@ Tenemos que cambiar los políticos y partidos que están vendiendo la patria para tener ganancias y con eso la herencia que futuras generaciones Puertorriqueñas no tendrán.
I just discovered these videos with your beautiful mother. She reminds me of my beautiful, strong, elegant mother. The song, “Lo que le pasó a Hawaii” is exactly what’s happening right now here on the island. Gentrification is pushing people out of their homes, and blocking our public lands and beaches. We need the younger generations to return, and help us fight for our culture.
Para que vean que tan real es, busquen el caso de la Sra. Ramona de Aguadilla que la quieren sacar de su casa frente al mar solo para que el dueño de un Airbnb que creo es extranjero construyó unos apartamentos y quiere hacer una piscina infinita y necesita el terreno de doña Ramona. Estamos en pie de lucha!!
Just in case, because most people don't know because they don't live on the island, this is already happening in Puerto Rico. That's why Bad Bunny is singing about it so the boricuas in the diaspora outside of Puerto Rico know about it and also the rest of the World. This album is a cry to the World and letting PuertoRicans know that we need to fight to maintain our island before it's too late and we lose it like Hawaii did. There's a law in Puerto Rico "act 20/22/60" which our corrupted government approved years ago giving wealthy greengos and foreigners a chance to come to live in Puerto Rico without paying taxes. While us, the Puerto Ricans must pay all the taxes. They are unbalancing the economy completely and raising the value of Puerto Rican land and housing. Making it impossible for Puerto Ricans to keep living in Puerto Rico. The same that happened in Hawaii in which the wealthy foreigners are the owners of almost everything if not everything. They are the ones earning money from the paradises known as Hawaii and now Puerto Rico if we lose the war. They are gentrifying and displacing Puerto Ricans in the island as we speak. And a lot of Puerto Ricans outside the island have wanted to come back and buy land in Puerto Rico but have found it almost impossible because most realtors don't want to sell land and housing to Puerto Ricans, only to foreigners like wealthy greengos.
As a terroritory ... La Isla Borikken is basically a welfare state... they sent our men to die building the Panama canal to the Vietnam War Frontline, they experimented birth control meds on our women , they beat our language out of us, they killed our Jibaros, they bombed our freedom fighters, then bombed Vieques, Monsanto poisoned our people, Hurricanes devastated us. Lock downs, tax havens, now our access to our beaches is being stolen...our homes are stolen, big businesses don't invest into the island or its people .... we need farmers ,we need solar or wind , we need fishing , we need tourism, we need to protect El Yunque ... the Taino never left , we can be autonomous if can get rid of our welfare addiction
😡🤬 como parte de la diaspora , y enterado de todo lo que esta pasando! que animales que se dicen puertorriqueños quieren que el gringo se quede hasta con el culo de ellos... solo los que estan en PR (que sacaron a un gobernador) pueden mostrar resistencia y defender lo que queda.
it compares the waves hitting the coast with Champagne.... hence the phrase " alcohol pa las heridas.... ayyyy the way Bad bunny describes my beautiful island it is just mesmerizing 🥰
Hello I’m a new subscriber and love your channel! I am 100% Boricua and live in Hawaii. There is so much in common between Boricua’s and the Hawaiian people. I can totally understand why Benito wrote this beautiful song in regards to the gentrification that has took place here and apparently also is rising in our beloved island of Puerto Rico. Because of it, many Hawaiians had to leave here in order to be able to put bread on the table. The majority here have 2-3 jobs just to put food on the table and a roof over their heads because of the insane cost of living even before the pandemic! Even then, they stand strong and refuse to give up their music, culture, and language just as us! Hawaii has a history of Puerto Ricans who were brought here to work in the sugar cane plantations. There is even our beloved coqui here in the mountain areas. Keep up the beautiful work with your son. Aloha 🇵🇷🌺
Hello, my Hawaiian friends love the message behind it and most of my friends love salsa, merengue, reggaeton, anyways. One friend in particular appreciates that our people are strong and resilient much like the first Hawaiians.
@@ilimariThis Hawaiian loves this song. Bad Bunny has a new fan in me. I recognize the pain Puerto Ricans feel as the same pain we have endured over losing our land and having our culture reduced to tourist attractions. Cost of living in HI is so high compared to wages, so many Hawaiians leave the islands. There are now more Hawaiians outside of Hawaii than there are in the islands. Unfortunately, I fear it’s too late for Hawaii, but I pray PR still has a chance. As a side note, HI and PR have such intertwined histories due to the plantations here. I grew up eating local versions of Puerto Rican dishes like pasteles, pastele stew, gandule rice. We have a lot of locals with Puerto Rican ancestry. ❤
This is one of the songs that make me cry. My boyfriend, who is Jamaican American, after seeing the translation of the album was telling me why he finally understood why Bad Bunny’s music is so powerful.
Benito expresses the pain, hopelessness , and resignation that many of us, if not, all of us that were forced to leave our crib, our 'cuna' =crib= Puerto Rico, over the last 8 decades and continue to do to this day..
