Make Them Proud lyrics

These were Mami's favorite

I hope she looks down and savors it

To bake with her was always so much fun

For Papi, fresh-cut marigolds

A bowl of cherries nice and cold

If he were here, we fight for the last one

It's been so long since I've seen them

Since we sang favorite songs

Or just talked through the night

When they called me their Elenita

I would know in my heart

I would know I was their shining light

I hope I make them proud

As a daughter

As a Ruler

Hope I make them proud

And be all they would have wanted me to be

I've often yearned for their advice

On where to go and stop and think twice

It's hard to know when you're just seventeen

I'll soon be tested

Don't know how

Wish they could guide me here and now

To help me get through this and someday become Queen

It's been so long since I've seen them

Since we sang favorite songs or just talked through the night.

When they called me their Elenita

I would know in my heart

I would know I was their shining light

I hope I make them proud

As a daughter

As a Ruler

Hope I make them proud

And be all they would have wanted me to be

As a Ruler

As a daughter

I want to make them proud