The first single off of Hip Hop Esta Vivo en Cuba, Vol. ...

Havana, Cuba: Hip Hop Está Vivo En Cuba Vol.1 is a collection of 15 original songs, recorded over 13 days during the 12th annual Cuban Hip-Hop Symposium. The symposium took place shortly after President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba, which eased travel restrictions and opened the door for this project and brought together artists, media creators, and youth educators from the United States & Cuba in a genuine collaboration of ideas at a historic moment in time. An eclectic mix of artists, sounds, and themes, the album gives Cuban Hip-Hop artists a global platform for expression and listeners an insight into their lives and Cuban Hip-Hop culture. The album is officially available on all digital platforms October 20th, 2017.

The album was recorded during the production of the accompanying short documentary “Hip Hop Está Vivo En Cuba,” which includes veteran Cuban Hip-Hop artists and some budding newcomers. The documentary captures the optimism of the Cuban Hip-Hop scene after President Obama’s visit and continues to document in the aftermath of President Trump's announcement to reinstate restrictions on trade and travel. The brief moment in which policy was heading towards normalization, empowered the Cuban Hip-Hop community and enabled them to have a voice on a global stage. The film allows for dialogue between communities and reinforces the idea that Hip-Hop as a global movement can be a platform for the Cuban people. Filming for the documentary is finished and set to be released in 2018.



Equilibrio habla de la necesidad de un equilibrio entre hombres y mujeres en la escena del hip hop . Las mujeres han creado su espacio con la fuerza , la pasión y propósito. Ellos dan la sensación de la música con todas las cualidades que las definen como mujer. El equilibrio entre hombres y mujeres es el equilibrio de la vida .

Equilibrium speaks to the need for balance between men and women in the hip-hop scene. Women have created their space with strength, passion, and purpose. They give feeling to the music with all the qualities that define them as women. The equilibrium between men and women is the balance of life.
lyrics
1st verso/verse: Real
Un equilibrio, de otra forma no podemos/Equilibrium we can’t do it another way,
El espaccio creo que lo mereemos/I believe we deserve the space
Tanto porque fuerza/We got the strength
tambien tenemos un respet/We also go respect,
Porque eso es serio lo que hacemos/because it’s serious what we do.
Que seria sin nosotras?/What would it be without us?
Somos esa fuerza gota,/We’re the drop of force,
Somos el feelin de esta nota,/we’re the feelin of this music note.
Esto que brota no se acaba, no se agota,/What’s coming is not the end it doesn’t go away,
Sale como el genio de aladino cuando flota,/it comes out like the genie’s lamp when it floats?
Y que tal, que te parece?/What do you think?
Somos tres para tu suerte,/We’re three for your good luck.
Asi que enfoca bien tu lente/So make sure you focus well your lenses.
Pa que puedas convencerte de que somos diferentes/So you can convince yourself That we’re different,
Mas con puntos convergente/But we’re intertwined
oye bien lo quise quise asi,/Listen well that’s what I want.
Mas no fue por accidente…/This is not an accident

Coro:
I can feel Strong/Puedo sentir fuerte
Tengo mi firmeza,tengo mi razon/I have my firmness, and my reason
Siento como libre en el microfone/I feel free on the micrphone
Talves somos poca pero nada son/Maybe we are only a few, but that has nothing to do with it
Tiene el control/It has the control

2nd Verso: Afrik3Reina
Español: Si no trajera tus signos, todos el en pecho/If I didn’t have your marks all over my breasts
Como seria?/How would it be?
Si no alumbrara con tu fe, en tu entendimiento/If I didn’t shine with your faith, with your understanding
La fragilidad metida en tus dias,/The fragility stuck in your days,
si no acunara tus hijos/If I didn’t cradle your children
Eternos o inmundos/Eternals or unclean
En mi vientre de hembra ilusa/In my womb of a dreamer woman
Que abraza tu mundo/Hugging your world
Que ordena emociones como casa puesta arriba/Ordering emotions like you're from a higher house
Como seria?/How would it be?
Si no te diera la palabra,/If I didn’t you give you the words…
Embravecida/Raging
Roja/Red
Enamorada/In love
Seductora/Seductive
Sabia palabra mia/Wisdom of my word
RAP/RAP
Tambores/Drums
Esnsenanzas/Teachings
Ancestral guianza/Ancestral guidance
Como seria?/How would it be?
El lobulo en mi oreja es tu regazo/My ear love is your lap
No te sueltes/Don’t let go
Vamos del brazo/Lets go arm in arm
Moldeas barros de fraguos/You mold clay of forges
Dale vida a la lanza/You Give life to the spear
Pero a la presa soy yo quien la amansa/But I’m the one who tames the prey
Ahhh, Bruja?/Oh, witch?
No Habra dones mas alla de los paridos/There wont be a better gift than those who were born.
No Habra valía, si no realzas/There won't be value , if you don't realize
Con amor de donde has venido/With love from where you come
Una mujer coge al mundo y lo hunde ente sus piernas/A woman takes the world and it sinks between her legs
Para parirlo otra vez y otra . Otra vez/So it gives birth to it again and again…
3rd Verso: Karen Less

English:Together like feathers of the same bird/Juntas como plumas del mismo pájaro
Bright lights from different skies/Luces brillantes de cielos diferentes
shining on the same earth./Que resplandecen en la misma tierra
She is woman/Ella es mujer
with no apologies an essential puzzle piece without her there is no he./sin disculpas,una pieza esencial del rompecabezas
Sin ella, no existe él
There's no me/no existo yo
a reflection of my mother,/Soy un reflejo de mi madre
I'm still my father's daughter and with that I gotta love him/Sigo siendo la hija de mi padre y por eso lo quiero
I'm thinking of him/En él pienso
everytime write a rhyme he taught how to speak up whenever I'm inclined/cada vez que escribo un verso
Él me enseñó a hablar en cada momento necesario
so I speak my mind I spit flows that are explosive/Así que digo lo que pienso Disparo rimas explosivas
I look at all the hate amongst the ladies it's repulsive/Veo el odio entre mujeres y se me hace repugnante
Kay Diddy Oakland city where I grew up/Kay Diddy desde Oakland La cuidad donde crecí
Havana Cuba where I found a sisterhood and blew up./Habana, Cuba donde encontré la hermandad y arrasé
Unstoppable is what you are when you're supported/Imparable es lo que eres cuando tienes ese apoyo
I've opened up my eyes my vision no longer distorted/He abierto mis ojos Mi visión ya no está distorsionada
they can't afford it/Ellos no pueden aguantar
a world without the feminine/un mundo sin la fémina
when the doubt is on the outs/Cuando existen dudas en el exterior
we pull from life that is within/Sacamos la fuerza desde las entrañas