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...pa' que tu lo sepas!!" (I'm boricua, just so you know!)^^

This is part of my little challenge of the 20 songs thing...I did this one while listening to "Preciosa" by Marc Anthony. I swear, my heart gets filled with great pride for my Island every time I hear that song. That song is like our 2nd anthem for us puertoricans. I love it.

I gotta admit I don't like Nadira's face in this pic...but it's the meaning of the drawing that counts, right? What I'm trying to say here is that, that....PUERTO RICO RULES, WOOO!!!! XD Although I love how the flag came out.

Another thing, the lil' thing on top of the hat is a coqui; a native little frog of ours. It's named coqui cause at night the males do a mating call that goes: "co-qui, co-qui!".

Listen to the song!! (even if you don't know spanish)[link]

Hope ya guys like!!^^ plz comment.

PRECIOSA (original)

Yo sé lo que son los encantos
de mi borinquen hermosa
por eso la quiero yo tanto
por siempre la llamaré Preciosa
yo sé de sus hembras trigueñas
sé del olor de sus rosas
por eso a mi tierra riqueña
por siempre la llamaré Preciosa Isla del caribe
Isla del caribe
Borinquen

Preciosa te llaman las olas
del mar que te baña
Preciosa por ser un encanto
por ser un Edén
Y tienes la noble hidalguía
de la Madre España
y el fiero cantío del indio bravío
lo tienes también

Coro:

Preciosa te llaman los bardos
que cantan tu historia
No importa el tirano te trate
con negra maldad

Preciosa serás sin bandera
sin lauros, ni gloria
Preciosa, Preciosa

te llaman los hijos de la libertad
Preciosa te llevo dentro
muy dentro di mi corazón
y mientras más pasa el tiempo
en tí se vuelca mi amor

porque ahora es que comprendo
porque ahora es que comprendo
que aunque pase lo que pase
yo seré puertoriqueño
yo seré puertoriqueño
por donde quiera que ande, ooohhh
por que lo llevo en la sangre
por herencia de mis padres
y con orgullo repito
yo te quiero Puerto Rico
yo te quiero Puerto Rico

y por eso es que me nace hoy
dedicarle este canto
a ese noble jibarito Raphael
y a mi isla del encanto
yo te quiero Puerto Rico
yo te quiero Puerto Rico

Preciosa (english version)

know what's enchanting
about my beautiful Borinquen
That's why I love her so much
And I'll always call her Precious

I know about her dark-skinned women
I know about the smell of her roses
That's why to my rich country
I'll always call her Precious

Island of the Caribbean
Island of the Caribbean
Borinquen

The waves of the ocean that bathe you,
calls you Precious
Precious for being enchanting,
for being an Eden
And you have the nobility
of the mother, Spain
And the fiery song of the ferocious indian
You have this too

Chorus:
The bards that sing your history
call you Precious
It doesn't matter that the tyrant
treats you with black hatred
You would still be Precious
without a flag, laurels or glory
Precious, precious
you're called by liberty's children

Precious, I carry you inside
very deep in my heart
and the more the time goes by
my love for you grows and grows

Because it's now that I understand
Because it's now that I understand
that regardless of what happens
I will always be Puerto Rican
I will always be Puerto Rican
Because wherever I walk, oooohhhh
Because I carry it in my blood
Because of my parent's heritage
And with pride I repeat
I love you Puerto Rico
I love you Puerto Rico

And that's why it's born in me today
To dedicate this song
To that noble jibarito** Rafael
And to my island of enchantments
I love you Puerto Rico
I love you Puerto Rico, oooohhhh

Description
...pa' que tu lo sepas!!" (I'm boricua, just so you know!)^^

This is part of my little challenge of the 20 songs thing...I did this one while listening to "Preciosa" by Marc Anthony. I swear, my heart gets filled with great pride for my Island every time I hear that song. That song is like our 2nd anthem for us puertoricans. I love it.

I gotta admit I don't like Nadira's face in this pic...but it's the meaning of the drawing that counts, right? What I'm trying to say here is that, that....PUERTO RICO RULES, WOOO!!!! XD Although I love how the flag came out.

Another thing, the lil' thing on top of the hat is a coqui; a native little frog of ours. It's named coqui cause at night the males do a mating call that goes: "co-qui, co-qui!".

Listen to the song!! (even if you don't know spanish)[link]

Hope ya guys like!!^^ plz comment.

PRECIOSA (original)

Yo sé lo que son los encantos
de mi borinquen hermosa
por eso la quiero yo tanto
por siempre la llamaré Preciosa
yo sé de sus hembras trigueñas
sé del olor de sus rosas
por eso a mi tierra riqueña
por siempre la llamaré Preciosa Isla del caribe
Isla del caribe
Borinquen

Preciosa te llaman las olas
del mar que te baña
Preciosa por ser un encanto
por ser un Edén
Y tienes la noble hidalguía
de la Madre España
y el fiero cantío del indio bravío
lo tienes también

Coro:

Preciosa te llaman los bardos
que cantan tu historia
No importa el tirano te trate
con negra maldad

Preciosa serás sin bandera
sin lauros, ni gloria
Preciosa, Preciosa

te llaman los hijos de la libertad
Preciosa te llevo dentro
muy dentro di mi corazón
y mientras más pasa el tiempo
en tí se vuelca mi amor

porque ahora es que comprendo
porque ahora es que comprendo
que aunque pase lo que pase
yo seré puertoriqueño
yo seré puertoriqueño
por donde quiera que ande, ooohhh
por que lo llevo en la sangre
por herencia de mis padres
y con orgullo repito
yo te quiero Puerto Rico
yo te quiero Puerto Rico

y por eso es que me nace hoy
dedicarle este canto
a ese noble jibarito Raphael
y a mi isla del encanto
yo te quiero Puerto Rico
yo te quiero Puerto Rico

Preciosa (english version)

know what's enchanting
about my beautiful Borinquen
That's why I love her so much
And I'll always call her Precious

I know about her dark-skinned women
I know about the smell of her roses
That's why to my rich country
I'll always call her Precious

Island of the Caribbean
Island of the Caribbean
Borinquen

The waves of the ocean that bathe you,
calls you Precious
Precious for being enchanting,
for being an Eden
And you have the nobility
of the mother, Spain
And the fiery song of the ferocious indian
You have this too

Chorus:
The bards that sing your history
call you Precious
It doesn't matter that the tyrant
treats you with black hatred
You would still be Precious
without a flag, laurels or glory
Precious, precious
you're called by liberty's children

Precious, I carry you inside
very deep in my heart
and the more the time goes by
my love for you grows and grows

Because it's now that I understand
Because it's now that I understand
that regardless of what happens
I will always be Puerto Rican
I will always be Puerto Rican
Because wherever I walk, oooohhhh
Because I carry it in my blood
Because of my parent's heritage
And with pride I repeat
I love you Puerto Rico
I love you Puerto Rico

And that's why it's born in me today
To dedicate this song
To that noble jibarito** Rafael
And to my island of enchantments
I love you Puerto Rico
I love you Puerto Rico, oooohhhh