@@yielenedizzo será que te mintieron cuando dijeron lo de Dalmau y Maduro? El miedo tiene consecuencias-ayudan a los demás ganar elecciones. Y por ese miedo PR esta como está. Es una táctica. En algún momento preguntó cuáles son los datos para justificar lo de Dalmau y Maduro.? Preguntó a donde está la evidencia? El PNP sigue su campaña de robo y la venta de la Isla y así se mantienen en el poder-con la corrupción-eso me parece más a Maduro que lo que haya dicho Dalmau. Mira lo que hizo la gobernadora a pocos días de entrar en poder-ayudando a sus familiares construir en La Parguera para sacarle dinero. Una área conservada! Y después dice que es gobernadora de todo PR cuando ya en poco tiempo tienes evidencia de que favorece a unos cuantos sin importarle la herencia del Pueblo de Puerto Rico que es La Parguera-es una corrupta y ya es evidente. Y de esto mismo se trata esta canción que nos canta Benito-de cómo nos quitan los recursos de la Isla.
Disimuladamente nos están quitando todo, pero ya muchos despertamos y estamos alerta, pero hay muchos otros que están asustados porque les dijeron que no podemos solos y que nos quitaran las ayudas federales, el miedo paraliza, por miedo nos quitan todo. 😩🇵🇷
really loving this content. seeing the reactions and getting the analysis is really helping this half puerto rican who can't speak spanish understand the meanings. really wonderful!
This was a dream I had [Verse 1] She looks beautiful even when things sometimes go wrong In her eyes, a smile holds back her tears The foam of her shores looks like champagne It's alcohol for her wounds, dancing away the sadness It's alcohol for her wounds 'cause there's so much to heal Deep in the green mountains, you can still breathe The clouds are closer, you can talk to God You hear the jíbaro crying, another one who's left He didn't want to go to Orlando, but the corrupt ones pushed him out [Pre-Chorus] And no onе knows for how long [Chorus] They want to take my river and my bеach too They want my neighborhood and grandma to leave No, don't let go of the flag nor forget the lelolai 'Cause I don't want them to do to you what they did to Hawaii [Interlude] Be careful, Luis, be careful
❤️👹🇵🇷 🌹🐰🐸 It is food for thought. We are being gentrified in PR. Bad🐰 is doing HIS best to keep us informed while simultaneously hoping we won't forget or let go of what once was and could be again🇵🇷🌹 Que VIVA Puerto Rico🙏🇵🇷
So the thing is.. my mom saw the short film as soon as it came out. She didn’t wait for us to film. So to film it again would be inauthentic, and we pride ourselves on doing authentic and genuine first reactions.. but what I can do is get her to sit down and explain how she feels about the video without the reaction 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Mima! I love you. Your channel popped up and I loved your reactions. I cried right along with you, it reminded me of my childhood in the Bronx. You remind me so much of my mom. Lo Que paso en Hawaii not only refers to the Maui fires but the stripping of the culture, the colonization of the land, etc it’s like Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 without Puerto Ricans.
Its crazy cause everytime I mention moving back to PR to my family (who is all living there) they shoot the idea down. They tell me its not worth it. I miss home so much...
It is very much worth it to return to the island. We need our younger generations to return and work hard, and fight to keep our culture. I lived away for years, traveled extensively. I can honestly say nothing in the world compares to our paradise. We’re not perfect by any means, but we are a unique, gifted, blessed people. We deserve to be respected. This is reality right now. Young middle class people can hardly afford to buy a residence because gentrification is causing prices and demand to skyrocket. Displacement t is causing people who’ve lived in places for generations to lose their homes. We need as many back as possible because the most corruption is perpetuated by the political leaders that administer the government, and they only respond to consistent public pressure. Sometimes.
@@jerseygirl2364 It depends on what part of the island you move to. Most of the people I know, and see every day have good quality of life. Too many industries are concentrated in the metro area, which makes it hard for many to find work in other less expensive areas. We see some progress, but Act 60 is making it too easy for outside investors to buy up areas and cause a level of gentrification that is unacceptable. Especially areas like Rincón, Dorado, Luquillo and Fajardo. We need our young people to come home.
It happened to me and stayed 15 yrs away. I recently returned to the Island. Have to admit I'm adjusting to the current reality. However, even though I'm earning less money, I'm happier.
Yeah this song makes any Boricua , born there or off the island, feel a deep sadness … people have no idea how unfair the USA has treated Puerto Ricans- being citizens but not a state… abusing power. BOMBING US- YES! … THE USA BOMBED… and prior still want to hate on our pride and heritage… OUR pride and heritage is strong. And people HATE IT! We are a force to be reckoned with. So much talent comes from such a small island … so much beauty … CULTURE. - ppl forget. DONT FORGET.
The instrument that you’re hearing is not a guitar it’s a Puerto Rican Cuatro and the drums that you hear are Bomba drums I really like this song because it’s using all the Puerto Rico typical instrument and what he saying is sad but true
It’s interesting to read by so many saying how it’s happening (including myself) and no one talks about how we are going to stop it and protect our national heritage.
❤️👹🇵🇷 p.s. Hawaiians are a strong people but could not against the machine that is the USA. So swimming up stream is useless. Use that energy on things that will create change. Like what Bennito did. If each of us do our individual best CHANGE happens for the better🎉🐸🐰🌹
I went a year & a half ago to visit and my heart broke when people started talking to me in English off the jump. I know i’m white passing but dang it! it hurt!
Estremecido hasta el tuétano. Estoy llorando. Puerto rico es lo que quiere el puertorriqueño, en donde quiera que esté. Y pensar que no va a ser lo mismo/la misma experiencia para otras generaciones.
