| No pude cruzar la raya
| I couldn't cross the line
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| Se me atravesó el río bravo
| I crossed the bravo river
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| Me aprehendieron malamente
| I was badly apprehended
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| Cuando vivía en el otro lado
| When I lived on the other side
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| Los dólares son bonitos
| dollars are nice
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| Pero yo soy mexicano
| but i'm mexican
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| No tenía tarjeta verde
| I did not have a green card
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| Cuando trabajé en luisiana
| when i worked in louisiana
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| En un sótano viví
| I lived in a basement
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| Porque era espalda mojada
| because it was wetback
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| Tuve que inclinar la frente
| I had to bow my head
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| Para cobrar la semana
| to charge the week
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| La rosa de mexicali
| The Rose of Mexicali
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| Y la sangre del río bravo
| And the blood of the brave river
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| Son dos cosas diferentes
| They are two different things
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| Pero en color son hermanos
| But in color they are brothers
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| Y la línea divisoria
| and the dividing line
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| Es la tumba del mojado
| It is the grave of the wet
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| La cerca de la torquilla
| The fence of the torquilla
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| Es ofensa para el pueblo
| It is an offense to the people
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| En méxico se pasean
| In Mexico they walk
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| Franceses, chinos y griegos
| French, Chinese and Greeks
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| Y algunos americanos
| and some americans
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| Son caciques en los pueblos
| They are caciques in the towns
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| La rosa de mexicali
| The Rose of Mexicali
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| Y la sangre del río bravo
| And the blood of the brave river
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| Son dos cosas diferentes
| They are two different things
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| Pero en color son hermanos
| But in color they are brothers
|
| Y la línea divisoria
| and the dividing line
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| Es la tumba del mojado | It is the grave of the wet |