rico, Gm came here when I was a child A Small change and sunlight, Dm and I left these streets for good, A Dm my days as short as they were wild Dm I'm Carlos Apache, Angel Soto, Gm Frenchy Cordero, Babu Charlie Cruz ADm Your features blurred in ev'ry grainy photo, A Dm and fading headlines of the Daily News Dm Wyltwyck school for crimonal children, Gm Auburn, Brooklyn House of D., A Dannemora, Sing-Sing, Attica, Dm Greenhaven, 20 years inside, today you're free BFC You cannot even read your story, Bb C BbF the pages piling up in shame, F before the words released you C The guard would kill the light, A the night you took Dm The Capeman for your name BFC I was born in Puerto Rico (8x)