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.

Todavía
Bocafloja Lyrics

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Dale, déjame hacerte el cuento grande
Quiero pasarte las ideas en cuatro tardes
Que se arrepienta la na por lo dicho
Que se te meta una locura por capricho
Si el capital te dio una maña posesiva
Aquí se cura con lectura entre las piernas y aspirina
Si la colonia a ti te mata con su mano destructiva
Sé de la mano de un poeta que te cura con saliva

Sé que el refrán de la academia a ti te tiene desconfianza
Ya no hay poder legislativo que detenga esta matanza
Es mi alabanza

Todavía censurado está aquel que pida su libertad
Todavía te someten a una regla hiriente
Está prohibido pensar diferente
Lo establecido conmigo no va

Si es que tus leyes ancestrales no les cuadran bien mi calma
Siendo el sistema que libera y con certeza te desarma
Si acaso el frío te pone brava y el concreto te somete
Aquí tampoco hay gran billete, pero hay coco y un machete
Aquí con poco es el invento, pero grande es el banquete
Si usted prefiere un eufemismo yo alimento su marasmo
Yo bajo pa' allá abajo pa' que hagamos un pleonasmo
Tanta negrura pa' saciar este voraz en epidemia
Cuánto de altura me hace falta pa' llevar la sanación a tu pandemia
A qué hora paso pa' quitarle un par de normas al cuartel que domestica
Prohibido el paso cardenal siempre una culpa mitifica
Quién es el dueño del sabor que lo imagino lo mastica

Hoy digo adiós a lo ideal
Me desprendo de mi dictadura actual

Si el cuerpo es tuyo dignifica la razón de mi utopía
Un ejercicio libertario significa todavía

Todavía censurado está aquel que pida su libertad
Todavía te someten a una regla hiriente

Está prohibido pensar diferente
Lo establecido conmigo no va

Overall Meaning

In the song "Todavia" by Bocafloja, the lyrics address themes of oppression, censorship, and the struggle for freedom. The song begins with the desire to share ideas and pass them on to others, encouraging the listener to challenge the oppressive norms imposed by capitalism. Bocafloja criticizes the possessive tendencies instilled by society and suggests that they can be cured through reading and self-reflection, symbolized by "lectura entre las piernas" (reading between the legs) and aspirin.

Bocafloja also highlights the destructive nature of the established system, represented by the "colonia" (colony). He offers an alternative solution through the power of a poet, who can heal with their words and saliva. The lyrics suggest that traditional academic sayings and the legislative power of the government can no longer stop the violence and oppression. Bocafloja praises this resistance and acknowledges the ongoing censorship faced by those who dare to demand their freedom.

The chorus of the song reiterates the ongoing censorship that still exists for those who dare to ask for their freedom. It emphasizes the oppressive nature of the established rules, which prohibit independent thinking and different perspectives. The lyrics assert that what is established does not align with Bocafloja's personal beliefs and values.

Overall, the song "Todavia" reflects on the continued struggle for freedom, the effects of colonization and capitalism, and the power of individual resistance and expression.

Line by Line Meaning

Dale, déjame hacerte el cuento grande
Come on, let me tell you the big story

Quiero pasarte las ideas en cuatro tardes
I want to share the ideas with you in four afternoons

Que se arrepienta la na por lo dicho
Let the ignorant regret what they have said

Que se te meta una locura por capricho
Let a crazy idea get into your head on a whim

Si el capital te dio una maña posesiva
If capitalism gave you a possessive defect

Aquí se cura con lectura entre las piernas y aspirina
Here we heal with reading between the legs and aspirin

Si la colonia a ti te mata con su mano destructiva
If the colony kills you with its destructive hand

Sé de la mano de un poeta que te cura con saliva
I know of a poet who heals you with saliva

Sé que el refrán de la academia a ti te tiene desconfianza
I know that the proverb of the academy makes you suspicious

Ya no hay poder legislativo que detenga esta matanza
There is no legislative power to stop this massacre anymore

Es mi alabanza
It is my praise

Todavía censurado está aquel que pida su libertad
Still censored is the one who asks for their freedom

Todavía te someten a una regla hiriente
You are still subjected to a hurtful rule

Está prohibido pensar diferente
It is forbidden to think differently

Lo establecido conmigo no va
What is established does not work for me

Si es que tus leyes ancestrales no les cuadran bien mi calma
If your ancestral laws do not fit well with my calm

Siendo el sistema que libera y con certeza te desarma
Being the system that liberates and surely disarms you

Si acaso el frío te pone brava y el concreto te somete
If, suppose, the cold makes you angry and the concrete subdues you

Aquí tampoco hay gran billete, pero hay coco y un machete
Here there is not much money, but there is coconut and a machete

Aquí con poco es el invento, pero grande es el banquete
Here, with a little, it's the invention, but the feast is big

Si usted prefiere un eufemismo yo alimento su marasmo
If you prefer euphemism, I feed your monotony

Yo bajo pa' allá abajo pa' que hagamos un pleonasmo
I go down there below so we can create pleonasms

Tanta negrura pa' saciar este voraz en epidemia
So much darkness to satisfy this voracious epidemic

Cuánto de altura me hace falta pa' llevar la sanación a tu pandemia
How much height do I lack to bring healing to your pandemic

A qué hora paso pa' quitarle un par de normas al cuartel que domestica
When will I pass by to remove a couple of rules from the domesticating quarters

Prohibido el paso cardenal siempre una culpa mitifica
Entry prohibited, cardinal sin always mythifies guilt

Quién es el dueño del sabor que lo imagino lo mastica
Who is the owner of the flavor that I imagine being chewed

Hoy digo adiós a lo ideal
Today I say goodbye to the ideal

Me desprendo de mi dictadura actual
I detach myself from my current dictatorship

Si el cuerpo es tuyo dignifica la razón de mi utopía
If the body is yours, it dignifies the reason for my utopia

Un ejercicio libertario significa todavía
A libertarian exercise still means

Todavía censurado está aquel que pida su libertad
Still censored is the one who asks for their freedom

Todavía te someten a una regla hiriente
You are still subjected to a hurtful rule

Está prohibido pensar diferente
It is forbidden to think differently

Lo establecido conmigo no va
What is established does not work for me

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