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.

Fuego
Bocafloja Lyrics

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Sean ustedes bienvenidos al sonido del orgullo
Al poder de la palabra del invisible
El hombre de la boca floja en vivo y en directo desde el quilombo
¡Fuego!
Un metro con ochenta y dos centimetros de historia
Setenta y dos kilos de un saber desalineado
Una y mil diásporas presentes
El bendecido trae poemas

El elegido y no hay dilema

Este es el fuego del más digno, saber del fidedigno
Camino embelecido, fugado y revivido
La tesis pa' esta urgencia
Acción afirmativa en mi indulgencia
Incómodo en la mesa
Proactiva resistencia, la promesa
El rap de los demás es lo de menos
Los menos somos más en este rap, no tengo frenos

Los nunca asimilados al terreno
Los propios, los distantes, los ajenos

Overall Meaning

These lyrics are from the song "Fuego" by Bocafloja. The song starts with an introduction, inviting the audience to experience the power of words and the pride associated with them. Bocafloja then speaks about himself, describing himself as a man with a history of 1.82 meters and a weight of 72 kilos. He further explains that he belongs to different diasporas and is blessed to bring poems to the world. He believes that he is an apt example of a person who has been chosen for a purpose and there is no debate about it.

The second paragraph of the song talks about the relevance of his work. Bocafloja believes that his words contain the flames of truth that burn away the unjust and false narratives that exist in society. He describes his journey as one that was filled with struggle and resistance. Despite being uncomfortable at times, he remains committed to his work. He talks about the importance of affirmative action in promoting social justice and considers himself to be someone who actively resists oppression. He also describes his rap style as something that is unique and rejects conformity.

Line by Line Meaning

Sean ustedes bienvenidos al sonido del orgullo
Welcome to the sound of pride

Al poder de la palabra del invisible
To the power of the word from the invisible

El hombre de la boca floja en vivo y en directo desde el quilombo
The man of the loose mouth live and direct from the chaos

¡Fuego!
Fire!

Un metro con ochenta y dos centimetros de historia
One meter and eighty-two centimeters of history

Setenta y dos kilos de un saber desalineado
Seventy-two kilos of a misaligned knowledge

Una y mil diásporas presentes
One and a thousand diasporas present

El bendecido trae poemas
The blessed one brings poems

El elegido y no hay dilema
The chosen one and there is no dilemma

Este es el fuego del más digno, saber del fidedigno
This is the fire of the most dignified, knowledge of the reliable

Camino embelecido, fugado y revivido
Embellished, escaped and revived path