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1970

Verse 1

I was born on a June day in '77

Planet Mercury and the year of the snake

A clear sign already tattooed on my forehead

that inside my mother's womb marked the next step

It made me cry without anesthetic on the gurney

My father only said it's Ana María

Yes, it would be the first cry that'd test me

Burning the wounds and giving me the battery

Back then I was like an open book

but I read the fine print of the text

like an architect building every effect

Right, wrong, I know to learn all about it

Knowing that some people want harm

Climbing each rung takes time, takes years

With my teddy watching the everyday

Drawings turned even winter into big summer

Dad gifted me under my insisting

Game, I tried blaming you and resistance

Verse 1

But in the neighborhood they set up the competition

and that's when I felt my first impotence

Outro

1970 shh

1977 don't tell me no

because one senses it

Everything that changes will make it different

In the year that the snake was born shh

1977 don't tell me no

because one senses it

Everything that changes will make it different

In the year that the snake was born shh

My adolescence was a bizarre stage

The body's a drum and the head a guitar

The narronato orchestra, nothing broken for the gaze

Of a girl who only carves swords

Hormone fired up, overpopulated, formless

where seasons shift you walk at crossroads

Each one is their dwelling, the bait was readied

The sacred devil-dance with pissed-off stare

My line, the truth, never looked for its chair

My search was a mere process of pure battery

Pupil of a poet that stamped our saliva

In the mountain range that watched the exit

The military parade of monotonous pace

Polychrome colors

Uniforms of dull tone

Triggered my questioning, the voice sounded yes or no

My first rhyme that sounded and I enlisted

My search wasn't for me about stage stuff

It was something needed that already marked my flaw

So everything more than necessary

It was when I understood that everybody wants to be a corsair

1970 shh

1977 don't tell me no

because one senses it

Everything that changes will make it different

In the year that the snake was born shh

1977 don't tell me no

because one senses it

Everything that changes will make it different

In the year that the snake was born shh

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SONG MEANING

“1977” is Ana Tijoux’s autobiographical time-machine. She rewinds the cassette all the way back to the moment she was born in el año de la serpiente, painting vivid snapshots of her first cry, her father’s chosen name, and the toys that kept her company. Each verse feels like a page torn from a diary where childhood wonder dances with early signs of hardship, teaching her that growing up is a mix of curiosity, bruises, and unstoppable rhythm. The repeated line “no me digan no, que uno lo presiente” is her gut instinct speaking: even as a kid she could sense that every change on her path would shape her into someone different and stronger.

In the second half she fast-forwards to her rebellious teens, when hormones turn the body into a drum set and the mind into an electric guitar. Tijoux recalls military parades, social tension, and the moment poetry became rap, charging her with a sense of purpose that was “necessary, not just for the stage.” The song celebrates resilience, artistry, and self-discovery, reminding us that our past—no matter how chaotic—can fuel powerful creativity and fearless identity.

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