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Before he begins "Alien (Hold On to Your Dreams)" in Black Wax, Gil gives a spoken introduction. He explains that the song is about people who have to leave home because of war, politics, poverty, or simply the hope for a better life. He emphasizes that everyone has dreams, which is why the audience should feel sympathy rather than judgment. He also references the Tijuana (TJ) border crossing, using it as a concrete example of where people were risking everything to enter the United States. The song itself then broadens out to describe: crossing the Rio Grande, hiding from helicopters and Border Patrol, living in Los Angeles without legal status, sending money home through Western Union, enduring exploitation while trying to hold onto hope. What's remarkable is that he wrote the song in 1980, long before immigration became one of the defining political issues in the U.S. It wasn't reacting to today's headlines. He was telling a human story about migrants at a time when very few popular artists were doing so.

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