¿Tú Lo Sientes? (Do You Feel It?)

(Do you feel it?)

Yes, I feel it

I feel my beloved, Barrio, my ghetto (Do you feel it?)

This is the story of where I was born

No man's land, between 115th street and 125th (Do you feel it?)

Everyone's today is talking about El Barrio, or their ghettos (Do you feel it?)

About the hard times they had, we had hard times, but we had good times too (Do you feel it?)

I can remember the summer, summertime was beautiful, the days were long

We didn't need any ocean breeze

To the left we had the Hudson River, to the right the East River

When we wanted to refresh ourselves, who needed the ocean, we had the pump

You remember the Johnny Pump

All we needed was a good, good screwdriver and a can

And we were refreshed

At night the breeze was beautiful

Tar Beach, that was our meeting place

And we had, we had fun galore

When I went home, my mother was beautiful, our food was really together

Rice and beans, that's our soul food, with a little cuchifritos on the side

And for a little dessert we had maví, the grooviest tasting drink you wanna try

Everything was beautiful to me

My querido, my beautiful barrio, my ghetto

(Do you feel it?)

Yes, I feel it, but I feel it in another way (Do you feel it?)

I feel the pressure that keeps us down (Do you feel it?)

Yes, I feel it, I feel it, baby, but I feel it in another way (Do you feel it?)

El Barrio is the place that's uptown (Do you feel it?)

I feel, I feel, I fear and the hate (Do you feel it?)

Thats where fear and hate is commonplace (Do you feel it?)

I said it, telling you about being hungry (Do you feel it?)

Uptown, that's the place, that poverty abounds (Do you feel it?)

I used to love it there, the place where I was born (Do you feel it?)

But somewhere there's a better place

When I find it, I'll be gone, gone, gone, gone, gone

(Do you feel it?)

I feel it, I feel it in my bones (Do you feel it?)

Gonna search for another, another home (Do you feel it?)

Said I feel it, feel it in my bones (Do you feel it?)

Soon as I can, I'll be gone, gone, gone (Do you feel it?)

I feel it, yes, I feel it (Do you feel it?)

Where poverty abounds (Do you feel it?)

I feel it, I feel it, gotta get away (Do you feel it?)

Gotta get away, gotta get away, gotta get away, gotta get away (Do you feel it?)