Ortiz, Joell - Latino Lyrics






[Intro: Joell Ortiz]
Uhh, look around in my neighborhood (aquí en el barrio, tú sabes)
See how we live, see right there on that corner
That's where they sell the drugs (la manteca broder)
Run the numbers and, play dominoes, whistle at the fly ladies
You know, I'm Latino, hahahahaha (pa que sepa)

[Joell Ortiz:]
The dope gets sold by the bodega
While y'all call it dope, we call it the manteca
We don't look for lotto numbers in the newspaper
We play it right over the counter by the Now & Laters
Sit down on milk crates and play dominoes
¡Capicu! Slam it down, tell 'em adios
Another round of beers before we go upstairs
And watch a fuzzy TV on some of the oldest chairs
Relax, take a bath and get nice and clean
Come out just in time for dinner, you know rice and beans
A little chicken, maybe tostones, it's up to Ma
She might be tired keepin this house all up to par
Sometimes I look out the window and see some nice wheels
I got a thing for rims, they give me slight chills
Round here you get killed over a ice-grill
Guns pop but the O.G.'s carry knives still (word)

[Chorus: Joell Ortiz (La Bruja)]
(Latinooooo) I'm that and I'm proud
If you don't know us let me tell you about (Latinooooos)
We got beautiful women (la-la-la la-la-la la-la)
And they all seem to know their way around the kitchen
I'm (Latinooooo) yeah we stick together
We had hard lives so our skin is thick forever
We (Latinoooooos) I'm that and I'm proud (la la la la la la laaaa)
If you don't know us let me tell you about

[Joell Ortiz:]
See e'ry block got a different crew
This kid I knew got paralyzed cause of his tattoo
And he wasn't in a gang
Just some young punk tryin to come up and get a name
Put a bullet in his brain, it's a shame
But yo, on a better note
Latina women look so good from head to toe, get 'em and never let 'em go
Baseball is big in my town
So is boxing, a hundred he don't see the ninth round
These young girls is fresh, they like to get piped down
Babies havin babies, guess who on the WIC line now?
Guess who got welfare? Guess who on Medicaid?
Guess who left they kid with their girl for eleven days?
Without callin, cause he's ballin
One year from now he'll have a child support warrant
It happen all the time in my community
That's the difference between someone like you and me - I'm

[Chorus]

[Joell Ortiz:]
Big Chino got a truck, and a bike, and a boat
But Chino got a gun cause his life full of coke
And Chino havin fun, he don't like bein broke
But Chino gon' be done, FBI is no joke
And I don't want Chi' to get knocked
When the truck around he buy ice cream for the block
See where I'm from the kids look up to the hustlers
Even if they're family with some of the customers
My abuela used to tell me to stay off the corner
You heard what happened to Mrs. Rivera's daughter?
See she had got caught in the crossfire right there in broad day
Shot her in the back tryin run in the hallway
By my buildin all you hear is, "Oye
Ten cuidado la policia esta en la esquina de Broadway"
There's action all the time in my neighborhood
But see we all mind our business like a neighbor should

See this one right here is for all my Latinos around the world
Around the world man, there's so many of us man
Be proud of who you are man, I love y'all niggaz
Joell Ortiz

[Chorus: w/ ad libs]

[Joell Ortiz & La Bruja:]
Latinooooos





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  1. A.... ....

    #Classic 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

  2. M.... M....

    This shit needs a billion hits wtf ...where's my Latinos...

  3. J.... F....

    Ur right Ortiz I lived this life boriqua for ever

  4. S.... B....

    BROOKLYN TATOO OK

  5. O.... S....

    Ortiz is just a legend!
    Here is my version of this epic song!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuwCylh6OoY

  6. H.... s....

    I'll die to hear a pun and Joel song.........

  7. J.... L....

    Warm blooded people. We make up the most part of New York.

  8. L.... R....

    J O is heat! Holla back joey... eLNeGRo.

  9. J.... K....

    A Latino from the Big Apple, the same city as Joell, representing right here! Representing the 212 and 646. Shout out to Joell Ortiz!

