| Estaba en el barrio
| I was in the neighborhood
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| Pensando en nada
| thinking of nothing
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| En la vereda fumando chala
| On the sidewalk smoking chala
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| Cuando de pronto mamita cayó
| When suddenly mommy fell
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| La cana…
| The grey hair…
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| Y entraron en la casa como si nada
| And they entered the house as if nothing
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| Rompieron la puerta
| they broke the door
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| A las patadas
| to the kicks
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| Entraron a los golpes
| They entered the blows
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| Oye sin decir nada…
| Hey without saying anything...
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| Guarda que es el comando!
| Save that is the command!
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| Como de costumbre
| As usual
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| Como sucede en los barrios
| As it happens in the neighborhoods
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| Entran siempre castigando
| They always enter punishing
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| De parte del comisario…
| From the Commissioner...
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| Buscando un fierro
| Looking for an iron
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| Que claro no encontraron
| Of course they did not find
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| Lo triste es que una madre
| The sad thing is that a mother
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| Se ha quedado llorando…
| She has been crying...
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| Salió una señora muy asustada
| A very scared lady came out
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| Llorando por su hijo que lo llevaban
| Crying for her son from her who was carrying him
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| El ojo 'e la justicia lo acusaba…
| The eye of justice accused him...
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| De un gran asalto a la madrugada…
| From a great assault at dawn...
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| Y los niños preguntan…
| And the children ask...
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| Los que reventaron eran «la brigada»
| Those who burst were "the brigade"
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| Pedían el fierro a las trompadas
| They asked for the iron to the punches
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| Cuando su padre dijo:
| When his father said of him:
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| -mierda, acá no hay nada…
| Shit, there's nothing here...
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| -no hay nada!..
| -there is nothing!..
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| Ellos se reían lo rebajaban
| They laughed they put him down
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| A esa hora por la noche
| At that time at night
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| Se oyó una bala
| a bullet was heard
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| Había sido el padre que se ha matado!
| It had been the father who killed himself!
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| Con el mismo fierro que la noche anterior…
| With the same iron as the night before...
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| El había acobachado
| he had squatted
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| Y es que el barrio esta salado…
| And the neighborhood is salty…
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| Y es costumbre andar calzado
| And it is customary to wear shoes
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| Y quien lo hubiera imaginado…
| And who would have imagined...
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| Que la brigada te rompa la puerta
| Let the brigade break your door
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| Que a tu casa la den vuelta
| Turn your house upside down
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| Y que del echo que te acusen
| And that of the fact that they accuse you
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| No sea tuya la boleta…
| The ballot is not yours...
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| Y ahora estoy en la misma esquina
| And now I'm on the same corner
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| Y siento el dolor de esa familia
| And I feel the pain of that family
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| Un padre muerto y un hijo preso
| A dead father and an imprisoned son
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| Por un delito que yo he cometido
| For a crime that I have committed
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| Para donde hay que ir?
| Where do you have to go?
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| Y los niños preguntan…
| And the children ask...
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| Y nadie responde…
| And no one answers...
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| Yo que creía ser el más pulenta
| I who thought I was the most polished
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| El más peligroso
| The most dangerous
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| Con un fierro en la mano
| With an iron in hand
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| Ahora sé que todo puede terminar
| Now I know that everything can end
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| En un calabozo…
| In a dungeon…
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| Nada gracioso
| nothing funny
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| Dejando a la mujer que me dio la vida
| Leaving the woman who gave me life
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| Sufriendo y llorando
| suffering and crying
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| Hay que vergonzoso!.. yo no soy policía
| It's embarrassing!... I'm not a police officer
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| Me dicen criminal…
| They call me a criminal...
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| Pero yo a nadie nunca le he querido hacer mal…
| But I have never wanted to harm anyone...
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| (En el barrio de mi casa
| (In the neighborhood of my house
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| Los niños preguntan
| the children ask
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| Y como siempre… nadie responde.)
| And as always… no one answers.)
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| Busca la verdad, busca la libertad…
| Seek the truth, seek freedom...
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| Apriétala fuerte, no la dejes escapar
| Squeeze it tight, don't let it slip away
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| Te lo dicen desde aquí, desde la oscuridad…
| They tell you from here, from the darkness...
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| No se paga con nada
| It is not paid with anything
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| La libertad… | Freedom… |