SALVADOR
I was born in Puerto Rico 
We came here when I was a child 
Before I reached the age of sixteen 
I was running with the gang and we were wild 

He keeps looking but he don't recognize me. 
Some guy from Lexington or Park 
Red beans and rice from kitchen windows 
Supper-time and the barrio is dark. 

No one knows you like I do 
Nobody can know your heart the way I do 
No one can testify to all that you've been through 
But I will. 

SAL & THE VAMPIRES
I was born in Puerto Rico 
And my blood is Taino 
Spanish Caribbean my soul 

SALVADOR
We came here wearing summer clothes in winter 
Hearts of sunshine in the cold 
Your family rented this apartment 
You'd watch the street lamps from your perch 
In the sacramental hour your stepfather in black 
Preached the fire of the Pentecostal Church 
No one knows you like I do 
Nobody can know your heart the way I do 
No one can testify to all that you've been through 
But this will. 

SAL & THE VAMPIRES 
I was born in Puerto Rico 
Came here when I was a child. 

SALVADOR
Small change and sunlight, then I left these streets for good. 
My days as short as they were wild. 

CARLOS APACHE
I'm Carlos Apache 

ANGEL SOTO
Angel Soto 

FRENCHY CORDERO
Frenchy Cordero 

BABU CHARLIE CRUZ 
Babu Charlie Cruz 

SALVADOR
Your features blurred in every grainy photo 
And fading headline of the Daily News 
Wiltwyck School for Criminal Children 
Auburn, Brooklyn House of D., 
Dannemora, Sing-Sing, Attica, 
Greenhaven 
Twenty years inside, today you're free. 
You cannot even read your story 
The pages piling up in shame 
Before the words released you, the guard would kill the light 
The night you took The Capeman for your name. 

CHORUS 
I was born in Puerto Rico 
I was born in Puerto Rico 

I was born in Puerto Rico 
I was born in Puerto Rico 
I was born in Puerto Rico 
I was born in Puerto Rico 
I was born in Puerto Rico 
I was born in Puerto Rico 

LAZARUS
Yo nací en Puerto Rico 
Yo nací en Puerto Rico 
Mi corazón es Puerto Rico 
Mi alma es Puerto Rico