MARCO* WANTS TO TELL ALL MY FANS & BELIEVES ...

            Well I guess I’ll start from the beginning. I was born and raised in Queens NYC to an awesome pair of Dominican parents. We have a pretty big family (two older sisters and two brothers – of which I am in the middle), so vying for attention was tough. My mother was always the practical one whose dream was for me to become a doctor or a lawyer. My dad, however, would always allow me to pursue my dreams, which brings me here! I only recently decided embark on a singing/songwriting career after getting TONS of support from one of my best friends, Lily! (We do not call it support, we call it apoyo, or more recently, a-chicken…Lily gives me lots of a-chicken!).
        I’ve always felt like I wanted to be on stage. At 18, I started dancing salsa professionally, so my urge for performing was satisfied for the time being. It was last year at the LAMC that I decided that this was the path for me. After getting out of a pretty crappy situation with another person, I was inspired to write my first song (the song you’re hearing as you read this), and the songs have been pouring out of me ever since…Although it’s a process giving birth to music. I like to think of my sound as representing a little bit of my life experience. My family is Dominican, but my best friends growing up and to this day are Colombian, Puerto Rican, Peruvian, African-American, Haitian, etc. I aim to make my music represent not only who I am, but also where I come from and all those people who have influenced my life! This is only a first draft of my songs, so stay tuned!! Bigger and better things will be coming very soon!! Want to see more?? Check out my myspace page @ www.myspace.com/marquitoNYC

 

Wanna see me shake my ass? http://www.danceon2.com/node/14/play

 

NOW IN SPANISH!!!

 

       Bueno…Supongo que debería empezar por el principio. Nací en Queens, NYC de padres Dominicanos. Tenemos una familia grande (Como buen Dominicanos que somos) y como pueden imaginar, fue difícil expresarse en tal ambiente. Mi mama siempre me decía “Los cantantes nacen, no se hacen” pero mi Papa fue el que siempre me apoyaba (Aunque cuidadosamente). Tome la decisión muy reciente para embarcar en una carrera de cantautor, gracias al apoyo constante de unas de mis mejores amigas, Liliana Vásquez. Si no fuera por ella y también el LAMC, nunca hubiera podido intentar lo que estoy haciendo hoy día.
        Después del LAMC (Latin Alternative Music Conference), y también después de salir de una situación fea, escribí mi primera canción (la que estas oyendo ahora mismo). Desde ese día, me salen las canciones casi diariamente. Mi meta con mi música es para llegar a todas las comunidades y a todas las personas que me han ayudado o que han sido parte de mi vida de alguna manera. Es decir, quiero que mi música sea una reflexión de quien soy, Un muchacho Dominicano-Americano, pero mas que nada Latino! Intento que mi música tenga el sabor de todos los países cuyos ciudadanos se encuentran en este yermo extraño. ¡Espero que les gusten!

 

quieren ver mas? Pues visita mi myspace...www.myspace.com/marquitoNYC

 

**TRANSLATED LYRICS OF MY SONGS**

 

En Tu Sombra (in your shadow)

      <chorus>

I am still here

The same as always

I don’t want to live

Don’t want to continue

IN YOUR SHADOW

I’m so tired of you

I know how to leave

I’ll never turn

I cannot continue

IN YOUR SHADOW

(2x)

Now I will learn to live without you

 

I will survive

I don’t need your love

I learned from you

But now I must go

I know who you are

I know you have no heart

I’m not like you

And you’re not like me

 

I know time cures all          

<chorus> 

We were so happy

And now  NOTHING

 

What I felt for you

Just a fairy tale

 

You will soon see

That you’re nothing

 

You are going to pay a high price

 

<Pre-chorus>

But I know that

Time heals all wounds

I am who I am

Live in my way

You will see

That you will regret losing me!!

 

 You used to tell me that

I wasnt’ worth anything to you

Used to tell me

I’m nothing without you

Shame that it has to end this way

That I have to run from you

Your words

Like poison in my ear

 

But I know that

Time heals all wounds

 

<chorus>

 

I am still here

The same as always

I don’t want to live

Don’t want to continue

IN YOUR SHADOW

I’m so tired of you

I know how to leave

I’ll never turn

I cannot continue

IN YOUR SHADOW

 

We were so happy

And now nothing

You are going to pay

You are going to pay!!

 

Quien te Crees? (Who do you think you are?)

Here I am, I dont’ know how I

to this point, where I’m not 

myself, swallowing my words

running from my desires

lying to each other…looking

 For what I never wanted..

 

I felt trapped

I opened myself almost completely

Even though I saw your flaws

until today

I never would have imagined

that you would try & Fool me

now i’m leaving

I’ve grown tired of your lies

 

How could I have been so stupid

to be taken for a fool

It was just a game on your part

Only now I know the truth!

<chorus>

Who do you think you are?

You dropped me and now you’ve come looking

Who do you think you are?

Now I know all about your reputation

Who do you think you are?

What a shame thinking about our past

Who do you think you are?

Don’t worry about me I’ll be fine because this is my fate <very poor translation – I apologize)

 

And now I realize, that everything we had was nothing

But an illusion

Your words and your false caresses

I realized today

That everything was just a lie

 

How could I have been so stupid

to be taken for a fool

It was just a game on your part

Only now I know the truth!

 

<coro>

And now here I am

Starting from fresh

Having already forgotten you

Now i’m stronger

I stopped being your toy

I put out your flame

I grew tired of your lies!!!!!

<SOLO>

<Chorus>

 

Por Tu Culpa (all your fault)

The story of this love

Has no equal

Very different, your style

Of hunting and conquering the heart

 

I didn’t notice

That this friendship

That started out as a joke

Today is something more

 

            <coro>

I give myself to you

entirely

it’s all your fault

I dont’ know myself

(2x)

 

Time  passed

Together with you

Even though sometimes

You can make my laugh and cry

I still stay by your side

Through the good and the bad

I always surrender

To your kiss

 

Dont’ you take pity

Seeing me like this

So drunk off your love <again…very poor translation>

 

<chorus>

 

<bridge>

It was you

That night over drinks

It was you

You took me by the hand

But I too

Wanted more

Now I can’t

Ever step back!!

 

<chorus>

 

 

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