BeInG ChIcAnO

by Clarisa Mendoza
(Sacramento,CA.)

BEING CHICANO/A IS AN EASY THING.
MAYBE FOR OTHER CHICANOS IT IS
BUT FOR ME ITS NOT.
EVERYDAY OF MY LIFE I GET TREATED LIKE I'M A WET BACK,
WELL WHAT IF I AM?
THESE PUTO/AS DON'T KNOW ME
CHICANOS KILLING CHICANOS IS WHAT THEY WANT.
BEING CHICANO/A IS NOT KILLING YOUR OWN RAZA.
IT'S DEFENDING YOUR RAZA.
I'M DIFFERENT FROM OTHER CHICANO/AS
I'M NOT IN A GANG, BUT I DO KNOW HOW TO DEFEND MYSELF
I'M A CHICANA AND I WILL DIE AS A CHICANA.
C.4.L= CHICANO/A FOR LIFE!
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT CHICANO IS
IT'S BEING MEXICAN/AMERICAN