Se fue en Habanautos
Rumbo hasta Varadero
Apanado en la arena
Fumándose un Habano,
Se tiró algunas fotos
Recostado a una palma.
Volvió al Habana Libre
Alquiló un Turistaxi
Para ir a Tropicana
Después al aeropuerto y
Así se fue creyendo
Que conoció La Habana.
Ese tipo pagó la cuenta
Que me estaba sacando,
Pero en la polaroide
Y en su cabeza lleva
Tropicollage, collage, collage...
No fue a la Habana Vieja
No conoció los barrios
De obreros y creyentes.
No se tiró unas fotos
Sobre los arrecifes
Donde hay un mar de gente.
No vió a los constructores
Ladrillo y aguardiente
Cementando el futuro.
No tropezó en la calle
Con uno de esos tipos
Que dan cinco por uno.
Eso también es mi país
Y no puedo olvidarlo
Y el que quiera negarlo
En su cabeza lleva tropicollage,
Collage, collage...
Tropicollage, tropicollage,
Collage, collage...
Y a los refutadores
Que me están escuchando
Piensen en lo que digo
Yo sé que la divisa
Hace la economía
Como hace al pan el trigo.
Pero lo que no entiendo
Es que por el dinero
Confundan a la gente
Si vas a los hoteles
Por no ser extranjero
Te tratan diferente.
Eso ya está pasando aquí
Y yo quiero cambiarlo
Cómo no, y el que quiera negarlo
En su cabeza lleva tropicollage.
Collage, collage...
Tropicollage, collage,
Tropicollage, collage...
Quieren llevarse a mi país
En una bolsa de Cubalse
De esas que dicen en inglés
Que se compra fácil
Esta ciudad no cabe en una foto
De almanaque de París.
La gente está inventando antenas
Para ver Canal del Sol,
Es que a tropicollage
Le gusta salir en la televisión.
"Easy shopping", tropicollage...
"Easy shopping", tropicollage...
Carlos Varela (born April 11, 1963) is a singer-songwriter of nueva trova from Havana, Cuba, and often referred to as "Cuba’s Bob Dylan". In the 1980s he joined the Nueva Trova musical movement, a political and poetic musical genre connected with the Cuban Revolution.
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Very bad story for rapper T.I. and his wife Tiny, in fact, they have been accused of sexual abuse and kidnapping.
The malefactor managed to take Koji and Gustavo away, while Miss Asia, the third bulldog, escaped and was found shortly after by Lady Gaga's bodyguards.
David Crosby against Phoebe Bridgers, if we had been in the Middle Ages, they probably would have challenged each other with the sword, while in 2021 they decided to go wild with tweets.
Evan Rachel Wood, the beautiful protagonist of Westworld has decided to denounce the violence she has suffered for years, at least according to what she claims, by Marilyn Manson.
After some positive signs in the past months, here is the news that we weren't hoping to learn and that throws new questions on the possibility of organizing festivals and live concerts for 2021.
The winners of the 43rd edition of the Kennedy Center Honors have recently been announced, including Joan Baez, Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Allen and the violinist Midori.
The band Soundgarden recently recorded two classics with Brandie Carlile. After the death of their leader Chris Cornell, the band had decided to stop for some time also as a sign of respect for the untimely death of their front man.
New year is synonymous of news and in fact 2021 opened with a nice surprise. The American rock group, The Foo Fighters, founded in 1994 by Dave Grohl ex drummer of Nirvana, delight us with the release of a new single entitled "No son of Mine".
He was 69 and on Christmas Day, guitarist Tony Rice, Bluegrass legend, passed away. His label, Rounder Records, made the news with an official release on December 26th.
We still talk about music, but today we do it from a different point of view, taking a cue from a book, a photographic book called Ten Cities.
I was about 6 years old when I listened for the first time "Blowing in the wind" hummed by my mom while she was accompanying me to school, the version was the Italian one, but I liked the rhythm right away.
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