| Apenas con uso de razón en las esquinas de La Pica
| Barely with use of reason in the corners of La Pica
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| Mi lindo barrio donde la sangre salpica
| My beautiful neighborhood where the blood splashes
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| Agobiado por problemas que a los adultos mortifican
| Overwhelmed by problems that mortify adults
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| Yo con once años viendo cómo los sueños se achican
| Me at eleven years old watching how dreams get smaller
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| Inmaduro, hasta reggaetón pensé cantar
| Immature, I even thought of singing reggaeton
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| Esperando el dinero que supuestamente iba a llegar
| Waiting for the money that was supposed to arrive
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| Con el que luz vería, con el que ayudaría
| With which light I would see, with which I would help
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| Al don que en una bicicleta vendiendo helados me mantenía
| To the gift that on a bicycle selling ice cream kept me
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| Hoy en día hablan mal de mí a la ligera
| Today they speak ill of me lightly
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| Como si me interesara, como si me conocieran
| As if I care, as if they know me
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| Como si supieran mi nombre real, no Canserbero
| As if they knew my real name, not Canserbero
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| Yo no soy rapero sino que sé rimar y soy sincero
| I'm not a rapper but I know how to rhyme and I'm sincere
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| Pero al parecer eso no importa en estos tiempos
| But apparently that doesn't matter these days
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| En que pa' sonar en radio hay que cantar con otro acento
| In what to sound on the radio you have to sing with another accent
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| O decir que eres violento, como por ejemplo
| Or say that you are violent, such as
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| Esos populares raperos que están presos o muertos
| Those popular rappers that are in jail or dead
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| Señores, déjenme decirles que les han mentido
| Gentlemen, let me tell you that you have been lied to
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| Que lo que hasta ahora han escuchado es mierda
| That what they have heard so far is shit
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| Poco cuerda y sin sentido, por eso siento que he sido elegido
| Unsound and pointless, that's why I feel like I've been chosen
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| Para quitar las máscaras de esos que en vez de música hacen ruido
| To remove the masks of those who make noise instead of music
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| Porque he aprendido del fracaso
| Because I have learned from failure
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| Yo no soy perfecto, men, yo soy lo que soy y a punta 'e coñazos
| I'm not perfect, man, I am what I am and at the end of the day
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| Para que venga un falso a discutir de mi humildad, de mi sinceridad
| For a fake to come and discuss my humility, my sincerity
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| Cuando mi lema es ni menos ni más
| When my motto is neither less nor more
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| Más que alego un pacto en el que me propuse que
| More than I claim a pact in which I proposed that
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| Crearía letras al mundo en base a lo poco que sé
| I would create letters to the world based on what little I know
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| Y así fue como descubrí que más vale un puño arriba
| And that's how I discovered that a fist up is better
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| Que un puño 'e papeles con la cara 'e Simón Bolívar
| That a fist of papers with the face of Simón Bolívar
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| Mi fortuna es mi vida y hoy pocos dudan lo que diga
| My fortune is my life and today few doubt what I say
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| El Índigo, mejor conocido como el Matamentiras
| The Indigo, better known as the Killer
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| Wannabes no captan que somos los prodigies
| Wannabes don't get that we are the prodigies
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| Entre enemies que quieren competir, real hip-hop it is
| Between enemies who want to compete, real hip-hop it is
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| Hablando a la clara no somos del montón
| Speaking clearly we are not the bunch
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| Dedicado también a los oyentes tras el telón
| Dedicated also to the listeners behind the curtain
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| Que en cada canción suben la mano a la ligera
| That in each song they raise their hands lightly
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| Quizá por eso no hizo música bailable Alí Primera
| Maybe that's why Alí Primera didn't make dance music
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| Es que me da arrechera que se crean número uno
| It is that it gives me arrechera that they create number one
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| Títeres que no mueven las neuronas pero sí el culo
| Puppets that do not move the neurons but the ass
