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This is Cuban rumba guaguancó. I wrote lyrics in English, Philip rendered them into Spanish, Pescao tweaked them into rumba. We added Jesús and Ricky, two of San Francisco's finest rumba percussionists.

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Qué dura es la vida en si / Luego súmale la guerra / El despolio de la tierra / Con maligno frenesi. / Ya de viejo, descubrí / Que para salir parlante / Pon el corazón delante / Y aprende bien que para amar / Tanto dar como aceptar / Es tu area constante. / (coro) Llegamos en este mundo / Apprendiendo como amar •••••• Life is hard enough in itself / Without adding war to that / And the destruction of the earth / With malignant frenzy. / Already old, I discovered / That to move forward / Put the heart in front / And learn well that to love / Both to give and to accept / Is your ongoing task. / (chorus) We come to this world / To learn how to love

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from The One Who Makes You Happy, released July 1, 2017
Juan Stable Perez "Pescao" lead vocal, clave & chorus; Jesús Gonzalez tumba, quinto & chorus; Ricky Aguilar paila, shekere; Philip Pasmanick chorus, Spanish translation; Julian Gerstin segundo, original lyrics

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Julian Gerstin Brattleboro, Vermont

Julian is a percussionist and composer whose music reflects his experience with musicians in and from Cuba, Martinique, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Bulgaria, and Egypt as well as jazz from trad New Orleans to experimental.

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