These are great to watch. Did you watch the short film yet? It’s beginning to happen now. Act 20 and Act 22/60 keep Puerto Rico dependent, and foreigners benefit from 4% taxation while most Boricuas are hit with +20%. Our family was moved from our land because we were in the path of the highway. The situation is better because we’re on the military power grid, but the new home and land are not connected to our family history. I want Boricuas to be strong in the moment, and we’re showing promise as the 2024 vote for independence was the highest percentage ever. But El Conejito is seeing something that inspired this song. I’m subscribing to this channel. ‘Gotta show love 🩵🤍❤️✊🏽
Think of it! Puerto Ricans have been living in the USA for over 130 years and those Puerto Ricans descendants still speak Spanish. Those born in the USA they know they are Americans and still they say: I’m Puerto Rican! So proud of it when they say it. Is like a Texan says I’m an American but also they proudly say I’m Texan. The Puerto Rican flag 🇵🇷 as the Cuban flag 🇨🇺 was both made in the USA, in New York in late 1800’s. But long before 1867 there was a established Puerto Rican community in New York. There, the Sociedad Republicana de Cuba y Puerto Rico was founded in New York in 1865 and José Francisco Basora (1832-c.1882) from Mayagüez, also participated in the foundation of the periódico separatista “La Voz de América” (1865-1867) in Spanish. Since then, those in the USA have maintained their language, culture and traditions for over a century and a half.
Que abuelita se vaya...y venga un gringo y compre a precio de pesca'o abomba'o su casa, sin pagar impuestos sobre la propiedad. Nos están clavando hace rato! Se están quedando con nuestro país. Hay que despertar y luchar
Ese odio EU es politiquería Hawai’i está mejor gracias ser estado q antes verás cuantos se van a ir cuando venga independencia con ella pobreza y hay vas ver como quitan casas no vas poder pagar mira Cuba cuando sacó EU esa debe ser canción . Acá hay más dominicanos q gringos es sembrar odio EU innecesario ya somos parte de EU como hay más EU tienen misma ciudadanía q los de PR no son extranjeros eso es ridículo exagerado desplazamiento se da en México zonas turísticas pasa todas partes ricos compran pobres nada tiene ver EU
It is currently happening. My dad's home town of Rincon is almost completely taken over buy non Puerto Ricans, houses cost upwards of a million dollars and if you're lucky you might me able to buy a 1 bedroom condo for $250,000. I was talking to my dad about all that's going on there and his response was it's sad when you can't even afford to live where you were born. That broke my heart.
I want toaa move back to the island 😢 What Spain and USA did to Puerto Rico has destroyed our ways of living there that we didn't have any choice but to leave. You can say well vote for your independence. Well, im here to tell you that the damage has been done and the Puerto Ricans have to pay for it.
It’s already happening and people on the Island are very concerned about it. This is why Benito is singing about it. It’s becoming the “gentrification” of the Island and it’s known as “Puerto Rico without Puerto Ricans”-a statement coined by the invaders. And all this because of a law that was passed by the PNP that has made PR a tax haven for Americans coming in. In fact around the area of Rincón my cousin was told by an American store owner that only English was spoken there. Whole neighborhoods are being taken over and segregated by the surrounding neighborhoods with bobbed wire just to keep the natives segregated from the rest (sounds like Jim Crow to me), Puerto Ricans who have been living in apartments are being kicked out when the buildings are bought by Americans and “invested on” only for the apartments to be sold at a higher price to others coming in. Beaches are being exploited or taken over for profit-beaches that belong to the people of PR according to the Puerto Rican constitution. The new governor (PNP) passed a law which allows her relatives to build on a nationally protected conservation area known as La Parguera-again for profit! And she has been in office for less than 2 weeks! Just look at the Americans posting on TH-cam their delight at moving to the tax haven of PR! They pay little to no taxes while the native Puerto Ricans pay-natives that, in some cases, struggle. YES! It’s happening BIG TIME!!! By the way, when Benito sings of “Ella” (she) at the beginning of the song he is not referring to a person, he is referring to Puerto Rico. Also, and with all my respect to your mom, Benito speaks of the need for alcohol because there is a lot to “sanar” to cure, not “deshonor” (dishonor). Although the word dishonor would fit in the context of the song.
Estoy en la isla ahora para visitar mis primos y conectarme con mi cultura y herencia. Crecí en los estados y mis padres no me ensañaron español pero todavía estoy intentando aprender y mejorar mi español y hablar cuando en la isla. Pero ahora veo a mi alrededor gringos hablando inglés en los cafés y ni siquiera intentar español. Mi gramática tiene errores pero al menos lo intento ¡Boricuas Diásporas sé el cambio que quieres ver!
The most messed up part is that an an outsider you can buy a house no.problem there are incentives but as a native Puerto Rican there are no incentives or help to even get a loan to buy a home on the island they were born!!!!
As a Native American and Tejano, What they did to Texas after the 1840s is what they did to Hawaii. and now Puerto Rico is starting to feel the pressures of colonialism. They start buying one protery than two. soon enough they will began owning the businesses, than it is over. They will slowly start privatizing all of the most beautiful areas closing it off to the public. Kicking puerto ricns away from the beaches and rivers. Texas has always had a rich and diverse Native American community. Now, we are seen as foreigners in our own land. Puerto Rico needs to escape before it is too late
They're already doing it, closing off beaches and buying land that's supposed to be protected to build mega hotels. Kicking the old and the young at the same time...
