Mi Gran Amor Lyrics English Translation by Santana & Becky G
(feat. Becky G)
A normal day in the United States
Good morning, USA!
Four in the morning, he hit the streets before the sun
Back home he was a lawyer, here he’s hustling on construction
A beautiful woman and two daughters are his blessing
His paycheck covers the car and the rent for a single room
That morning (That morning)
Was just another one, a normal day, he never imagined
That he wouldn’t be coming back, that immigration would show up at work
Migra, my great love is gone because of the migra
Migra, they’ve mistaken my great love for a criminal
I haven’t slept, it’s become a nightmare chasing the dream in the United States
In the United States
There’s no one united
Nine in the morning, she left the house to clean
The seventeen floors of a residential building
For home, half her salary, the other half for her mom
It’s not even enough for her, but it’s enough to help
In the same building, Willie works security
He’s 70 years old and has been undocumented for 35
He had kids and grandkids here, but couldn’t fix his status
He doesn’t have a single crime, his only crime was working
That morning
Was just another one, a normal day, she never imagined
That she wouldn’t be coming back, that immigration would show up at work
Migra, my great love is gone because of the migra
Migra, they’ve mistaken my great love for a criminal
I haven’t slept, it’s become a nightmare chasing the dream in the United States
In the United States
There’s no one united
We came to this country
With nothing and fleeing from another
The stars on their flag
We sewed them ourselves
It hurts to have given so much and get so little back
Working so many years for a dream and a broken home
How it hurts, how it hurts
That they take away my parents, my siblings, and my neighbors
How it hurts, how it hurts
How it hurts
It’s become a nightmare chasing the dream in the United States