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Griot del Rio

from PREZ by Tearra Oso

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“Griot del Rio” is a new genre of music, BombaPop, which fuses traditional Afro Boricua rhythm, Sica, with pop, funk, and R&B instrumentation that was made to move and heal you. I hope all who encounter my music grow from the lyrics and sounds, as I offer a new adaptation born from my ancestors’ transformative music, Bomba, which was created on the sugar cane plantations of Boriquen. My ancestors persevered through so much, and I know we can continue to metabolize our hardships to do our best to change the world and experience beautiful lives.

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Soy de una ciudad (I'm from a city)
Al lado un gran rio (Next to a big river)
Le digo mis palabras (I tell it my words)
Y se pone frío (And it turns cold)
Le cuento mi cuento (I tell it my story)
Y me escucha (And it listens to me)
Tenemos conversaciones (We have conversations)
Como en las películas (Like in the movies)
When the world seems
Dark and heavy
Sometimes I ride it out
When my heart can't
Take no more
That's when I play it out
When the world seems
Dark and heavy
Sometimes I ride it out
When my heart can't
Take no more
That's when I play it out
I might pick up a pen
I might pick up a drum
I might shed a tear
I might mix some piña and rum
I know I can't hold the weight
Of the world in my body
So I move and
Shake and scream
Anything to get it out of me
I could tell you from experience
Nothin' is forever
Uhh uhh
Things can get better
I could tell you from experience
Nothin' is forever
Uhh uhh
Things will get better
Soy de una ciudad (I'm from a city)
Al lado un gran rio (Next to a big river)
Le digo mis palabras (I tell it my words)
Y se pone frío (And it turns cold)
Le cuento mi cuento (I tell it my story)
Y me escucha (And it listens to me)
Tenemos conversaciones (We have conversations)
Como en las películas (Like in the movies)
I could tell you from experience
Nothin' is forever
Uhh uhh
Things can get better
(I can tell) I can tell you from experience
(You oooh yea) Nothin' is forever
Uhh uhh
(I know things) Things will get better
Can get better
I know, I know
(I know, I know) Things will get better
Let me tell you, yea
Things will get better
2, 3, 4
Whoo
Mama
Come on
Things will get better
Mama
Ha
Mama
Yea
Ha
Yea
Ha
Let's get it come on
I just love ya

credits

from PREZ, released April 22, 2022
Vox, percussion and synth by Tearra Oso
Guitar, bass, synth, percussion, mixing and mastering by Rick Rock
Additional vox by Aci

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Tearra Oso Minneapolis, Minnesota

Singer, drummer, dancer, healer, storyteller. For her debut album titled “Prez”, Oso combined traditional Afro Boricua music with R&B/funk/hip-hop/pop to create self-preservation pieces for activists, in English and Spanish. Thank you to the Mcknight Foundation and MRAC’s Next Step Fund for support in finishing the album. ... more

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