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| Algunos de ellos doblan temas en tarima
| Some of them dub songs on stage
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| Montan bailarinas mientras te dicen que asesinan
| They ride dancers while they tell you they murder
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| Si hoy en día sus beats, son casi casi reggaetón
| If today his beats are almost almost reggaeton
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| Y si oyen bien sus flows, son peores que Snoop Dogg o Lil' Jon
| And if you hear their flows right, they're worse than Snoop Dogg or Lil' Jon
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| Na', come on son, ustedes son una falta 'e respeto
| Na', come on son, you are disrespectful
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| A la gente 'e verdad y a la forma de vivir en el ghetto
| To the people 'and truth and to the way of living in the ghetto
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| De paso ofenden a los que sí sacan cara por esto
| By the way, they offend those who do show a face for this
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| Si temen al perro no me vean, déjenlo quieto
| If you're afraid of the dog, don't see me, leave him alone
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| Chaqueta, lentejuelas, cadenas, lentes y anillos
| Jacket, sequins, chains, glasses and rings
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| Poses en la portada, cejas sacadas, zarcillo
| Cover poses, raised eyebrows, earring
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| Esa mierda no es hip-hop, entiendan de una vez por todas
| That shit ain't hip-hop, understand once and for all
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| Que hay gente real, no todas son títeres de la moda
| That there are real people, not all of them are fashion puppets
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| Micrófonos, puños arriba, spray, viniles, saliva
| Microphones, fists up, spray, vinyl, saliva
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| Bombos, cajas, gente que te motiva
| Drums, boxes, people who motivate you
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| A que sigas luchando contra esta epidemia de mentiras
| To keep fighting this epidemic of lies
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| Sé que muchos aspiran poder grabar con Yandel
| I know that many aspire to be able to record with Yandel
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| Yo solo aceptaría con KRS o Method Men
| I would only accept with KRS or Method Men
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| O con cualquier aquel fiel a su filosofía
| Or with anyone faithful to his philosophy
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| Y que demuestre que el hip-hop no ha muerto todavía
| And prove that hip-hop isn't dead yet
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| Trabajo nueve horas al día, una sola es pa' la comida
| I work nine hours a day, only one is for food
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| En diez minutos como, cincuenta para hacer poesía
| In like ten minutes, fifty to make poetry
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| Por las noches leo, y oigo beats de Abito y Leo
| At night I read, and I listen to beats by Abito and Leo
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| Y el domingo voy arrecho al techo a grabar lo que creo
| And on Sunday I'm going to the roof to record what I think
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| Sigo sacando dedo medio a los que me ven mal
| I keep giving the middle finger to those who see me badly
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| Ninguno afronta que rimando verdad soy un animal
| No one faces that rhyming truth I'm an animal
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| Que me podrán callar muerto y de pie sepultado
| That they can silence me dead and standing buried
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| Pero ni mil canciones tergiversarán lo que he rimado
| But not a thousand songs will misrepresent what I have rhymed
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| The real hip hop it is
| The real hip hop it is
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| The real hip hop it is
| The real hip hop it is
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| The real hip hop it is
| The real hip hop it is
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| The real hip hop it is
| The real hip hop it is
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| You know it’s Can Can, once again con el micro
| You know it's Can Can, once again with the microphone
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| Amarillo, azul y rojo, ocho estrellas en mi pecho he escrito
| Yellow, blue and red, eight stars on my chest I have written
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| Si me maldicen no me afecta porque estoy maldito
| If they curse me it doesn't affect me because I'm cursed
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| Por cierto, si el rap ha muerto calla, yo lo resucito
| By the way, if rap is dead, shut up, I'll resurrect it
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| You know it’s Can Can, once again con el micro
| You know it's Can Can, once again with the microphone
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| Amarillo, azul y rojo, ocho estrellas en mi pecho he escrito
| Yellow, blue and red, eight stars on my chest I have written
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| Si me maldicen no me afecta porque estoy maldito
| If they curse me it doesn't affect me because I'm cursed
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| Por cierto, si el rap ha muerto calla, yo lo resucito | By the way, if rap is dead, shut up, I'll resurrect it |