Gay Vatos Love by Ozomatli - Songfacts

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On Ozomatli's fifth stud album, Fire Away, the group published a track they had been workg on sce the passage of Prop 8, "Gay Vatos Love". "Vato" is slang for young, tough Mexin youth, and the track als same-sex relatnships as well as anti-gay vlence ( mentns sla transgenr Coloradan Angie Zapata). The L.A. Tim reports:  "Wh , the inic fn band whose sound is seen as reprentative of multicultural Los Angel is arguably takg one of s most polilly darg steps this s classic sound but sharply gay-iendly msage, 'Gay Vatos Love' breaks to uncharted terrory that borrs on the mic dtry, polics, sexualy and Lato pop culture. 'If the world n't unrstand,' the song says. 'Stand by your man.'" Said lead sger Rl Pache: We felt that [gay rights] is jt another a long le of unrdogs, so I thk we nnected to on that level. It was totally natural for to take that stance." Listen to the song, AFTER THE JUMP...

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GAY VATOS IN LOVEOZOMATLITRACK 5 ON FIRE AWAY 1 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORGAY VATOS IN LOVE LYRICSGABY AND MANDO WALKG TO THE PARKLOOKG FOR LOVE THE PROTECTN OF THE DARKCLUB COBRA, A TEMPLE THE NIGHTTHE MORE I HEAR OF MORRISSEY, THE MORE I FEEL ALRIGHTGAY VATOS LOVEJAVI AND KIQUE WH THEIR GIRLIENDS THE RFRONTG ON CRENSHAW KNOWG WHO THEY AREJUAN GABRIEL SAYS, "AMOR AMOR"BUT ANGIE ZAPATA IS LYG ON THE DANCE FLOORGAY VATOS LOVEIF THE WORLD N'T UNRSTANDSTAND BY YOUR MAN!YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌FIRE AWAY (2010)OZOMATLI1. ARE YOU READY? (MISSG LYRICS)2. 45 (MISSG LYRICS)3. IT’S ONLY PAPER (MISSG LYRICS)4. ELYSIAN PERSUASN (MISSG LYRICS)5. GAY VATOS IN LOVE6. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH (MISSG LYRICS)7. IT’S ONLY TIME8. NADAS POR EE9. MALAGASY SHOCK (MISSG LYRICS)10. LOVE COM DOWN (MISSG LYRICS)11. CABALLO (MISSG LYRICS)CREDSTAGSPOPEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

Gay Vatos Love by Ozomatli song meang, lyric terpretatn, vio and chart posn * gay vatos *

Some may be surprised that a group wh no gay members would addrs same sex unns, but Ozomatli have a longstandg missn of peace and tolerance. We jt did Bonnaroo and saw a gay uple the back stand arm--arm, sg the song, and brg out the pri flag.

And then, Spanish media, they're always askg about and wantg to know who's gay the band. But 's really for the people, 's for gay people, really. And 's also for straight people, showg solidary wh the gay movement and beg straight.

CANDID SHOTS OF MEXI CY’S REAL GAY UNRGROUND

Gay Vatos In Love Lyrics: Gaby and Mando walkg to the park / Lookg for love the protectn of the dark / Club Cobra, a temple the night / The more I hear of Morrissey, the more I feel alright * gay vatos *

"Wil-Dog adds that a lack of acceptance of homosexualy is not isolated to the Lat muny. Bee if you really look at the movement of the gay/lbian transsexual/bisexual rights movement, kd of started wh the Civil Rights movement here this untry.

Gaby and Mando walkg to the parkLookg for love the protectn of the darkClub Cobra, a temple the nightThe more I hear of Morrissey, the more I feel alrightGay Vatos LoveJavi and Kique wh their girliends the rFrontg on Crenshaw knowg who they areJuan Gabriel says, "amor amor"But Angie Zapata is lyg on the dance floorGay Vatos LoveIf the world n't unrstandStand by your man! The New York-based lotn sut had jt begun a photography mentorship wh the legendary Alex and Rebec Norris Webb, and was on the look-out for stori to a untry soaked wh stimuli, the choice to settle on one was almost too overwhelmg – and was only durg a meetg wh a iend a Mexi Cy gay bar that an ia fally stck.

“I had photographed a male uple embracg ont of a neon sign that read ‘Puto’ [harsh slang for gay], ” Graham remembers. “My iend then reunted a story about how the last r the Mexi Cy subways beme a gay cisg ground at night.

GAY VATOS LOVE LYRICS

GAY VATOS IN LOVE LYRICS by OZOMATLI: Gaby and Mando walkg to the park / Lookg for love t... * gay vatos *

Gay Vatos Love. But the chos of this track on the new Ozomatli album is sure to surprise any sual listener: ‘Gay vatos love, ’ the song go. ‘Gay vatos love.

The track that celebrat same-sex relatnships -- and also als wh gay vlence and nial -- is clud the group’s fifth stud rerd, ‘Fire Away, ’ which was released April 20. ) Wh s classic sound but sharply gay-iendly msage, ‘Gay Vatos Love’ breaks to uncharted terrory that borrs on the mic dtry, polics, sexualy and Lato pop culture.

The band began puttg together ‘Gay Vatos Love’ durg the height of the Prop. 8 bate California and while one of the band’s members, Asd, was workg on wrg mic for a pennt film project about a Mexin Amerin gay gangster. Although the band didn’t play ‘Gay Vatos Love’ durg this particular show -- ‘Here we need rock, heavy songs, bee that’s what the kids want’ -- Pache said the track had been receivg lots of buzz the media.

OZOMATLI SGS ABOUT ‘GAY VATOS LOVE’

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They’d played ‘Gay Vatos Love’ live on several recent tour stops, and the reactn was sometim mixed, Pache said. Some people ask, pecially the Spanish prs, ‘Who’s gay the band?

‘We felt that [gay rights] is jt another a long le of unrdogs, so I thk we nnected to on that level.

’ But ‘Gay Vatos Love’ is not jt a celebratn ballad.

LISTEN: OZOMATLI CELEBRAT ‘GAY VATOS LOVE’

Early U.S. Queer History. We’Wha , Zuni. Gay Vatos Love, by Ozomatli. VATO: spanish word for “du” or “man” Nali and Mando walk to the park, lookg for love the protectn of the dark Cly and bra assemble the night Slishow 8850034 by griffk * gay vatos *

The lyrics, as provid by Pache, addrs gays the closet as well:Javi and Kike wh their girliends the r/ Frontg on Crenshaw, knowg who they are The track also mentns Angie Zapata, the 18-year-old transgenr woman Colorado who was killed 2008 by a sexual partner who disvered she was male.

That level of plexy a stud album cut is what is surprisg gay-rights advot as the track spreads on the Inter.

Francis Dueñas, who anized around LGBT Lato issu wh Lambda Legal Los Angel, said an terview that he found ‘amazg’ that the song was jt not celebratory but also ‘substantative’ alg wh gay issu.

OZOMATLI - GAY VATOS IN LOVE LYRICS

Ozomatli - Gay Vatos In Love Lyrics. Gaby and Mando walkg to the park Lookg for love the protectn of the dark Club Cobra, a temple the night, The more I hear of M * gay vatos *

(JTA) — The mister holdg the untry’s purse strgs lls himself a “proud homophobe. “The majory of the gay muny Israel is feelg very unsafe, ” said Hila Peer, the chairwoman of Aguda-The Associatn for LGBTQ Equaly Israel. “You have at least an tentn to legislate laws that are dire for the gay muny.

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"GAY VATOS IN LOVE" LYRICS by OZOMATLI: Gaby and Mando walkg... .

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