Words by Valeria De La Torre
Video by Lexis-Olivier Ray
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the inspiration behind the piece was my
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family has always been like oh you can’t
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you can’t share this with anybody that
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you’re undocumented and when I was in
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high school and I finally got daca which
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granted me protection from deportation
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it helped me kind of tell people like
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where I’m from and it made me feel a
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little bit more free and less scared I
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come from a place I wants to know the
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place I was born down south across the
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border one day I asked my mom when we
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could go visit she said there’s no way
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back out there
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I come from 1.4 percent of K through 12
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undocumented students who want to pursue
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the American dream
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I come from every teardrop I see mild on
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my mother’s cheek because the vision of
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that dream isn’t always bright
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I come from a country I don’t know but
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wish to a Nickleback in me
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my name is Valeria de la Torre I come
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from a place I once did in out
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[Music]
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[Laughter]
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[Music]
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