Three songs with social content 馃幎馃幖馃攭 [eng/spa]

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Three songs that I NOW understand

Hello my dear #Hivermusic I greet you hoping that everything is going very well between you.

For me, music soothes the soul and you are proof that without speaking the same language, we can connect with the lyrics or melodies we listen to.

Today I want to talk about three songs that I used to sing when I was a child without any kind of malice or double meaning but today I say wao! how much content is exposed. Without further ado, here are my top 3 songs that have implicit social content.

Tres canciones que AHORA entiendo Hola mis queridos #Hivermusic les saludo esperando que todo marche muy bien entre ustedes. Para m铆, la m煤sica alivia el alma y ustedes son muestra que sin hablar el mismo idioma, podemos conectar con las letras o melod铆as que escuchamos. Hoy quiero hablar de tres canciones que cantaba de peque帽a sin ning煤n tipo de malicia o doble sentido pero que hoy digo 隆Wao! cuanto contenido expuesto. Sin m谩s rodeos, aqu铆 esta mi top 3 de canciones que tienen contenido social implicito.

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Blanca- Vico C f&t Josie Esteban

Inicio con esta canci贸n porque cuando estaba en colegio, ten铆a grupos de todos los estilos: rockeros, salseros, rom谩nticos, y m煤sica de mi regi贸n por nombrar algunos. Exist铆an unos grupos que escuchaban rap, pero era mal visto por sus letras, sin embargo, esta canci贸n era con un ritmo de merengue y fue bien aceptado.

Jam谩s alguien me explic贸 que significaba o lo que envolv铆a cada letra de la canci贸n, solo que en las fiestas la evitaban cuando hab铆a ni帽os o no la cantaban como otras canciones que estaban tambi茅n de moda en ese momento.

Hoy por hoy, puedo entender que era un tema tab煤 como la droga. Blanca, yo pensaba que como toda historia, era una chica que Vico C se enamor贸 y le pag贸 mal " Blanca tu eres mala y nuestro amor tendr谩 que terminar" 驴C贸mo una ni帽a entender铆a de drogas? de repente otros s铆, pero yo no.

Lidiar con el tema de las adicciones es muy complejo, pero el rapero ya hab铆a pasado por eso y estaba describiendo las etapas de su enfermedad: primero la negaci贸n, luego el arrepentimiento (a veces muy tarde) y luego la recuperaci贸n. Hablan dos hombres, uno desde la experiencia y otro pensando que tiene todo controlado con "su amor por Blanca".

Es una canci贸n reflexiva, quiz谩s que podr铆amos evitar desde la prevenci贸n, hablando con nuestros ni帽os y j贸venes de los peligros de las drogas. Realizar actividades de esparcimiento, ense帽ar valores en casa y estar atentos sobre cambios en el comportamiento, son algunas de las medidas que podemos tomar para ayudar a nuestros j贸venes cuando estan en una 茅poca de querer conocer y porbar todo, ayudemos a que prueben 隆TODO LO BUENO!

Blanca- Vico C f&t Josie Esteban

I start with this song because when I was in school, I had bands of all styles: rock, salsa, romantic, and music from my region to name a few. There were some groups that listened to rap, but it was frowned upon because of their lyrics, however, this song was with a merengue rhythm and it was well accepted.

No one ever explained to me what it meant or what was involved in the lyrics of the song, only that at parties they avoided it when there were children or did not sing it like other songs that were also fashionable at that time.

Today, I can understand that it was a taboo subject like drugs. Blanca, I thought that like any other story, it was a girl that Vico C fell in love with and paid her badly " Blanca you are bad and our love will have to end" How could a girl understand drugs, maybe others do, but not me.

Dealing with the issue of addiction is very complex, but the rapper had already been through it and was describing the stages of his illness: first denial, then regret (sometimes too late) and then recovery. Two men speak, one from experience and the other thinking he has it all under control with "his love for Blanca".

It is a reflective song, perhaps one that we could avoid through prevention, talking to our children and young people about the dangers of drugs. Leisure activities, teaching values at home and being aware of changes in behaviour are some of the measures we can take to help our young people when they are in a time of wanting to know and try everything, let's help them try EVERYTHING GOOD!



Celoso- La chicas del Can

En mi infancia tambi茅n estaba de moda una agrupaci贸n de chicas. Ellas eran dominicanas y hasta el presente siguen cantando sus 茅xitos. Hab铆a una canci贸n que se llamaba "Juana la cubana" y que resaltaba el sabor y soltura que destacaba en las caderas caribe帽as (envidias de muchas tratando de imitarlas hasta hoy).

Por eso, era normal tener un disco en casa que trajera sus canciones, y era normal escuchar Celoso.

Cuando estaba escuchando dec铆a: "Un d铆a me llev贸 a la discoteca y celoso me dio 3 galleta麓" Si le dio tres galletas, 驴Por qu茅 se fue?

La violencia de g茅nero es algo que sigue vigente y poco hablado. Los hombres violentos o "celosos" los romantizamos detr谩s del " me cela porque me quiere", "es verdad, debes respetarlo haciendo lo que 茅l te diga", o peor a煤n: "aguanto por los ni帽os". Nada mas alejado de la realidad cuando actualmente somos mujeres que hemos ganado tanto terreno en lo laboral, econ贸mico, pol铆tico, social, etc.

