Kid Frost does not bother to explain Caló or cholos because he knows that la Raza understands exactly what those terms mean. Kid Frost also announces to the listener that he likes to speak in a form known as Caló, a form of language which combines Mexican slang into rhymes and sometimes occasional English words are added in. A cholo is a Chicano thug that stereotypically has a bald head and wears khaki shorts/pants and a white t-shirt. He admits to looking and acting like a cholo, but he doesn’t care because his Aztec blood makes him fight back. Kid Frost pays homage to ancient Aztecs by saying that it is in his “blood to be an Aztec warrior”. Chicano Pride is evident throughout the lyrics because he routinely mentions his brown skin and his Mexican heritage. The lyrics of the song can be divided into two topics that talk either about Chicano Pride or fighting back against enemies. Kid Frost became one of the very first successful Chicano rappers to rap about the Chicano community/experience, and he served as an example to many future Chicano artists by incorporating facets from Chicano culture with American Hip-Hop qualities to create a sound specifically for Chicanos and Mexican-Americans living in urban America. Kid Frost wrote the song and created the music video exclusively for Chicanos by using Chicano Pride, Spanish/Caló words, and Barrio images that only Chicanos and connoisseurs of Chicano culture would understand. The lyrics of the song portray a community that has to deal with rugged conditions in the inner-city barrios of Los Angeles and a group of people who try to stay connected to their Mexican roots while living in foreign lands. He also raps about being Chicano and being proud of his brown skin complexion and his Mexican heritage. Kid Frost raps about living in the barrio and what he has to do to survive. The song “La Raza”, by Kid Frost, became one of the very first successful Chicano rap records in America. Chicanos, not entirely Mexican or American, are a product of both cultures synthesized into one. The Southwest has many Chicano and Mexican influences because a large part of the area used to belong to Mexico. Chicanos have played a big role in the shaping of the Southwest and they continue to impact and influence the area.
Here I go again and I'm bound to win Because I'm proud of the color of my skin You see I'm kind of like De La Hoya I'm filled with the spirit of an Aztec Warrior And that means you better not mess with me This is Frost, the capital E-S-E I'm hitting switches like back in the video I'm that same fool that you seen five years ago I still cruise, I paid my dues And the only thing new is some more tattoo It's that Mexican sound, that makes it brown I'm stomping in my Nikes and I'm all creased down Out in El Paso, up through Chicago Even in Manhattan they begging for a Latin Cities like Miami is waiting for another jam I rocked Mexico but called it the Motherland Yeah I think I came up with a solution And the answer is Brown Revolution So pump your fist to this and wave your Mexican flag And be proud that your khaki's sag I'm here to set the record straight and clean up the slate All player haters headed upstate They hate to see me bouncing through East Los Or cooling in my house on the hill on the West Coast Or hanging with the veterano O.G.La Raza literally translates to “the Race” but most Chicanos understand it as a term that means “the People”.
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