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Lila Downs
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Traveled seven hundred miles
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Crossed the border to the States
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With a plastic bottle running
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Cross the desert in a shake
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Come to English only country
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Hidin' from the minutemen
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Come to make this place my home
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Run a long, long way from then
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Story of a lifetime
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For the minimum wage
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Well, they chased me through the desert
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Then the agents strapped me down
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Then they ask me why in Spanish
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Why you keep on comin' back?
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When I left my dad in Jersey
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And my sister in Des Moines
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They've been workin' in this country
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Pickin' lettuce, washing floors
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Story of a lifetime
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For the minimum wage
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Well, they raised me to eight dollars
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'Cause I washed the dishes fast
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Well, the boss, he got me workin'
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On the porch and in the back
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Then I wash the dish and rinse it
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Then I go home late and sleep
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Well, I need to be awake now
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'Cause I walk out in my sleep
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When I see that black van comin'
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Then I know I'm sure to run
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Goddamn them agents caught me
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Cuffed me on the spot
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For the minimum wage
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No one forced the boss to hire me
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But it's nearly been fifteen
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When I left my baby cryin'
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With a promise in my skin
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On the outskirts of L.A.
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I recite a native poem
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Million hands, ten thousand years
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It's the season for the crop
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It's my people doin' the pickin'
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In the valley of the dolls
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It's a decent job to work at
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Any day I'll take this job
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Ethiopian, Colombian, Pakistani, Cantonese
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Every man that I run into
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All the kitchens on the strip
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And they're pluggin' in them hours
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Smilin' in their dreams
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Theyre a long, long way from home now
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But they lookin' to be free
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California, Alabama and Missouri, Oregon
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They been workin' like their fathers were
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A long, long time ago
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For the minimum wage
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For the minimum wage
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For the minimum wage
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For, for, for, for the minimum wage
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It's a bumpy road to ride in
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But I'll take it anytime
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It's a bumpy road to take
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But I'll take it day
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It's a bumpy road to take
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But I'll take it anytime
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For the minimum wage
Natalia Jiménez, Lila Downs - La Cigarra
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