I was a joven muchacho, corazón sin miedo, Didn’t care 'bout the dolor, I just chased el juego, Afternoons from school, I’d vanish ligero, Arcade lights shining like fuego de cielo. White store glow, mi paraíso pequeño, Coins clinking like oro in a viejo sueño, Cousins and nieces, la familia cercana, We laughed like guitarras en la noche temprana. Grade six battles, la vida me enseñó, Absent padre, but el río still flowed, The vacío in my chest? Not yet full grown, I was dancing with la vida, en mi zona alone. Family ship sailing, or so pensé, Like a barco tranquilo drifting en la bahía, Didn’t see tormentas lurking on the way, Muchacho en Marapyane—mi alma todavía.