This lecture by Liliana Casanella Cue explores the lyrics of the Cuban guaracha, and how it represents in the formation, visbilization, and legimitation of lo cubano (Cubanness). Casanella Cue is a researcher at the Center for Research and Development of Cuban Music in Havana, and a recipient of the 2016 Diaz-Ayala Library Travel Grant at FIU.