  10. A.... M....

    EL S A L V A D O R

  11. L.... P....

    🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

  12. A.... A....

    First lemme say that im proud to be Puerto Rican ! But lemme be straight up yo, i gotta give love to my white brothers and black brotherz too... Especially the onez that down with us... THIS PUERTO RICAN THANKZ YALL FOR BEING DOWN FOR US REAL TALK ...

    A.... A....

    Shit im mixed blk n wht....but i love my puerto rock familia...my lady 100%

  13. o.... J....

    R.I.P. to my cousin Michael. He's wearin the white t playin dominoes in the video.

  14. D.... D....

    Panamanians,Cubanos, Domonicanos&Boricuas one love ya all💯✌

    D.... D....

    Mexican foo

  15. J.... C....

    post this videos on Donald trumps wall LOL

  16. n.... n....

    I just noticed after almoat 10 trarsi Immortal Technique is in the video lol

  17. S.... ....

    I've been sleep on Joel all his shit fire

  18. D.... G....

    I love his music ...... coming from the real Bay Area Cali boys.....

  19. A.... R....

    Viva México cabrones

  20. S.... S....

    Anybody notice that immortal technique was on this vid? Haha. They only showed a glimpse of him

  21. H.... A....

    Maybe I'm biased but Latino people are beautiful & it's mainly due to our genes which encompass all kinds; African, Taino-Arawak, Spain, Central & S. America, Northern Europeans, & even Chinese. Can't help but get good salsa when we mix.

    H.... A....

    In the Bible Latino people are one of the 22 chosen tribes so that explains the beauty

  22. W.... W....

    I'm not even Latino and this song makes me proud to be Latino. Go figure. Ortiz do his thing.

  23. m.... b....

    number 1 in the world..... RESPECT FROM ROME!!

  24. A.... A....

    Dam straight Latino

  25. L.... ....

    GUATEMALA BABY.. Shout Outs to ALL MY LATINOS!!!!

    L.... ....

    LoyaltyRoyalty ✊🏾✊🏾🇬🇹 Chapin

  26. S.... T....

    Joell Ortiz is a BEAST!!!

  27. O.... W....

    latinos

  28. L.... H....

    WHERE My FAMILY FROM And I Am PROUD of where We Are FROM .

  29. t.... ....

    Cubano from Jamaica plain Boston all my latinos are in j.p

  30. d.... ....

    So what if the women r half nake they r sex n its hot outside u a hater.......all my latinos stand up don't matter were u from....do yo thing joell ortiz...slaughterhouse shady records all day everyday

  31. R.... C....

    DOMINICANS ALL DAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY<3

  32. J.... ....

    Boricuas all day

  33. B.... S....

    Mexicano and I'm brown and proud(latino)... Brooklyn 718 all day errday!

  34. k.... ....

    DAMN!!! the girl at 1:52 - 1:55 IS INCREDIBLE.

  35. k.... ....

    This song makes me wish that I was Latino!!!! LOL.

  36. E.... ....

    how is it that ya'll go from listeners to philosophers in under 5 or 4 mins....?

  37. L.... D....

    BOOOOORRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAA!!!!!

  38. F.... ....

    JOELL WENT HAAAAAAAARRDD ON BOTH TRACKS!!!!

  39. R.... P....

    dominicano? oh puertoriqueño?

  40. p.... ....

    Dis my dude joell man, he been goin hard since day 1, lets get it, bring it back 4 da boricuas, cuz FAT JOE is trash!!!!!!

  41. P.... C....

    THE BEST SHIT LATINO......HIP HOP STAND UP

  42. h.... ....

    Joell is such a great artist. He's got punchlines, he's lyrical, he's got storytelling abilities,... and above all he's hiphop, people who don't understand, i feel sorry for you, you're missing out on something. Word

  43. P.... ....

    ... socio-political & a overall dope song ... respect ...

  44. t.... ....

    @skiarmada3 oh move

  45. e.... ....

    word big up to my latinos around the world..... a big shout out to the latinos in bushwick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  46. P.... ....

