Songs about Immigration & Assimilation: La Jaula de Oro (The Golden Cage) by Los Tigres del Norte

The song, whose title translates to Golden Cage, details the plight of an undocumented worker in the United States: he swam across the border ten years prior yet still doesn’t have his papers; his wife and kids have long since forgotten about Mexico, while he longs to return yet cannot; he asks his son if he would like to go back to Mexico, and his son responds, in English, “What are you talking about, Dad? I don’t want to go back to Mexico — no way, Dad!”; and transcribed, the chorus laments, “What good is money/If I’m like a prisoner/Inside this big nation?/When I remember I cry/Although the jail may be made of gold/It’s still a prison.” [source]

Inspired by The Next Immigration Challenge [New York Times]

Jan. 12 2012
Via The New York Times
#Los Tigres del Norte #music #immigration #mexico #corridos
47 notes

Notes

  1. versosdemialma reblogged this from thenoobyorker
  2. immigrantstories reblogged this from thenoobyorker
  3. allwehaveisnow420 reblogged this from immigrantstories and added:
    i want a los tigres del norte shirt. badass.
  4. dorkieana reblogged this from kitkatkitty69
  5. whatthehelldidijustread reblogged this from immigrantstories
  6. lovelyvee reblogged this from kitkatkitty69
  7. awyeahmona reblogged this from abstractosdreamos
  8. kitkatkitty69 reblogged this from magicalgirlserena and added:
    Love this song
  9. magicalgirlserena reblogged this from abstractosdreamos
  10. rafastarisativa2 reblogged this from cipotaaa and added:
    Songs about Immigration & Assimilation: La Jaula de Oro (The Golden Cage) by Los Tigres del Norte
  11. postmodernism reblogged this from thenoobyorker and added:
    As an immigrant of privilege I’ve never been able to fully experience emigrating illegally so most of the songs...
  12. cipotaaa reblogged this from thenoobyorker
  13. abstractosdreamos reblogged this from thenoobyorker and added:
    Lyrics in both Spanish and English
  14. thenoobyorker posted this