I was at a bakery in San Juan last week, a white guy got into an argument with the employee because he wanted the crust cut off of his empanadilla. Its happening
It is an unfortunate possibility. There is a reason why there was very little aid provided to the island after hurricane maria. I’m hoping this album can bring more political awareness to the island and reignite the Puerto Rican liberation movement that Pedro Albizu Campos and The Young Lords were pushing. I also pray that the PRs that own property or land there either never sell or only sell to other PRs to keep the island ours. I feel like Bad Bunny is in a position to ignite young Puerto Ricans to push for independence. There is a journalist on the island that discusses these things. She did an interview with AOC discussing this. I’ll include the link below. th-cam.com/video/6mN4viCiAJ4/w-d-xo.html
For those who wonder why we Puerto Ricans are so obsessed with our flag, this is why. Let's begin. First and foremost, its blue triangle is NOT the dark blue like the US flag, but rather a light blue/"Azul Celeste" in Spanish. The Puerto Rican Flag Law, also known as the Gag Law, "Ley de La Mordaza," was a law that made it illegal to display the Puerto Rican flag in Puerto Rico from 1948 to 1957. The law was intended to suppress Puerto Rico's independence movement. What did the law do? Made it illegal to own or display the Puerto Rican flag Made it illegal to sing patriotic songs Made it illegal to speak or write about independence Made it illegal to meet with others to support independence Punished violators with up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000 Why was the law passed? The law was passed to suppress the independence movement in Puerto Rico. The law was passed by a legislature dominated by members of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). One of many "Puppets" employed by the US to make restrictions "seem" like they came from Puerto Ricans. The law was passed by the United States-appointed governor, Jesús T. Piñero. (Another puppet)Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gag_Law_(Puerto_Rico) Other colonial suppressive laws placed upon Puerto Rico by the US: The United States imposed many colonial suppression laws on Puerto Rico to eradicate its call for independence, including, among many others: The Foraker Act: Established a civilian government in 1900 that centralized political power in U.S.-appointed administrators. The act denied Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship and representation in Washington. It also imposed trade tariffs and a system of taxation without representation. (US citizens were granted later, to serve as cannon fodder as part of WWI). The Jones Act: Passed in 1917, this act granted Puerto Ricans U.S. statutory citizenship and established a popularly elected legislative branch. It also changed the island's economy from mercantilist to capitalist. Taxation: The U.S. imposed a direct tax on real and personal property in Puerto Rico. The goal was to make Puerto Rico's tax system conform to the system in more advanced U.S. states. Debt Restructuring: Congress imposed debt restructuring on Puerto Rico in exchange for the loss of political control over government spending, taxation, and indebtedness. Other laws and actions taken by the U.S. against Puerto Rico include: Violent repression against the Nationalist Party Installing a Fiscal Oversight and Management Board to manage Puerto Rico's finances This is just a small sample. Research further, if you want to learn about other suppressive laws.
No queremos que suceda pero la verdad es que esta sucediendo y tan rapido que no nos damos cuenta , esta cancion ha sido un despertar para muchos.
Es sorprendente que muchos latinos en usa. no sepan sobre la gentrificación y las injusticias en Puerto Rico
@@rb205zno solo en PR, en todos lados de nuestro continente donde vale la pena...
@ si pero yo solo hablanpr
Noooo, no lo vamos a permitir. STOP, freno puesto desde ya!
It's been happening. We've lost lot's of héroes throughout history and our future generations aren't being educated about it.
There is no imagine senora this is happening.There is no stopping it. They can’t afford it anymore. Our people need more power of their own.
Yes, there is a way to stop it. It's call revolution.
Yes, it can be stopped!
It can be stopped kus we can’t just be killed off we need to fight for our island PERIODT ! No vas ser facil pero se puede !
@ Tenemos que cambiar los políticos y partidos que están vendiendo la patria para tener ganancias y con eso la herencia que futuras generaciones Puertorriqueñas no tendrán.
I have listened over and over and I still cried with her 😭
I just discovered these videos with your beautiful mother. She reminds me of my beautiful, strong, elegant mother. The song, “Lo que le pasó a Hawaii” is exactly what’s happening right now here on the island. Gentrification is pushing people out of their homes, and blocking our public lands and beaches. We need the younger generations to return, and help us fight for our culture.
Para que vean que tan real es, busquen el caso de la Sra. Ramona de Aguadilla que la quieren sacar de su casa frente al mar solo para que el dueño de un Airbnb que creo es extranjero construyó unos apartamentos y quiere hacer una piscina infinita y necesita el terreno de doña Ramona. Estamos en pie de lucha!!
No se dejen
What can we do for her? Is there anything we can do for Miss de Aguadilla?
Y continúen....Mientras exista resistencia los gringos se van al carajo
Just in case, because most people don't know because they don't live on the island, this is already happening in Puerto Rico. That's why Bad Bunny is singing about it so the boricuas in the diaspora outside of Puerto Rico know about it and also the rest of the World. This album is a cry to the World and letting PuertoRicans know that we need to fight to maintain our island before it's too late and we lose it like Hawaii did. There's a law in Puerto Rico "act 20/22/60" which our corrupted government approved years ago giving wealthy greengos and foreigners a chance to come to live in Puerto Rico without paying taxes. While us, the Puerto Ricans must pay all the taxes. They are unbalancing the economy completely and raising the value of Puerto Rican land and housing. Making it impossible for Puerto Ricans to keep living in Puerto Rico. The same that happened in Hawaii in which the wealthy foreigners are the owners of almost everything if not everything. They are the ones earning money from the paradises known as Hawaii and now Puerto Rico if we lose the war. They are gentrifying and displacing Puerto Ricans in the island as we speak. And a lot of Puerto Ricans outside the island have wanted to come back and buy land in Puerto Rico but have found it almost impossible because most realtors don't want to sell land and housing to Puerto Ricans, only to foreigners like wealthy greengos.