    @TheOfficialVerbal Virgin Islands in the Building

  47. t.... ....

    @nyfanatik brown skin people will take over the world one day. the majority of the world is brown skinned. asians talking indian not chinese, south america, african people reporoduce way more babies than whites. when the world is one colour only then will there be racial harmony.

  48. T.... B....

    Good Brooklyn

  49. m.... ....

    latino stand up

  50. t.... ....

    so if oneof those black panamanias or dominicans walk in one of the mexican gang territories out in LA and get his ass killed what are we going to say oh it was a accident he was a LATINO???

  51. t.... ....

    I spoke as if in the eyes of the rasicst
    I AM FROM THE CARIBBEAN!!!

  52. A.... A....

    I pay my respect to latinos.

  53. k.... ....

    the majority of the chilean population have native indian blood. they dont look white

  54. t.... ....

    i didnt vote for bush but you ass wholes still worship and practice spains ideology by calling yourself latin ver disrespectful to all the african and native slaves who died and suffered under the hands of the latin oppressors.. by the way as I recall the LATINO vote got bush in office

  55. t.... ....

    and spain fuck you and is still fucking you stupid ass calling yourself latin by the way bush fucked you too dummy!

  56. e.... z....

    latinos are for ever....the modern age conquerors ....fcuk wit it or hate it u cant stop it!!!!!!!!

    latinos stand up!!!!!!!!

  57. t.... ....

    since your so proud whts the definition of latin and where did it come from proud ass??

  58. t.... ....

    BOttom line is this the word LATINO has no RACIAL FOUnDATION! NEITHER IS IT A CULTURE IT WAS GIVING TO SOUTHERN EUROPEANS BY THE ROMAN EMPIRE... The way it latin america got the name is because of Spain conquering natives and enslving blacks so latin america = spain fucked you! this rap here is not the definition of latino this is ghetto talk period

  59. t.... ....

    look up the definition dummy latino is not a race!!! what color is latino and how the hell does coming from latin america make it a race when those countries have the mestizo black and white even mulatto categories in their census in no country will you find a latino check box only in the U.S. Because this is where the lable was invented in the 70s by Richard NIXON to counter the Black democratic political movement... LATINO?Hispanic is not a race...RETARD!

  60. t.... ....

    Im sorry could yu please enlighten me and explain who and what makes one a latino or latin?? dont tell me its a race because there is no genetic make up of pheneotype that make a person look "latin" dont tell me its a culture becuase the costumes in LOIZA are not the same in Argentina or uraguay.. you know like I know its a gimmick to lump all these people together and appeal to this particular spanish speaking group.

  61. t.... ....

    no yur retarted fake ass latin wannabe yall clowns wish you where latin..LMAO

  62. t.... ....

    pause the video at 22 and take a good look at mr ortiz...

  63. t.... ....

    yes you are ignorant you know what the problem is you think latino is a color or race you wacth to much spanish speaking media try opening a book or using google stop following this latin bandwagon and do yur own history research cuz i have..and a so called latino can be black at the same time.

  64. t.... ....

    RACIST??LMAO

  65. t.... ....

    uhh go to choco en colombia o go to bluefields in nico oor go to bahia in brazil or go to livingston guatamala or go to loiza PR or go to most of DR then say that ignorant shit dummy!!

  66. t.... ....

    LATINO??? LMAO

  67. t.... ....

    whats the difference between black and latino?? how can you tell them apart??

  68. D.... ....

    Good shit, this is what hip hop should be right about now.

  69. B.... M....

    whats da song in da end

  70. E.... C....

    one of the bets song i herd proud to be venezuelan and latino

  71. B.... M....

    whats da song called in da end

  72. w.... ....

    whatever man say what you want my advice is to just get out more and understand true puerto rican identity and other cultures. as for me i know where i stand and i know the true culture of puerto rico so thats it out im out peace.

