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Escobar

by Vanessa Forero

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A song that came out of a dream.
This song is not to glorify Pablo Escobar, but to simply tell a story of a man who was, and who affected the country I'm part of.
May history never repeats itself.

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Come here, come and hear of a farmers son
Who on the streets of Medellin became 'El Patrón'
He's a boy, still a boy, yet he's blinded by gold
From gravestones to cigarettes, he takes what can be sold

But when he steals one man for a hundred-thousand dollars
It makes it hard to not become: Pablo Escobar


>> (The people/Campesinos ‘na na na’ chant) <<

Green leaves, paper leaves, fall as easy as snowflakes
Buy a lake, build a zoo, before the rats start to chew
Kill a man, Kill the man, take your wage from his head
“Plata o Plomo” either way you're good as dead

But the blood on his hands saved the blood of the poor
Their hero, provider: Pablo Escobar

“Robin Hood” is caught for good in a prison he owns
Soon escaping with an ache to reunite with his 'snow'
Now it's winter on the rooftops where this story must end
One shot to the ear and the silence descends

Who's finger on the trigger? Nobody knows
Maybe yours, maybe mine, maybe Pablo Escobars

<< Na na na na ...chorus >>


The blood on his hands

The love of his gold

But the world was not enough
For his evil soul

Will you dance or will you mourn for this villainous man?

The one, the only: Don Escobar.

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released March 1, 2019
Written, recorded, performed & produced by Vanessa Forero
Mixed & mastered by Daniel James

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English/Colombian artist Vanessa Forero has been composing since childhood. She produces her own records, recording herself in her self-built studio in the middle of a jaguar reserve high up in the Colombian mountains. She is also co-author of her mother's story, a feral child who survived with only monkeys for years: in "The Girl With No Name." Follow /vanessaforeromusic ... more

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