Tenemos derecho a equivocarnos, porque la misma canci贸n dice cuando se conocieron fue muy lindo, amable y la trataba como una reina y eso nos gusta. El problema esta, cuando comienza a tener conductas de control, limitaci贸n y vulnerar lo que somos, nos comportamos o relacionamos al punto de cambiar nuestra cotidianidad, grupos sociales e incluso contacto con el exterior.

Es una canci贸n que mantengo vigente de lo que 麓JAM脕S permitir铆a en mi relaci贸n de pareja y saldr铆a de inmediato al ver alg煤n tipo de acci贸n que vaya en contra de mis principios y lo que soy.

Jealous - The Can Girls

In my childhood there was also a girl group in fashion. They were Dominican and to this day they still sing their hits. There was a song called "Juana la cubana" which highlighted the flavour and ease that stood out in the Caribbean hips (envy of many trying to imitate them to this day).

So it was normal to have a record at home with her songs on it, and it was normal to listen to Celoso.

When he was listening he would say: "One day he took me to the disco and Jealous gave me 3 biscuits'" If he gave him three biscuits, why did he leave?

Gender-based violence is something that is still very much alive and little talked about. Violent or "jealous" men are romanticised behind the "he's jealous because he loves me", "it's true, you must respect him by doing what he tells you", or even worse: "he supports you". Nothing could be further from the truth when we are now women who have gained so much ground in the labour, economic, political, social and other fields.

We have the right to be wrong, because the same song says that when they met he was very nice, kind and treated her like a queen and we like that. The problem is when they start to control and limit our behaviour, limiting and violating what we are, how we behave and how we relate to each other, to the point of changing our daily lives, social groups and even our contact with the outside world.

It is a song that I keep in force of what I would 'NEVER allow in my relationship and I would leave immediately when I see some kind of action that goes against my principles and who I am.



Que canten los ni帽os- Bonny Cepeda

Otra canci贸n que me gusta y que entend铆 su significado mucho tiempo despu茅s, fue esta de los ni帽os. Es una canci贸n que toc贸 mi fibra y a煤n se me aguan los ojos, al escuchar que ni帽os como yo que no entienden de guerras, de conflictos, de diferencias, solo dedicados a jugar y ser felices, entonces tengan que estar pidiendo "no m谩s guerras, no m谩s drogas, no m谩s hambre, no m谩s muertes" 驴Qu茅 nos pasa como adultos? nosotros debemos ser los protectores de su uni贸n, amor, crecimiento y felicidad en bienestar.

En la canci贸n, hab铆a un espacio en blanco sobre los ni帽os de Cuba 隆Y yo no sab铆a qui茅n era Fidel! A esa edad, tuve que preguntar e indagar que estaba haciendo con ellos. A煤n recuerdo mis l谩grimas cuando me enter茅 que eran ni帽os que no sab铆an que era un tel茅fono o una televisi贸n por cable (tan normal en nuestros pa铆ses), simplemente me part铆a el coraz贸n.

Adem谩s, darse cuenta que todos los ni帽os 隆Clamaban! por los mismo: m谩s escuelas, m谩s trabajo, m谩s amor y m谩s uni贸n 驴Que tan dif铆cil puede ser? Sin duda el contenido social de la canci贸n lleg贸 al punto de ser suspendida en algunos sitios porque a los gobiernos no les interesa que les digan las verdades.

Let the children sing - Bonny Cepeda

Another song that I like and that I understood its meaning a long time later, was this one about the children. It is a song that touched my heartstrings and my eyes still water when I hear that children like me who do not understand wars, conflicts, differences, only dedicated to play and be happy, then have to be asking for "no more wars, no more drugs, no more hunger, no more deaths". What happens to us as adults? We should be the protectors of their union, love, growth and happiness in wellbeing.

In the song, there was a blank space about the children of Cuba and I didn't know who Fidel was! At that age, I had to ask and find out what he was doing with them. I still remember my tears when I found out that they were children who didn't know what a telephone or cable TV was (so normal in our countries), it just broke my heart.

Also, to realise that all the children were crying out for the same things: more schools, more work, more love and more togetherness - how hard can it be? No doubt the social content of the song reached the point of being suspended in some places because governments are not interested in being told the truth.



Conclusion

I don't like to compare whether the previous era was better or whether the ltras had content, I just like to know that for some time now, issues have been named and worked on through music and its lyrics in order to reflect and take action.

I am a believer that we cannot ignore our realities and through rhythms we can reach more people with messages of solidarity, union, sharing experiences and changing lives.

Thank you always for the space and may the creators of music with purpose not die, believe me that it helps and awakens someone from reality.

Conclusi贸n A m铆 no me gusta comparar si la 茅poca anterior era mejor o si las letras ten铆an contenido, solo me gusta saber que desde hace tiempo, se vienen nombrando y trabajando temas a trav茅s de la m煤sica y sus letras para reflexionar y tomar acciones. Yo soy creyente que no podemos obviar nuestras realidades y mediante los ritmos podemos llegar a mas personas con mensajes de solidaridad, uni贸n, de compartir experiencias y cambiar vidas. Gracias siempre por el espacio y que no mueran los creadores de m煤sica con prop贸sito, creanme que a alguien ayuda y despierta de la realidad.

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