As a terroritory ... La Isla Borikken is basically a welfare state... they sent our men to die building the Panama canal to the Vietnam War Frontline, they experimented birth control meds on our women , they beat our language out of us, they killed our Jibaros, they bombed our freedom fighters, then bombed Vieques, Monsanto poisoned our people, Hurricanes devastated us. Lock downs, tax havens, now our access to our beaches is being stolen...our homes are stolen, big businesses don't invest into the island or its people .... we need farmers ,we need solar or wind , we need fishing , we need tourism, we need to protect El Yunque ... the Taino never left , we can be autonomous if can get rid of our welfare addiction
❤❤❤❤ 🆓️🇵🇷💚❤❤❤❤
😡🤬 como parte de la diaspora , y enterado de todo lo que esta pasando! que animales que se dicen puertorriqueños quieren que el gringo se quede hasta con el culo de ellos... solo los que estan en PR (que sacaron a un gobernador) pueden mostrar resistencia y defender lo que queda.
it compares the waves hitting the coast with Champagne.... hence the phrase " alcohol pa las heridas.... ayyyy the way Bad bunny describes my beautiful island it is just mesmerizing 🥰
Your mom is a gem. More videos with her please! ❤
mas y mas!!!
Hello I’m a new subscriber and love your channel!
I am 100% Boricua and live in Hawaii. There is so much in common between Boricua’s and the Hawaiian people. I can totally understand why Benito wrote this beautiful song in regards to the gentrification that has took place here and apparently also is rising in our beloved island of Puerto Rico. Because of it, many Hawaiians had to leave here in order to be able to put bread on the table. The majority here have 2-3 jobs just to put food on the table and a roof over their heads because of the insane cost of living even before the pandemic! Even then, they stand strong and refuse to give up their music, culture, and language just as us!
Hawaii has a history of Puerto Ricans who were brought here to work in the sugar cane plantations. There is even our beloved coqui here in the mountain areas.
Keep up the beautiful work with your son.
Aloha 🇵🇷🌺
Hello! I was wondering, what Hawaiians people think about this song? I have been looking for Hawaiians’ reaction and haven’t find anything.
Hello, my Hawaiian friends love the message behind it and most of my friends love salsa, merengue, reggaeton, anyways. One friend in particular appreciates that our people are strong and resilient much like the first Hawaiians.
@@ilimariThis Hawaiian loves this song. Bad Bunny has a new fan in me. I recognize the pain Puerto Ricans feel as the same pain we have endured over losing our land and having our culture reduced to tourist attractions. Cost of living in HI is so high compared to wages, so many Hawaiians leave the islands. There are now more Hawaiians outside of Hawaii than there are in the islands. Unfortunately, I fear it’s too late for Hawaii, but I pray PR still has a chance. As a side note, HI and PR have such intertwined histories due to the plantations here. I grew up eating local versions of Puerto Rican dishes like pasteles, pastele stew, gandule rice. We have a lot of locals with Puerto Rican ancestry. ❤
This is one of the songs that make me cry. My boyfriend, who is Jamaican American, after seeing the translation of the album was telling me why he finally understood why Bad Bunny’s music is so powerful.
Benito expresses the pain, hopelessness , and resignation that many of us, if not, all of us that were forced to leave our crib, our 'cuna' =crib= Puerto Rico, over the last 8 decades and continue to do to this day..
Yea tia we are too strong❤️ love from the island to the diaspora🇵🇷
its sad puerto rico really is heading towards where hawaii is. but its important we fight for our independence and aim to be different always
I disagree with you, Puerto Rico is heading towards becoming the Haiti of the Caribbean, I guarantee it.
@ the problem with puerto rico is its gentrification while haiti is the complete opposite.
Eso no sirve o es que no ves a Dalmau con Maduro ?
Si fuera otro partido con otra gente seria diferente 👍🏻
@@yielenedizzo será que te mintieron cuando dijeron lo de Dalmau y Maduro? El miedo tiene consecuencias-ayudan a los demás ganar elecciones. Y por ese miedo PR esta como está. Es una táctica. En algún momento preguntó cuáles son los datos para justificar lo de Dalmau y Maduro.? Preguntó a donde está la evidencia?
El PNP sigue su campaña de robo y la venta de la Isla y así se mantienen en el poder-con la corrupción-eso me parece más a Maduro que lo que haya dicho Dalmau.
Mira lo que hizo la gobernadora a pocos días de entrar en poder-ayudando a sus familiares construir en La Parguera para sacarle dinero. Una área conservada! Y después dice que es gobernadora de todo PR cuando ya en poco tiempo tienes evidencia de que favorece a unos cuantos sin importarle la herencia del Pueblo de Puerto Rico que es La Parguera-es una corrupta y ya es evidente. Y de esto mismo se trata esta canción que nos canta Benito-de cómo nos quitan los recursos de la Isla.
FALTA QUE EL BORICUA QUIERA DESPERTAR! 🔥💪💓😎🆓️💚
I am sorry, BOMBED??!! I just looked it up THANK YOU guys for sharing knowledge to us younger ppl !
