Remember how the Latin world got rocked when Ricky Martin came out?
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Some people thought they suspected all along
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Others didn't care or shamed him for his identity
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But you, little closeted one, you saw it as a chance to be yourself
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As you grew older, you recognized the uneven balance within your culture
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The machismo trends and female submission
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You realized that gay men were accepted more than sapphic women
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For us women had to carry on the bloodline, and that wouldn't work out if you married another woman
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You stood in the shadows as your drunk tias y tios spoke out against homosexuality, calling it every name in the book
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You thought about the girl who gave you butterflies and figured it had to be a phase
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Then you realized it wasn't a phase after all
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As women became more and more appealing to you
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But Tio Fulano said that gays were causing the end of the world
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And Tia Altagracia said that they were disgusting and immoral
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You wonder why a generation that came from an affair had any right to judge those who loved differently
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You wonder why a culture who's main flaws were over-drinking and infidelity had any right to speak out against a community whose main label is love
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You saw gay Latinos openly out with their families and felt jealous
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You cried when you heard "No Tiene La Culpa" by Romeo Santos
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Then came the day when you told your mom you wouldn't be closed off to the idea of girls
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You might as well have never said a word and told her to forget it
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So you kept your feelings inside, threatening to tear your heart apart
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You watched as Elena's father abandoned her at her Quinceañera after he found out she was lesbian
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You cry every time you watch it because it hits too close to home
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You keep your mouth shut when your family makes an emphasis on "¿y el novio?"
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Chiquita, I see you
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Chiquita, I hear you
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So many of us are trapped inside a glass closet
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It is too delicate to break, so you stay inside
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Peering at the outside world and those free to be themselves
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You attend your first Pride Parade and never feel more accepted and happy to be among those just like you
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You are valid
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Your emotions are real and pure
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Wave your flag, Chiquita
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It was made for you
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