So I went to Miami in '74 with my family and while I was there it became obvious that we needed money and we needed to do something, because my family, we left without anything really, and we didn't have any money to begin with.

A lot of times you're just conditioned by what's around you.

But, when I was about thirteen, I began to sort of sing in my neighborhood.

So I went to Miami in '74 with my family and while I was there it became obvious that we needed money and we needed to do something, because my family, we left without anything really, and we didn't have any money to begin with.

What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off.

We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened.

So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they went to Miami.