| Afuera está la gente que se piensa
| Outside are the people who think
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| Que yo soy un tipo bien portado
| That I am a well-behaved guy
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| Mientras desnudan sus mentiras
| As they bare their lies
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| En un aguacero duro del mercado
| In a hard market downpour
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| Afuera nunca compro sueños serios
| Outside I never buy serious dreams
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| Mucho menos si ya son usados
| Much less if they are already used
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| Mis siete corazones rotos
| my seven broken hearts
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| Laten bien de frente, nuca de costado
| They beat well from the front, never from the side
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| Afuera vi violencia, vi progreso
| Outside I saw violence, I saw progress
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| Vi también la mano que nos ha robado
| I also saw the hand that has stolen us
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| Afuera me escucharon ronco
| Outside they heard me hoarse
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| Cuando yo te juro que canté más claro
| When I swear to you that I sang more clearly
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| Afuera, afuera, afuera, afuera
| out, out, out, out
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| Afuera no aprendí a bailar
| I didn't learn to dance outside
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| La jubilosa danza de los conquistados
| The jubilant dance of the conquered
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| Y confirmé que le hago alergias
| And I confirmed that I have allergies
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| A los intocables, pulcros y encumbrados
| To the untouchables, neat and lofty
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| Afuera la vergüenza supo
| Outside the shame knew
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| Desangrarme el alma con una cuchilla
| Bleed out my soul with a blade
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| Me supe igual ante la ley
| I knew the same before the law
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| Y ante las horas para pacotilla
| And before the hours for trash
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| Afuera hablé con las heridas
| Outside I spoke with the wounds
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| Y hablé con la rabia de los enojados
| And I spoke with the rage of the angry
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| Afuera dije groserías
| Outside I said rudeness
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| Pero, por mi acento, se escuchó educado
| But, from my accent, it sounded polite
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| Se ha de saber que tuve amantes
| It must be known that I had lovers
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| Por mis comentarios
| for my comments
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| Se ha de saber que fui el exótico
| It must be known that I was the exotic
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| En los escenarios
| on the stages
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| Yo sé que hay mucho mundo afuera
| I know there is a lot of world outside
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| Pero si me putean el santo
| But if they piss me off
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| Me pongo como el locutor del noticiero nacional de radio
| I put myself as the announcer of the national radio news
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| Exportadores van de blanco
| Exporters wear white
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| Y van curando las cegueras
| And they are curing blindness
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| Afuera, afuera…
| Outside, outside...
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| No supe si eran federadas
| I did not know if they were federated
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| Cuando me hablaron de las jineteras
| When they told me about the hookers
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| Yo te juro que arreglo mi barrio
| I swear to you that I fix my neighborhood
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| Si el billete de lotería me saliera
| If the lottery ticket came out
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| Pero qué coño pasa con los proletarios
| But what the hell is wrong with the proletarians
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| Que ni se unen, ni se rebelan
| That neither unite nor rebel
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| Tanta gente queriendo pisar aunque sea una vez
| So many people wanting to step even once
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| Antes que el tiempo se acabe y se mueran
| Before time runs out and they die
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| Dame una goma y un planisferio
| Give me a rubber band and a world map
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| Y te devuelvo el mundo sin fronteras | And I give you back the world without borders |