  73. w.... ....

    what are you talking about? when did i say i want to seperate black people? youre going from one extreme to the other. my original argument was is that you are grouping PRS to be a part of your culture and we dont want that. we are PRS who have a long history that includes spanish, african, and taino infulenes. just because our culture has african roots does not mean that we have to identify with the urban black culture. in PR there is so much diversity that we dont fall under that category

  74. w.... ....

    well those are rappers and hip hop artist im just taking about regular everyday people. im pretty sure someone like ludacris is gonna have some cultural differences between a black frenchman who was born and raised there.

  75. w.... ....

    so would you say that a black person from france has the same culture as you and the only thing that seperates you two is language? of course not that black frenchman would mostly identify with other french people no matter what color.

  76. w.... ....

    i think tego caleron would identify more with a white puerto rican then a black american, or who knows but for sure afro boricaus would get along more with other puerto ricans first.

  77. w.... ....

    i agree with you compeltely pgomez, they have to understand that puerto ricans are puerto ricans, i personally have never identified with black american culture and most of the island puerto ricans dont because we have our own things going. whether we be white, brown, black we are still puerto ricans. its the same thing with mexicans, mexicans come in all colors and they all share the same culture and beliefs.

  78. w.... ....

    well those are nuyoricans. most puerto ricans from the island dont really follow that except the ones who are into reggeton but alot of puerto ricans in the states dont really identify with that culture either.

  79. w.... ....

    most puerto ricans dont identify with black american culture. we have our own culture and thats what makes us puerto ricans, we come in all colors from white, black, mixed etc but we are all puerto rican so dont claim us puerto ricans as being part of your culture

  80. R.... O....

    Take it from a cat like me been to 27 different countries and lived in NY and now live in East LA No race is similar to each other believe that.

  81. r.... ....

    WE CALL IT MANTEQUA

  82. H.... ....

    What are you fucking stupid, you're proud of american ghetto's? I'm assuming you're poor and angry at the world huh?

  83. b.... ....

    No one gives a fuck bout a damn ms-13 punk bitch....fuckin dos veces mojado. They wanna hate on Ricans but all the central americans try so hard to be like us.

  84. A.... J....

    LOL at 10 Year old kids with AK's with no life being hitmen by night and ps3 ninja's by day ...

    YATUSABES.

    internet gangsters should log off ... racial trollers too scared to say that sort of thing in the street should be embarressed of themselves. SHAME ON YOU.

  85. 1.... ....

    i grew up in east new york when i was a teen i use to sell weed right in front of the bodega Ya tu sabe Que lo Que Dominicano and Puerto Rican =]

  86. N.... ....

    no disrespect dude, but mi gente is not wanting to be ProRican, we follow our own style. This song is OK.

  87. K.... B....

    dam Puerto Ricans Dominicans and Cubans are similiar to Mexicans... Latino Pride!!!

  88. C.... ....

    My Hood is Washington Heights!

  89. g.... ....

    tsk... too bad im only half. i swear tho, peurto rican girls the flyest

  90. t.... ....

    That's a tight video as well as the track. Stay groudned Joel. I think you're gonna go places. Just stay grounded.

  91. M.... R....

    Tha chosen people! LATINOS STAND UP!

  92. A.... g....

    He our future, homie!
    We got ya, Joell......and I'm all up in the Netherlands str8 pumping my Boriqua boy! Ya feel me

  93. A.... B....

    Tu sabes porque dices Latinos. No Te Pones Tonto. CHAVALA! TE HABLAS UN BORICUA/GUANACO. SI NO SABES PIENSALO!!!

  94. C.... C....

    suCC diCC, BYATCH
    LATINOZ ALL DAY PUTO

  95. J.... K....

    latinos stand up is better this shit doesnt even ryme with the beat..........

  96. s.... o....

    What ya know about Blue Hawaiian? That Brooklyn Drink kid!

  97. p.... ....

    Loving it! Loving it! Latinos on the rise!!! keep it up!!!

  98. s.... o....

    Latino's on the rise!

  99. m.... ....

    Latinos im that and im proud Go joell keep preachin

  100. N.... O....

    this song is hot, i like it a lot. i gave me goose bumps. Boricua Stand UP!!!!