escuincle: ivan segura
  
 
 
 
 

childhood story

  
The irony of this project is that it was my inspired idea, yet I remember almost nothing from my own childhood. Perhaps I was hoping to relive my childhood vicariously through the stories of these Escuincles participants. Since I don’t have any distinct memories of my own, I encouraged Charlee to write a song about the struggles of a Latino kid living in the States.
 

featured artist: charlee buitrago singer/song writer, venezuela
 
 
Charlee is the lead singer and composer of Char-Leés, an all-Latino SC rock band. He lives in Greenville, SC and works as a DJ for a local radio station. He is a composer and has several recordings in his portfolio. He has performed in live concerts all over the southeast.
  
 
 
song written by charlee buitrago, inspired by ivan's childhood story
  
 
 

 

listen to the song


 


¿Cómo contarlo?

Verso I
¿Cómo contarlo, si tu no lo has vivido?
¿Cómo explicarlo, si tu no lo has sufrido?
Has quedado en el olvido, eso no lo habías vivido.

¿Como olvidarlo, si eso es tu pasado?
Y como borrarlo de tu mente, si forma parte de tu presente.
Es como una triste historia…
Que te hace recordar mil memorias
Es como una historia triste, triste, triste,
Que te hace recordar tus raíces.

PRE-coro:
//¿Pero que ha pasado?
que nada ha cambiado todo esta igual. //

Verso II
Como explicar lo que se siente dejar el alma
En un pedazo de tierra que clama
Pero que hoy has dejado atrás…
Como explicar lo que se siente en lo más profundo
Vivir en un nuevo mundo
Que se convirtió en tu nuevo hogar

PRE-coro:
//Pero que ha pasado?
que nada ha cambiado todo esta igual. //

Verso III
Como explicar que en una lagrima de un desconocido
Se expresa todo lo que se ha sufrido
Si necesidad de tener que hablar
Sin necesidad de sentir el frió que sentiste como niño
En un invierno crudo y frío que te enseño a madurar

Verso IV
Como olvidar lo que se lleva dentro del alma
Al escuchar una lengua extra y no saber como contestar
Como olvidar cuando no formas parte de este mundo
Te sientes como vagabundo rechazado por la sociedad.

   How to say it?

Verse I
How to say it, if have not lived it?
How to explain it if you have not suffered it?
You’ve remained in oblivion, you hadn’t lived this

How to forget about it if it is tour past?
And how to erase it from your mind, if it is part of your present
Is like a sad story...
That makes you remember a thousand memories
Is like a sad, sad, sad story
That makes you remember your roots

Pre-chorus
But what has happened?
Nothing has changed everything is the same

Verse II
How to explain how does it feel to leave your soul
It is a piece of land that wants you back
But that you have left behind
How to explain what you feel deep inside
To live in a new world
That becomes your new home

Pre-chorus
But what has happened?
Nothing has changed everything is the same

Verse III
How to explain that in a stranger’s face
It is expressed all that you have suffered
There is no need to talk
No need to feel the cold you felt as a child
Is a cold and harsh winter that taught you to grow up

 

Verse IV
How to forget what you have inside your soul
Listening to a strange tongue and not knowing how to answer
How to forget when you are not part of this world
You feel like a wanderer rejected from society.

 

 

*This is not meant to be a poetic translation but a literal translation to assist the reader to understand the meaning of the song