[00:01.31]This isn’t happening
[00:04.71]Inútil! Useless
[00:11.40]Just like my father was before me:
[00:15.80]Inútil! Useless
[00:21.91]And every day
[00:23.95]He cut the cane
[00:25.39]He came home late and prayed for rain
[00:29.11]Prayed for rain
[00:32.67]And on the days
[00:33.93]When nothing came
[00:35.50]My father’s face was lined with shame
[00:38.77]He’d sit me down beside him and he’d say,
[00:43.71]“My father was a farmer,
[00:46.15]His father was a farmer,
[00:48.73]And you will be a farmer.”
[00:51.30]But I told him, “Papi, I’m sorry, I’m going farther.
[00:56.54]I’m getting on a plane.
[00:59.50]And I am gonna change the world someday!”
[01:02.39]And he slapped my face
[01:05.30]He stood there, staring at me, useless
[01:13.65]Today my daughter’s home and I am… useless
[01:24.59]And as a baby she amazed me with
[01:27.98]The things she learned each day
[01:34.64]She used to stay on the fire escape
[01:38.10]While all the other kids would play
[01:42.54]And I would stand beside her and I’d say:
[01:46.47]“I’m proud to be your father
[01:48.75]‘Cuz you work so much harder
[01:51.39]And you are so much smarter
[01:53.93]Than I was at your age.”
[01:56.71]And I always knew that she would fly away
[02:01.73]That she was gonna change the world someday
[02:09.55]I will not be the reason
[02:14.81]That my family can’t succeed
[02:19.32]I will do what it takes
[02:24.60]They’ll have everything they need
[02:29.16]Or all my work, all my life
[02:33.95]Everything I’ve sacrificed will have been useless