![]() Kid Frost wrote the song and created the music video exclusively for Chicanos by using Chicano Pride, Spanish/Caló words, and Barrio images that only Chicanos and connoisseurs of Chicano culture would understand. The lyrics of the song portray a community that has to deal with rugged conditions in the inner-city barrios of Los Angeles and a group of people who try to stay connected to their Mexican roots while living in foreign lands. He also raps about being Chicano and being proud of his brown skin complexion and his Mexican heritage. Kid Frost raps about living in the barrio and what he has to do to survive. The song “La Raza”, by Kid Frost, became one of the very first successful Chicano rap records in America. Chicanos, not entirely Mexican or American, are a product of both cultures synthesized into one. The Southwest has many Chicano and Mexican influences because a large part of the area used to belong to Mexico. Chicanos have played a big role in the shaping of the Southwest and they continue to impact and influence the area. Written by: GERALD S.La Raza literally translates to “the Race” but most Chicanos understand it as a term that means “the People”. Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network Sitting there wondering what's happened, que pasa Quick to pull out cuetes on some stupid ass baboso If it gets out of hand I know some mafiosos Got my finger on a trigger, I'm not afraid to pull it Just like the song when you're 18 With A Bullet I pull it out quick all the nonsense desease I touch all that chavalas when they know that I'm strapped ![]() No want to go with me, so I had to go solo They just look at your ass and call you a pool buttĪnd so I look and I laugh and say que pasaĬruising in the calle, headed for the bolo You're just a pee wee, you can't get it ever Still you trying to act cool, but you should know ![]() It's not for you anyway, 'cause this is for the Razaīeen hit in the head too many times with the palos Some of you don't know what's happening que pasa Kicking back millaje, why pa mi no vale nadaĬontrolo a todos solo never try to swept me What's the matter? You afraid you're gonna get hurt? Guantes, chingazos, simon tu sabes, get down You say we are assassins an we are sent to kill I put it in your face and you won't say nada Trivia: His song "La Raza" was highly popularised among the non-initiated due to its appearance in the soundtrack of the computer game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, in which it was featured in the fictional Radio Los Santos radio station. As a solo artist, his earliest 12" electro rap records came out on Electrobeat Records and Baja Records. As an MC, he named himself Kid Frost as a tribute to Ice T who he often battled. ![]() He is a popular and first widely recognized chicano (Mexican-American) rapper from East Los Angeles, CA.įrost spent parts of his childhood on military bases in Guam and Germany. May 31, 1964, as Arturo Molina Jr), now known as Frost.
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