 lived in mexico growing up so we would spend a lot of time over there so i would go over there and i'd be with me as my dad would say you are with your gente your people um you know growing up all the time all the time if i made good grades in school my dad would say you are my people me gente you are my people if i did bad if i had if i brought home the first bad grade any bad grades no matter what it was my dad would look at me and go you are your mama's people