| 26 de Junio, hoy ya se cumplen doce meses
| June 26, today marks twelve months
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| Del día que fallece el único hijo del señor Julio
| On the day that the only son of Mr. Julio dies
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| Con un solo disparo murió el niño de once
| With a single shot the eleven-year-old boy died
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| Por negarse al robo de un matón que todos conocen
| For refusing to steal from a thug everyone knows
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| Desde entonces todas las denuncias son ignoradas
| Since then all complaints are ignored
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| Nadie ha visto nada, nadie sabe nada, nadie aquí hace nada
| Nobody has seen anything, nobody knows anything, nobody here does anything
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| Y bajo la almohada 'e Julio 'ta la factura 'e la recarga
| And under the pillow 'and Julio' is the bill 'and the recharge
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| Y jura que esta noche la deuda será cobrada
| And he swears tonight the debt will be collected
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| Mientras andaba, recarga la caserina
| While he was walking, he recharges the caserina
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| Como se esperaba, ve al hijueputa después de cuatro esquinas
| As expected, see the motherfucker after four corners
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| Camina lento, la cuatro frente a él se para
| He walks slowly, the four in front of him stop
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| Y apenas le ve la cara, Julio, Julio en la cara le…
| And he barely sees his face, Julio, Julio in his face…
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| 26 de Junio, hoy ya se cumplen doce meses
| June 26, today marks twelve months
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| Del día que fallece el asesino del hijo de un hombre que
| On the day that the murderer of the son of a man dies
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| Estará encerrado esperando sentencia
| He will be locked up awaiting sentence
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| Hasta que una chequera pueda comprobar su inocencia
| Until a checkbook can prove your innocence
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| Díganme cómo se perdona a un hijueputa
| Tell me how to forgive a son of a bitch
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| Que te mata a un ser querido sin causa, inducido por un vicio
| That a loved one kills you without cause, induced by a vice
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| Este himno es dedicado a seres humanos
| This hymn is dedicated to human beings
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| Encerrados y asesinado antes de un juicio
| Locked up and murdered before a trial
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| And here’s a song to sing for every man inside
| And here's a song to sing for every man inside
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| If he can hear you sing, it’s an open door
| If he can hear you sing, it's an open door
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| There’s not a rich man there who couldn’t pay his way
| There's not a rich man there who couldn't pay his way
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| And buy the freedom that’s a high price for the poor
| And buy the freedom that's a high price for the poor
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| Díganme ustedes como se, se perdona a un hijueputa
| Tell me how I know, a son of a bitch can be forgiven
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| Que te mata a un ser querido y en su cráneo una bala le incrusta
| That kills a loved one and a bullet embeds him in his skull
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| Si la violencia solo genera más violencia
| If violence only breeds more violence
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| Es obvio que las injusticias también causan acciones injustas
| It is obvious that injustices also cause unjust actions
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| Este es un himno dedicado a esos hermanos embarcados
| This is a hymn dedicated to those brothers embarked
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| Por esa justicia que tomaron luego por sus manos
| For that justice that they later took by their hands
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| ¿Señores gobernantes, ustedes qué harían
| Governors, what would you do?
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| Si está libre todavía el que les mata un hijo a sangre fría?
| If he who kills a son in cold blood is still free?
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| La vida es venganza, men
| Life is revenge, man
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| Aunque a consecuencia te mueras en el presidio
| Even if you die in prison as a result
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| Esperando jucio y sentencia, ¿ven?
| Waiting for trial and sentence, see?
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| Las negligencias del cuerpo penitenciario
| The negligence of the penitentiary body
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| Que no regenera, sino genera más muertes al barrio
| That does not regenerate, but generates more deaths in the neighborhood
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| Pues solo el del barrio es huésped de ese infierno
| Well, only the one from the neighborhood is a guest of that hell
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| Mientras cuellos blancos narcos gobiernan estos gobiernos
| While white collar drug dealers rule these governments
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| Sí, solo el del barrio, claro, el oprimido eterno
| Yes, only the one from the neighborhood, of course, the eternal oppressed
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| Mientras narcos cuellos blancos cuervos reparten el cerdo
| While narcos white necks crows distribute the pig
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| Si me preguntan la razón de esta canción
| If you ask me the reason for this song
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| Inspirada en pro a los derechos humanos en la prisión
| Inspired by human rights in prison
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| Les diré que no es pa' crear polémicas ni luchas
| I will tell you that it is not to create controversies or fights
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| Simplemente es la voz de una gente que nadie escucha
| It's just the voice of a people that no one listens to
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| Y por si algún día viera al que mató a mi hermano
| And in case one day I saw the one who killed my brother
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| Y en mis manos hubiera una arma de esas armas que tanto rechazo
| And in my hands there would be a weapon of those weapons that I reject so much
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| Puedo yo entonar este himno a mí mismo
| Can I sing this hymn to myself
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| Cuando estén poniéndome los aros de acero en los brazos
| When they're putting the steel rings on my arms
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| And here’s a song to sing for every man inside
| And here's a song to sing for every man inside
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| If he can hear you sing, it’s an open door
| If he can hear you sing, it's an open door
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| There’s not a rich man there who couldn’t pay his way
| There's not a rich man there who couldn't pay his way
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| And buy the freedom that’s a high price for the poor
| And buy the freedom that's a high price for the poor
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| Esto no es polémica, esto es un llamado
| This is not polemic, this is a call
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| De parte de los silenciados a los del Estado
| From the silenced to the State
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| A pasar un día con los encerrados
| To spend a day with those locked up
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| Con esos que han ignorado y les han robado
| With those who have ignored and stolen
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| Voz y voto, vida, sueños, esperanzas, menos oportunidad
| Voice and vote, life, dreams, hopes, less opportunity
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| De cambio sincero, seguridad entre rejas, balas, odio, muerte
| Of sincere change, security behind bars, bullets, hate, death
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| A menos que el dinero en vez de la justicia les dé libertad | Unless money instead of justice gives them freedom |