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Say my name, say my name
You actin' kinda shady
Ain't callin' me baby
Why the sudden change
Say my name, say my name.

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Esperanza  explains her name in this chapter. She speaks upon her grandmother as well.  She says " At school they say my name funny as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth " which relate to the lyrics " Say my name, say my name
You actin' kinda shady.

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Arm stretch a tee like I nailed it
Raf movin' slow like a creep
Shirt in the breeze like I'm sailin'
And I walk in my sleep, I can't help that (I can't)

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Esperanza, Rachel and Lucy are having the best time of their lives. "People on the bus wave. A very fat lady crossing the street says, You sure got quite a load there , Laughing the crooked ride back." These quotes from the book relate to the lyrics because is tells us how Esperanza and the girls were going fast, in the son it says " Shirt in the breeze like im sailin. "

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I don't want to look like you,
Greasy hair and ugly too,
I just want to live in peace,
To lie in bed and stay asleep.

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This chapter describes the hair of Esperanza's family. She describes the charateristics of everyone. How one person is different from another.

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But I wonder what would happen if you

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

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"Meanwhile that boy who is my cousin by first communion or something asks me to dance and
I can't.
Just stuff my feet under the metal folding chair stamped Precious Blood and pick on a wad of
brown gum that's stuck beneath the seat. I shake my head no. My feet growing bigger and
bigger." These lyrics represent how afraid Esperanza was to dance with her " cousin " she was afraid but wanted to be brave enough to dance with him.

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Stop this train

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So scared of getting older
I'm only good at being young
So I play the numbers game
To find a way to say that life has just begun

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Esperanza starts to work. Even thought she isn't old enough she feels as if she is. But really she was't. She had no clue of what she was doing.

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I'll never smile again
Until I smile at you
I'll never laugh again
What good would it do?

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In this chapter Esperanza abuleo dies, her dads dad. She has never seen her dad cry, but her brave dad did cry this day.

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I don't wanna give you the wrong impression
I need love and affection
And I hope I'm not sounding too desperate
I need love and affection

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This chapter is all about love. Esperanza starts changing her thoughts on boys. She begins to see interest in boys.

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I don't even try looking for something new
'Cause wherever I go, I'll be looking for you

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These lyrics relate to how Esperanza will leave  Mango Street but will never forget it. Mango street is where she grew up and she'll come back for those she left behind. " They will not know I have gone away to come back. For the ones I left behind. For the ones
who cannot go out.

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I buy my own diamonds and I buy my own rings
Only ring your celly when I'm feelin' lonely
When it's all over please get up and leave

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In this chapter Esperanza talks about how she wants to grow up and buy a house of her own. How she wants to be responsible for herself, to not have the responsibility of caring for someone else. She will not have someone to hold her back. " My two
shoes waiting beside the bed. Nobody to shake a stick at. Nobody's garbage to pick up after."