Gracias Sr. Benito. Me encantó, es la pura realidad de nuestro Puerto Rico. Éxito y bendiciones. 👏👏👍👍❤️❤️🙏🙏🇵🇷🇵🇷
This is a good thing! For non Spanish speakers to understand the vibe
Disimuladamente nos están quitando todo, pero ya muchos despertamos y estamos alerta, pero hay muchos otros que están asustados porque les dijeron que no podemos solos y que nos quitaran las ayudas federales, el miedo paraliza, por miedo nos quitan todo. 😩🇵🇷
Por pendejos que somos nos tienen adormecidos con baile botella y baraja.
BENDICIONES 🙏 BORICUA DE CORAZON 🇵🇷💪🙏
Mi No.3 de este album lo amo se me ha quedao en la mente… especialmente ese increscendo del final MAESTRAL
She’s right, we won’t let them. We will never change our language our culture our land for nothing.
It is happening and has been happening for for years.
really loving this content. seeing the reactions and getting the analysis is really helping this half puerto rican who can't speak spanish understand the meanings. really wonderful!
Because there's a lot to heal, not dishonor, but wow!
This was a dream I had
[Verse 1]
She looks beautiful even when things sometimes go wrong
In her eyes, a smile holds back her tears
The foam of her shores looks like champagne
It's alcohol for her wounds, dancing away the sadness
It's alcohol for her wounds 'cause there's so much to heal
Deep in the green mountains, you can still breathe
The clouds are closer, you can talk to God
You hear the jíbaro crying, another one who's left
He didn't want to go to Orlando, but the corrupt ones pushed him out
[Pre-Chorus]
And no onе knows for how long
[Chorus]
They want to take my river and my bеach too
They want my neighborhood and grandma to leave
No, don't let go of the flag nor forget the lelolai
'Cause I don't want them to do to you what they did to Hawaii
[Interlude]
Be careful, Luis, be careful
Gracias por esta reacción ❤❤ Los amo 🇵🇷
❤️👹🇵🇷 🌹🐰🐸 It is food for thought. We are being gentrified in PR. Bad🐰 is doing HIS best to keep us informed while simultaneously hoping we won't forget or let go of what once was and could be again🇵🇷🌹 Que VIVA Puerto Rico🙏🇵🇷
💚💚💚💚💚🇵🇷🙌🏼
It is happening…😢
What a great song.
Will y'all be doing a reaction to the short film he did for this album??
So the thing is.. my mom saw the short film as soon as it came out. She didn’t wait for us to film. So to film it again would be inauthentic, and we pride ourselves on doing authentic and genuine first reactions.. but what I can do is get her to sit down and explain how she feels about the video without the reaction 🙏🏼🙏🏼
@@MIMAANDSONyes please! i'd love to hear what she thought of it 💗
@@MIMAANDSON me sirve
Mima! I love you. Your channel popped up and I loved your reactions. I cried right along with you, it reminded me of my childhood in the Bronx. You remind me so much of my mom. Lo Que paso en Hawaii not only refers to the Maui fires but the stripping of the culture, the colonization of the land, etc it’s like Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 without Puerto Ricans.
Money talks, patriotism walks, I left PR for 7 years, to serve in the US Army, and half the time I was treated badly, now I am independentista.
Its crazy cause everytime I mention moving back to PR to my family (who is all living there) they shoot the idea down. They tell me its not worth it. I miss home so much...
It is very much worth it to return to the island. We need our younger generations to return and work hard, and fight to keep our culture. I lived away for years, traveled extensively. I can honestly say nothing in the world compares to our paradise. We’re not perfect by any means, but we are a unique, gifted, blessed people. We deserve to be respected. This is reality right now. Young middle class people can hardly afford to buy a residence because gentrification is causing prices and demand to skyrocket. Displacement t is causing people who’ve lived in places for generations to lose their homes. We need as many back as possible because the most corruption is perpetuated by the political leaders that administer the government, and they only respond to consistent public pressure. Sometimes.
Same here but, on the contrary, my family wants me to move there however I'm the one who stops when I see everything happening there.
@@jerseygirl2364 It depends on what part of the island you move to. Most of the people I know, and see every day have good quality of life. Too many industries are concentrated in the metro area, which makes it hard for many to find work in other less expensive areas. We see some progress, but Act 60 is making it too easy for outside investors to buy up areas and cause a level of gentrification that is unacceptable. Especially areas like Rincón, Dorado, Luquillo and Fajardo. We need our young people to come home.
Same...
It happened to me and stayed 15 yrs away. I recently returned to the Island. Have to admit I'm adjusting to the current reality. However, even though I'm earning less money, I'm happier.
I can see you are beautiful out, but more beautiful inside !
Sadly this is already happening big time, and more than people are willing to report on!
Rincón, Dorado and most of the coastline is being taken over.
Puerto Rico was bombed to, they tried to take our language and our flag, but we fight against that and still fighting
Necesito una reaccion de Baile Inolvidable!
Yeah this song makes any Boricua , born there or off the island, feel a deep sadness … people have no idea how unfair the USA has treated Puerto Ricans- being citizens but not a state… abusing power. BOMBING US- YES! … THE USA BOMBED… and prior still want to hate on our pride and heritage… OUR pride and heritage is strong. And people HATE IT! We are a force to be reckoned with. So much talent comes from such a small island … so much beauty … CULTURE. - ppl forget. DONT FORGET.
