traveled seven hundred miles crossed the border to the states with a plastic bottle running cross the desert in a shake come to english only country hidin from the minutemen come to make this place my home run a long long way from then story of a lifetime for the minimum wage well they chased me through the desert then the agents strapped me down then they ask me why in spanish why you keep on comin back when i left my dad in jersey and my sister in des moines they ve been workin in this country pickin lettuce washing floors story of a lifetime for the minimum wage well they raised me to eight dollars cause i washed the dishes fast well the boss he got me workin on the porch and in the back then i wash the dish and rinse it then i go home late and sleep well i need to be awake now cause i walk out in my sleep when i see that black van comin then i know i m sure to run goddamn them agents caught me cuffed me on the spot for the minimum wage no one forced the boss to hire me but it s nearly been fifteen when i left my baby cryin with a promise in my skin on the outskirts of l a i recite a native poem million hands ten thousand years it s the season for the crop it s my people doin the pickin in the valley of the dolls it s a decent job to work at any day i ll take this job ethiopian colombian pakistani cantonese every man that i run into all the kitchens on the strip and they re pluggin in them hours smilin in their dreams theyre a long long way from home now but they lookin to be free california alabama and missouri oregon they been workin like their fathers were a long long time ago for the minimum wage for the minimum wage for the minimum wage for for for for the minimum wage it s a bumpy road to ride in but i ll take it anytime it s a bumpy road to take but i ll take it day it s a bumpy road to take but i ll take it anytime for the minimum wage
['latin alternative', 'musica indigena latinoamericana', 'nuevo folklore mexicano', 'oaxaca indie', 'trova']