Hailing from Mexico city, Bocafloja strives in search of alternative forms … Read Full Bio ↴Hailing from Mexico city, Bocafloja strives in search of alternative forms of classic hip hop structure in the form of MC. Bocafloja uses Hip Hop as an educational model and free style poetry as a resource. Lyrics that critically judge social, political, everyday life and even the artist's own contradictions, without dogmatizing yet with strict firmness. Without limiting art to four elements or pigeonholing the struggle in a pamphlet. Art in resistance. With an international vision from the most populated city in the world Bocafloja maintains a comprehensive position that would never forget that which differentiates us. With four solo albums, the production of two compilations albums, and presence on stages that extend from Rikers Island Penitentiary Center in New York, Barrio 23 de Enero in Venezuela, to the Cultural Center Bank of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro—without omitting the innumerable appearances throughout México, during 10 years of constant activity in the Hip Hop scene—Bocafloja was presented with the DJ & Clubbing Awards’ Hip Hop Artist of the Year Award 2006 in Mexico. Bocafloja has shared the stage with such artists as Dead Prez, Afu-Ra, J-live, Freestyle Fellowship, Immortal Technique, K`naan, Rascalz, Intifada, Actitud Maria Marta, and SieteNueve, among others. Founder of QUILOMBOARTE, an organization that seeks to produce cultural events in which HIP HOP functions as an educational tool and an essential collaborative adhesive to social and political leftist movements in the processes of transformation throughout Mexico and Latin America.

A pesar
Bocafloja Lyrics

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A pesar de que
Un mañana diferente x2
A pesar de que
Un mañana diferente x2

Hoy es mi lunes hay sol en este frio apocaliptico
Donde mi exsol se configura por un cuadro biopolitico
Sobreviviente de era sin razon grupal y colectiva

Un mal frecuente que a cualquiera desmotiva
La cuenta aumenta, aqui no hay break para bajar la cara
Si el opresor nunca descansa no seremos quienes duerman pa bajar la guardia
Estoy hambriento por cobrar un checke grande y financiar esta guerrilla
Estoy hambriento por mirar como en el barrio el poblador
Quiera cambiar localizable y florecer esta semilla, sin conformismo
Lidiar con los errores de uno mismo
Quiero dignificar mi lucha sin colores rosas
No es para siempre resolver con el inveto
Los procesos de creacion en condiciones azarosas
Ya basta del estres por un centavo
Ya basta de pedir siempre permiso y legislar tu condicion de ser humano
Ya basta de pedir siempre permiso y legislar tu condicion de ser humano
Checa!!
Apesar de que...
Parece no existe respuesta congruente, seguimos buscando
Apesar de que...
Seguimos buscando un mañana diferente
Apesar de que...
A pesar de que...
Seguimos buscando
A pesar de que
Un mañana diferente
Apesar de que...
Cansado y no he comido,
Tampoco me conformo incluso a ser el subterraneo que mas discos ha vendido
Negociacion constante
Todo lo que tenemos es nosotros y es por eso que seguimos adelante
Todo cuesta en la escalera sistematica
Y hay que subirlo aunque la cuesta sea dramatica
El unico acto violento es subordinarte de manera permanente
Como un monarca encubierto vestido de hombre consiente... si
Apesar de que...
Parece no existe respuesta congruente, seguimos buscando
Apesar de que...un mañana diferente (x2)
Seguimos buscando

A pesar de que
Un mañana diferente (x2)

Overall Meaning

The song "A pesar" by Bocafloja talks about the struggles of survival in a dystopian world where the systems and the oppressions are against the people's collective and individual rights. The song opens with the lyrics, "Despite that/ A different tomorrow," which illustrates the desperation for change in the current situation. The verses discuss the singer's experiences of living within a biopolitical system and fighting to survive. The lyrics discuss the pressures of financial struggles and the need to keep fighting despite the odds being against them. The singer's hunger for a bigger paycheck and to finance this guerrilla calls attention to the daily reality of those who struggle to survive.

The chorus states "Despite that / It seems there is no consistent answer, we keep looking / Despite that / We keep looking for a different tomorrow," which indicates that despite the challenges, the singer is not losing hope and is urging others to do the same. The last verse discusses how the struggle to survive is constant, and fighting for human rights and dignity is crucial. The song concludes with the singer's acknowledgment that the oppressive forces never rest, and neither should they.

Overall, the song highlights the struggle for survival and the fight for dignity and human rights in a system that is against them. The song touches on the deep need for change and the importance of fighting for a better tomorrow, despite the challenges.

Line by Line Meaning

Hoy es mi lunes hay sol en este frio apocaliptico
Today is my Monday, there's sun in this cold apocalyptic world

Donde mi exsol se configura por un cuadro biopolitico
Where my past self is formed by a biopolitical frame

Sobreviviente de era sin razon grupal y colectiva
Survivor of an era without collective sense or reason

Un mal frecuente que a cualquiera desmotiva
A common evil that demotivates anyone

La cuenta aumenta, aqui no hay break para bajar la cara
The bill keeps increasing, no break to lower our heads

Si el opresor nunca descansa no seremos quienes duerman pa bajar la guardia
If the oppressor never rests, we won't be the ones to sleep and lower our guard

Estoy hambriento por cobrar un checke grande y financiar esta guerrilla
I'm hungry to cash a big check and finance this guerrilla

Estoy hambriento por mirar como en el barrio el poblador
I'm hungry to see how in the neighborhood the inhabitants

Quiera cambiar localizable y florecer esta semilla, sin conformismo
Want to change, become visible and make this seed flourish, without conformity

Lidiar con los errores de uno mismo
Deal with one's own mistakes

Quiero dignificar mi lucha sin colores rosas
I want to dignify my struggle without pink colors

No es para siempre resolver con el inveto
It's not always about solving with the cleverness

Los procesos de creacion en condiciones azarosas
The creative processes in random conditions

Ya basta del estres por un centavo
Enough of the stress for a penny

Ya basta de pedir siempre permiso y legislar tu condicion de ser humano
Enough of always asking for permission and legislating your human condition

Checa!!
Check this out!!

Apesar de que...
Despite that...

Parece no existe respuesta congruente, seguimos buscando
It seems there's no coherent answer, we keep searching

Seguimos buscando un mañana diferente
We keep searching for a different tomorrow

A pesar de que...
Despite that...

Seguimos buscando
We keep searching

Un mañana diferente
For a different tomorrow

Cansado y no he comido,
Tired and haven't eaten,

Tampoco me conformo incluso a ser el subterraneo que mas discos ha vendido
I don't even conform to be the underground rapper who has sold the most albums

Negociacion constante
Constant negotiation

Todo lo que tenemos es nosotros y es por eso que seguimos adelante
All we have is each other and that's why we keep going

Todo cuesta en la escalera sistematica
Everything has a cost in the systematic ladder

Y hay que subirlo aunque la cuesta sea dramatica
And we have to climb it even if the slope is dramatic

El unico acto violento es subordinarte de manera permanente
The only violent act is to subjugate yourself permanently

Como un monarca encubierto vestido de hombre consiente... si
Like a hidden monarch disguised as a conscious man... yes

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