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Tony Montana

from 21st Enemy by Frank's Enemy

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Original release 2002

(Notes, 06/12/2002:)

I wrote a few songs having to do with Cuba during and after the Elian Gonzalez fiasco. I had the idea for this one for a while. It’s in Spanish, and the rhythm is latin.

This is one of a set of songs I’ve written on the unique perspective I have on life in the good ol’ USA as a Cuban-born US citizen. We Cubans are the only Latin minority that the liberal press mocks because we’re mostly Republicans. At the same time, there is a lot of negative baggage in our collective psyche. I tried to collect some of these thoughts in the above song, named after the main character in the 1984 film Scarface. The refrain is basically that I’m not proud to be of Tony Montana’s nationality, despite the cult hero status the character has seemed to attain in certain quarters nowadays.

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Los otros latinos tienen a Ricky y Carlos Santana
Pero nosotros un italiano llamado Cara Cortada
No hay raza ni orgullo no jugamos ese juegito
Tumbamos al mundo en los ochentas con el perico
Lo merecemos por echarnos arriba al del tabacon
Es la mejor idea aunque sea ficcion
Uno compra y uno sabe lo que de verdad es suyo
Tony Montana no me da orgullo

Vivimos en un continente que parece una isla
Apollamos sus ideales a veces pagado con ira
No tengas ilusiones yo no soy rehen
La guerra que existe es mia tambien
Yo solamente soy uno que busca libertad
No me importa de donde pero nadie la quiere dar
Prefieren robar a trabajar para lo que es suyo
Tony Montana no me da orgullo

Tony Montana que jarana tragate la banana
Que tiraron americanos que vinieron de Lantana
Armaremos nuestras balsas en el rio Potomac
Echando discos de Buena Vista Social Club
Hermanos al rescate perdiendo cuarenta anos
A correr, bayameses, al ajeno extrano
Por los hijos mios y los hijos tuyos
Tony Montana no me da orgullo

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from 21st Enemy, released March 13, 2020
Lyrics written 12/26/2000; 06/10/2001; 10/04/2001; 10/11/2001

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