I Am Where I Need to Be
I am where I need to be.
For too long I denied it, resented it.
Why did I have to create roots somewhere I didn't chose?
Porque mis raíces fueron cortadas,
Pero ahora entiendo que estoy aquí por algo.
Once uprooted, now grounded
I find the love I needed within these barrios
I found the version of myself I never thought possible.
As I watch the plane dip into the skyline,
I see the highways, veins that run deep into the horizon.
My heart, for the first time since I was 13,
Decides to open up, smile and take in the beauty I refused to see.
La cólera daña al hígado, mija deja de tener rencor que solo te haces mal a ti misma.
Y así, remembering the wise words of long ago, I step back on this soil renewed and ready.
I belong here, for I am where I need to be.
For too long I denied it, resented it.
Why did I have to create roots somewhere I didn't chose?
Porque mis raíces fueron cortadas,
Pero ahora entiendo que estoy aquí por algo.
Once uprooted, now grounded
I find the love I needed within these barrios
I found the version of myself I never thought possible.
As I watch the plane dip into the skyline,
I see the highways, veins that run deep into the horizon.
My heart, for the first time since I was 13,
Decides to open up, smile and take in the beauty I refused to see.
La cólera daña al hígado, mija deja de tener rencor que solo te haces mal a ti misma.
Y así, remembering the wise words of long ago, I step back on this soil renewed and ready.
I belong here, for I am where I need to be.