Holidays of el barrio by Chuy QuinteroHolidays of El Barrio Valentines day In El Barrio.

Roses are picked from your abuelitas house And candy is in the candy flake paint job of your lowww ride and love.... It's in the back seat. St. Patricks day In El Barrio Nobody gets pinched cuz everybody carries a nickle bag in their back pocket and the mocosito kids smile cuz hey, they have theirs. Halloween in El Barrio. Doors get knocked on and you pray it's not the police telling you she's gotten run over. Halloween in El Barrio little kids wear their fathers' clothes and paint their faces with their mothers make up and smile when a penny is thrown into their hollow bags and frown When they come home and see all the treats they've received son las frutas del fil. Thanksgiving Day In El Barrio. All your relatives are outside your abuelitas house becuase they all can't fit inside. Tias y abuelitas cook up chismes and you all give thanks... Even though for the rest of the year, you're gonna eat tortillas, frijoles, y arroz gracias a dios? Christmas day in El Barrio... The only thing kids will be unwrapping son los tamalitos de sus abuelitas and... New Years Day In El Barrio? Man, it's just another day

there's alot of drunk motherfuckers screaming and gun shots going off in the air So you know the new year ain't gonna bring NO change so Holidays... will always remain the same in El Barrio. 1999 Chuy Quintero