The instrument that you’re hearing is not a guitar it’s a Puerto Rican Cuatro and the drums that you hear are Bomba drums I really like this song because it’s using all the Puerto Rico typical instrument and what he saying is sad but true
Omgh❤
Not dishonor. He's saying there is much to heal
He didn’t said dishonor he said that is too much to heal!!!
It’s interesting to read by so many saying how it’s happening (including myself) and no one talks about how we are going to stop it and protect our national heritage.
If you come to rincón, isabela aguadiilla es de gringos.
Papi seguimos aquí y no nos vamos a dejar. Hay que luchar !
❤️👹🇵🇷 p.s. Hawaiians are a strong people but could not against the machine that is the USA. So swimming up stream is useless. Use that energy on things that will create change. Like what Bennito did. If each of us do our individual best CHANGE happens for the better🎉🐸🐰🌹
I went a year & a half ago to visit and my heart broke when people started talking to me in English off the jump. I know i’m white passing but dang it! it hurt!
Do Perroto De coco!!
Estremecido hasta el tuétano. Estoy llorando. Puerto rico es lo que quiere el puertorriqueño, en donde quiera que esté. Y pensar que no va a ser lo mismo/la misma experiencia para otras generaciones.
Gacias a Elieser por todo su esfuerso ,
These are great to watch.
Did you watch the short film yet?
It’s beginning to happen now. Act 20 and Act 22/60 keep Puerto Rico dependent, and foreigners benefit from 4% taxation while most Boricuas are hit with +20%.
Our family was moved from our land because we were in the path of the highway. The situation is better because we’re on the military power grid, but the new home and land are not connected to our family history.
I want Boricuas to be strong in the moment, and we’re showing promise as the 2024 vote for independence was the highest percentage ever. But El Conejito is seeing something that inspired this song.
I’m subscribing to this channel. ‘Gotta show love 🩵🤍❤️✊🏽
Cry when you hear it and may inspire Puerto Ricans to stand up to and get the unwelcomed out. We are getting displaced at record numbers.
WHEN BAD BUNNY SAID SANAR HE MEANT TO HEAL HE DIDNT SAID DISLIKE. JUST CORRECTING WHAT YOU SAY
Where did this lady get "porque hay mucho que sanar" with "a lot of dishonor"?! There's so much lost in translation.
Do la mudanza next I love her perspective
The clouds are not low but the mountains are high the you could talk to God.
It just happened to Los Angeles 😢
Gentrificacion y en Costa Rica esta sucediendo lo mismo!
Think of it! Puerto Ricans have been living in the USA for over 130 years and those Puerto Ricans descendants still speak Spanish. Those born in the USA they know they are Americans and still they say: I’m Puerto Rican! So proud of it when they say it. Is like a Texan says I’m an American but also they proudly say I’m Texan.
The Puerto Rican flag 🇵🇷 as the Cuban flag 🇨🇺 was both made in the USA, in New York in late 1800’s. But long before 1867 there was a established Puerto Rican community in New York. There, the Sociedad Republicana de Cuba y Puerto Rico was founded in New York in 1865 and José Francisco Basora (1832-c.1882) from Mayagüez, also participated in the foundation of the periódico separatista “La Voz de América” (1865-1867) in Spanish.
Since then, those in the USA have maintained their language, culture and traditions for over a century and a half.
Que abuelita se vaya...y venga un gringo y compre a precio de pesca'o abomba'o su casa, sin pagar impuestos sobre la propiedad.
Nos están clavando hace rato!
Se están quedando con nuestro país. Hay que despertar y luchar
Ese odio EU es politiquería Hawai’i está mejor gracias ser estado q antes verás cuantos se van a ir cuando venga independencia con ella pobreza y hay vas ver como quitan casas no vas poder pagar mira Cuba cuando sacó EU esa debe ser canción . Acá hay más dominicanos q gringos es sembrar odio EU innecesario ya somos parte de EU como hay más EU tienen misma ciudadanía q los de PR no son extranjeros eso es ridículo exagerado desplazamiento se da en México zonas turísticas pasa todas partes ricos compran pobres nada tiene ver EU
React to “CAFé CON RON”
It is currently happening. My dad's home town of Rincon is almost completely taken over buy non Puerto Ricans, houses cost upwards of a million dollars and if you're lucky you might me able to buy a 1 bedroom condo for $250,000. I was talking to my dad about all that's going on there and his response was it's sad when you can't even afford to live where you were born. That broke my heart.
I want toaa move back to the island 😢 What Spain and USA did to Puerto Rico has destroyed our ways of living there that we didn't have any choice but to leave. You can say well vote for your independence. Well, im here to tell you that the damage has been done and the Puerto Ricans have to pay for it.
It’s already happening and people on the Island are very concerned about it. This is why Benito is singing about it. It’s becoming the “gentrification” of the Island and it’s known as “Puerto Rico without Puerto Ricans”-a statement coined by the invaders. And all this because of a law that was passed by the PNP that has made PR a tax haven for Americans coming in.
In fact around the area of Rincón my cousin was told by an American store owner that only English was spoken there. Whole neighborhoods are being taken over and segregated by the surrounding neighborhoods with bobbed wire just to keep the natives segregated from the rest (sounds like Jim Crow to me), Puerto Ricans who have been living in apartments are being kicked out when the buildings are bought by Americans and “invested on” only for the apartments to be sold at a higher price to others coming in.
