| Eje o mi baba
| Shaft or my slime
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| Ochu obatala yemaya
| ochu obatala yemaya
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| Chango oggun oya
| Chango oggun oya
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| Pero los dueños son ifa
| But the owners are ifa
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| Y no hay más na'
| And there is no more na'
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| Son estos los cantos
| These are the songs
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| Ay que los santos están cantando
| Oh the saints are singing
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| A Los Van Van que están celebrando
| To the Van Van who are celebrating
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| Sus treinta cumpleaños… y siguen ahí
| His thirtieth birthday… and they're still there
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| Eje o mi baba
| Shaft or my slime
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| Ochu obatala yemaya
| ochu obatala yemaya
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| Chango oggun oya
| Chango oggun oya
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| Pero los dueños son ifa
| But the owners are ifa
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| Y no hay más na'
| And there is no more na'
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| Diciembre número cuatro
| december number four
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| Del año 69 pegó Van Van
| From the year 69 hit Van Van
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| Y todavía en el 9.9 siguen pegaó
| And still in 9.9 they still hit
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| Caballero hasta cuando
| gentleman until when
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| Y de repente unos brujos congo
| And suddenly some congo sorcerers
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| Nos llevaron pa’l monte
| They took us to the mountain
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| Nos convirtieron en camaleones
| They turned us into chameleons
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| En gavilanes, jutías y hurones
| In hawks, hutias and ferrets
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| Y un iroco rompió el hechizo
| And an iroco broke the spell
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| Aclarando lo sucedido
| clarifying what happened
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| Era que los montes querían
| It was that the mountains wanted
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| Darnos como regalo
| Give us as a gift
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| Un garabato pa' abrir caminos
| A doodle to open paths
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| Esos son palos
| those are sticks
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| CORO
| CHORUS
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| Permiso que llego Van Van, permiso
| Permission that Van Van arrived, permission
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| Pido permiso para entrar en tu corazón
| I ask permission to enter your heart
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| Una vez mas… y demostrarte mi calidad
| One more time… and show you my quality
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| Que aqui si hay.
| What if there is here
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| CORO
| CHORUS
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| Permiso que llego Van Van, permiso
| Permission that Van Van arrived, permission
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| Ahora si… con mi van van no te reprendas
| Now yes... with my van van don't scold yourself
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| Que mi van van es la leyenda tu ve'
| That my van van is the legend you see'
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| CORO
| CHORUS
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| Permiso que llego Van Van, permiso
| Permission that Van Van arrived, permission
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| Mira… y esto pa’que lo baile, esto pa’que lo gose
| Look... and this is for me to dance, this is for me to go
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| pa’que te palpite el alma y con mi sentimiento malana
| so that your soul throbs and with my malana feeling
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| CORO
| CHORUS
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| Permiso que llego Van Van, permiso
| Permission that Van Van arrived, permission
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| De la noche a la mañana, por eso escucha ahora
| Overnight, so listen up now
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| Quitate de la via te digo, que hay viene el tren
| Get off the track, I tell you, the train is coming
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| Quitate tu, pa' ponerme yo… quitate, quitate
| Take off your, to put on me... take off, take off
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| Yo soy van van, y nama'
| I am van van, and nama'
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| CORO
| CHORUS
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| Van Van son negro lucumi cuidao… ten cuidao'
| Van Van are black lucumi be careful… be careful'
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| Cuidao', cuidao', cuidao', cuidadito
| Be careful, be careful, be careful, be careful
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| CORO
| CHORUS
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| Van Van son negro lucumi cuidao… ten cuidao'
| Van Van are black lucumi be careful… be careful'
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| Mira… y no te meta con mi negrito'
| Look… and don't mess with my little black'
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| por que eso negro' estan preparao' y volao'
| because that black 'are prepared' and fly'
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| CORO
| CHORUS
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| Van Van son negro lucumi cuidao… ten cuidao'
| Van Van are black lucumi be careful… be careful'
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| Y como si fuera poco, ahora ya en la orquesta
| And as if that were not enough, now in the orchestra
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| tengo.dos babalao'
| I have two babalaos
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| CORO
| CHORUS
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| Van Van son negro lucumi cuidao… ten cuidao'
| Van Van are black lucumi be careful… be careful'
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| Y te repito asi… cuidao', cuidao', cuidao', cuidadito
| And I repeat to you like this… take care, take care, take care, take care
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| CORO
| CHORUS
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| Van Van son negro lucumi cuidao… ten cuidao'
| Van Van are black lucumi be careful… be careful'
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| ahi nama', ahi nama', ahi nama'…
| there nama', there nama', there nama'...
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| CORO
| CHORUS
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| Van Van son negro lucumi cuidao… ten cuidao'(x3)
| Van Van are black lucumi be careful… be careful'(x3)
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| CORO
| CHORUS
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| Mira pa' atrás Mira pa' los lados' | Look at the back Look at the sides |