Lyrics Reflect Social Issues in Mexico
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POLICE CORRUPTION AND DRUGS
“Los Tres de Zacatecas”
sung by Los Tigres del Norte , written by Teodoro Bello
There was a shipment of 300 kilos,
Which the immigration authorities stopped,
And when, soon after, I listened to the news,
They only spoke of 100.
I heard the report because I was a prisoner,
Locked up as an illegal alien;
While the gringos were dividing up the shares,
I was writing the corrido.
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RACISM, PROMPTED BY CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 187
“La Discriminacion”
sung by Los Nortenos de Ojinaga, written by Jesse Armenta
We will always be the same, even if you become a citizen,
Even if some carry permits and others are already arranged
In the gringo’s eyes we will always be wetbacks.
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