Beaches are being exploited or taken over for profit-beaches that belong to the people of PR according to the Puerto Rican constitution. The new governor (PNP) passed a law which allows her relatives to build on a nationally protected conservation area known as La Parguera-again for profit! And she has been in office for less than 2 weeks!
Just look at the Americans posting on TH-cam their delight at moving to the tax haven of PR! They pay little to no taxes while the native Puerto Ricans pay-natives that, in some cases, struggle.
YES! It’s happening BIG TIME!!!
By the way, when Benito sings of “Ella” (she) at the beginning of the song he is not referring to a person, he is referring to Puerto Rico. Also, and with all my respect to your mom, Benito speaks of the need for alcohol because there is a lot to “sanar” to cure, not “deshonor” (dishonor). Although the word dishonor would fit in the context of the song.
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Estoy en la isla ahora para visitar mis primos y conectarme con mi cultura y herencia. Crecí en los estados y mis padres no me ensañaron español pero todavía estoy intentando aprender y mejorar mi español y hablar cuando en la isla. Pero ahora veo a mi alrededor gringos hablando inglés en los cafés y ni siquiera intentar español. Mi gramática tiene errores pero al menos lo intento
¡Boricuas Diásporas sé el cambio que quieres ver!
It is happening.
The most messed up part is that an an outsider you can buy a house no.problem there are incentives but as a native Puerto Rican there are no incentives or help to even get a loan to buy a home on the island they were born!!!!
No because there a lot to heal
Don't show her the short film, then
As a Native American and Tejano, What they did to Texas after the 1840s is what they did to Hawaii. and now Puerto Rico is starting to feel the pressures of colonialism.
They start buying one protery than two. soon enough they will began owning the businesses, than it is over. They will slowly start privatizing all of the most beautiful areas closing it off to the public. Kicking puerto ricns away from the beaches and rivers.
Texas has always had a rich and diverse Native American community. Now, we are seen as foreigners in our own land.
Puerto Rico needs to escape before it is too late
They're already doing it, closing off beaches and buying land that's supposed to be protected to build mega hotels. Kicking the old and the young at the same time...
I was at a bakery in San Juan last week, a white guy got into an argument with the employee because he wanted the crust cut off of his empanadilla. Its happening
Political song
No entiendo si tanto Les afecta por que no SE quedan luchando y creando empleos con esfuerzo es que nadie quiere esforzarse simple 😉 lo facil vamonos.
Que comentario tan falto de empatia.
You guys should do baile inolvidable 👌🫶. Glad to see you guys on youtube also
Thank you and coming soon🙏🏼🙏🏼
It is an unfortunate possibility. There is a reason why there was very little aid provided to the island after hurricane maria.
I’m hoping this album can bring more political awareness to the island and reignite the Puerto Rican liberation movement that Pedro Albizu Campos and The Young Lords were pushing.
I also pray that the PRs that own property or land there either never sell or only sell to other PRs to keep the island ours.
I feel like Bad Bunny is in a position to ignite young Puerto Ricans to push for independence.
There is a journalist on the island that discusses these things. She did an interview with AOC discussing this. I’ll include the link below.
th-cam.com/video/6mN4viCiAJ4/w-d-xo.html
wasnt there a referendum a couple years ago and like a slim majority wanted statehood instead
To understand that song we have to know the hawaiians history.😢
For those who wonder why we Puerto Ricans are so obsessed with our flag, this is why. Let's begin. First and foremost, its blue triangle is NOT the dark blue like the US flag, but rather a light blue/"Azul Celeste" in Spanish. The Puerto Rican Flag Law, also known as the Gag Law, "Ley de La Mordaza," was a law that made it illegal to display the Puerto Rican flag in Puerto Rico from 1948 to 1957. The law was intended to suppress Puerto Rico's independence movement.
What did the law do?
Made it illegal to own or display the Puerto Rican flag
Made it illegal to sing patriotic songs
Made it illegal to speak or write about independence
Made it illegal to meet with others to support independence
Punished violators with up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000
Why was the law passed?
The law was passed to suppress the independence movement in Puerto Rico.
The law was passed by a legislature dominated by members of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). One of many "Puppets" employed by the US to make restrictions "seem" like they came from Puerto Ricans.
The law was passed by the United States-appointed governor, Jesús T. Piñero. (Another puppet)Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gag_Law_(Puerto_Rico)
Other colonial suppressive laws placed upon Puerto Rico by the US:
The United States imposed many colonial suppression laws on Puerto Rico to eradicate its call for independence, including, among many others:
The Foraker Act: Established a civilian government in 1900 that centralized political power in U.S.-appointed administrators. The act denied Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship and representation in Washington. It also imposed trade tariffs and a system of taxation without representation. (US citizens were granted later, to serve as cannon fodder as part of WWI).
The Jones Act: Passed in 1917, this act granted Puerto Ricans U.S. statutory citizenship and established a popularly elected legislative branch. It also changed the island's economy from mercantilist to capitalist.
Taxation: The U.S. imposed a direct tax on real and personal property in Puerto Rico. The goal was to make Puerto Rico's tax system conform to the system in more advanced U.S. states.
Debt Restructuring: Congress imposed debt restructuring on Puerto Rico in exchange for the loss of political control over government spending, taxation, and indebtedness.
Other laws and actions taken by the U.S. against Puerto Rico include:
Violent repression against the Nationalist Party
Installing a Fiscal Oversight and Management Board to manage Puerto Rico's finances
This is just a small sample. Research further, if you want to learn about other suppressive laws.