(jazzy music) - [Man] Soltron, they're able to bring the experience of their grandparents who came as immigrants, and their parents struggle and meet elements of Brazil, Cuba and Central America to find their own cultural space.

(jazz music) - [Daniel] Spain has been political from the onset, but we were kinda just focused on our immediate community of San Francisco and the mission, but, I see now that we have to expand our focus and look at what's happening in this nation and the world, too.

'Cause Trump is not just impactful for the United.. but for the whole entire world.

My parents founded LJYE as youth ensemble, my dad, like, he always had musical talent.

Like, I grew up with him playing guitar, singing songs, but you know, he also worked hard for the family so he didn't have a lot of time to pursue music.

You know, I have the privilege now to be able to do music full-time and make that my life and career.

(foreign singing) - [Woman] We just sort of predestined to be musical beings.

- We're just kind of carrying on the family traditions, you know?

- Yeah, absolutely.

- It was part of my journey to be like, fully integrated as a person.

All my values coming through the music, all my influences that I grew up with coming through, and Soltron is the first band I've been in where I can feel like I can really engage on my whole unified self is there, it's coming out through the music.

# This is a war over the mission # This ain't no fiction # This some bay shit # Calling out genetic gentrification # We dealin' with the situation # Post-Modern colonization # Local families they displacin' # We still paper chasing while paying the rent # Playing a game that we didn't invent Also, these are trying times that we live in, you know, like, how can we not talk about it?

They try to say that we're inferior, that we're less-than.

But, what better way to combat them by creating beautiful art that moves people and that's kind of a pathway to opening up their hearts more.

(foreign singing)