Native Son from Native Sons by Los Lobos

A bit of a twist in their normal songwriting process: Louie gave Dave just the poetry (with no musical seed) and David had a melody waiting, so they crafted and wove what they had together.

Conrad: Those guys are great writers. That’s all there is to it.

Louie: We were walking out of the studio one day and I said, ‘Hey Dave, I have an idea. What if we wrote an original song for this record?’ He looked at me and said: “Write an original cover?” He got me on that one. My brother. A man of few words.

David: The lyric is beautiful. It tells a great story.

Steve: I was so happy Dave and Louie came up with it. It kinda put everything in perspective, theme-wise: Yeah, this is us—Native Sons.