| Benito se la está andando con Fernando
| Benito is having fun with Fernando
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| Ya tiene dieciocho y es súper valiente
| She is already eighteen and she is super brave
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| Con un peine largo se está desplazando
| With a long comb she's scrolling
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| Y no hay ser que lo haga ver que por ahí está la muerte
| And there is no being that makes him see that death is out there
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| Fernando es quien lleva el volante en el barrio
| Fernando is the one who drives the wheel in the neighborhood
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| Su merca se vende como pan caliente
| His merchandise is selling like hotcakes
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| Y esta noche van pa' donde los del callejón contrario
| And tonight they go to where those from the opposite alley
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| A saldar un par de cuentas pendientes
| To settle a couple of pending accounts
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| Ventanas oscuras, conciencia oscura, noche oscura
| Dark windows, dark conscience, dark night
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| Benito apunta al traidor de repente
| Benito points to the traitor suddenly
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| Órdenes claras, y pa' poner todas las cuentas claras
| Clear orders, and to make all accounts clear
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| Le clavan al traidor dos en la frente
| They nail the traitor two in the forehead
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| Y la sangre llovía, llovía, llovía
| And the blood rained, rained, rained
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| Y la paz escampaba, escampaba, escampaba
| And peace cleared, cleared, cleared
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| Y la sangre llovía, llovía, llovía
| And the blood rained, rained, rained
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| Y la paz escampaba, escampaba, escampaba
| And peace cleared, cleared, cleared
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| Es Can, es Can, es Can, es Can
| It's Can, it's Can, it's Can, it's Can
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| Fernando dice a Benito: «te quiero, parcero»
| Fernando says to Benito: "I love you, partner"
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| Y de caballero, le da dinero y al ghetto se van a
| And as a gentleman, he gives him money and they go to the ghetto
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| Celebrar que ya no hay compe' en la plaza
| Celebrate that there is no compe' in the square
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| Pero pasa que a su casa llegó la amenaza 'e venganza
| But it happens that the threat of revenge came to his house
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| «Dios mío, cuide a Benito», say la madre
| «My God, take care of Benito», say the mother
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| Cada vez que nota en el reloj es tarde
| Every time he notices on the clock it's late
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| «Venezuela está candela, mi compadre»
| "Venezuela is on fire, my compadre"
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| Dicen los abuelos cuando oyen de sangre
| Grandparents say when they hear of blood
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| Chaqueta con capucha, 10:05 p. | Hooded Jacket, 10:05 p.m. |
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| Izquierda en el bolsillo, en la derecha anillo y cigarrillo
| Left in the pocket, in the right ring and cigarette
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| El silencio se escucha, Benito se mueve, observa el día sencillo
| The silence is heard, Benito moves, observes the simple day
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| No sospecha el guiño del destino
| He doesn't suspect the wink of fate
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| «¡Aquí el hampa soy yo, y en este barrio solo manda el hampa!»
| “I am the underworld here, and in this neighborhood only the underworld rules!”
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| Pensó Benito antes de ver la trampa
| Benito thought before seeing the trap
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| Y en un solo segundo su vida completa recordó
| And in a single second his entire life of him remembered
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| Cuando vio que de un carro plomo le zampan
| When he saw that they eat him from a lead car
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| La visión oscura, la sangre oscura, noche oscura
| The dark vision, the dark blood, dark night
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| Brincando techos, huyendo de la muerte
| Jumping roofs, running from death
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| Su chaqueta clara, manchada de manera clara
| His jacket of his clear of his, stained in a clear way
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| Sudor corriendo por toda su frente
| sweat running all over his forehead
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| Y las balas llovían, llovían, llovían
| And the bullets rained, rained, rained
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| Y la paz escampaba, escampaba, escampaba
| And peace cleared, cleared, cleared
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| Y las balas llovían, llovían, llovían
| And the bullets rained, rained, rained
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| Y la paz escampaba, escampaba, escampaba
| And peace cleared, cleared, cleared
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| Es Can, es Can, es Can, es Can
| It's Can, it's Can, it's Can, it's Can
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| Benito se la está andando solitario
| Benito is walking alone
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| Ya tiene veintitrés y es coco seco 'e mente
| He is already twenty-three and he is dry coconut 'and mind
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| El típico protagonista de las historias de barrios
| The typical protagonist of neighborhood stories
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| Con una diferencia solamente
| With only one difference
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| Que lo hace distinto de Pedro Navaja
| What makes him different from Pedro Navaja
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| Que de Montana Tony hace diferente
| What Tony does differently from Montana
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| Benito va a terminar el tema sin irse de baja
| Benito is going to finish the song without going down
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| Su desenlace no será la muerte
| Your denouement from him will not be death
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| Pero una fecha oscura, recibe una noticia oscura
| But a dark date, he gets some dark news
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| Llamada telefónica urgente
| urgent phone call
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| Y de forma clara, escucha una voz agitada
| And clearly, he hears an agitated voice
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| De Fernando, diciendo lo siguiente:
| Of Fernando, saying the following:
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| «Llegaron sin capucha a las 8:00 p. | “They arrived without a hood at 8:00 p.m. |
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| Tu madre en la ducha escucha que tumban la puerta, como puede
| Your mother in the shower hears the door being knocked down, how can she
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| Trató de escapar, todo pasó muy breve
| He tried to escape, it all happened very briefly
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| Los vecinos dicen que le dieron como veintinueve»
| The neighbors say they gave him about twenty-nine»
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| Y lágrimas llovían, llovían, llovían
| And tears rained, rained, rained
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| Y la paz escampaba, escampaba, escampaba
| And peace cleared, cleared, cleared
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| Y lágrimas llovían, llovían, llovían
| And tears rained, rained, rained
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| Y la paz escampaba, escampaba, escampaba
| And peace cleared, cleared, cleared
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| Es Can, es Can, es Can
| It's Can, it's Can, it's Can
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| Esto es sólo una historia más de lo que está pasado en mis barrios latinos
| This is just one more story of what is happening in my Latino neighborhoods
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| Respeto no merece el malo, sino el que consigue la felicidad
| Respect does not deserve the bad guy, but the one who gets happiness
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| Ese sí es el más malandro
| That is the most badass
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| Benito se la está andando solitario
| Benito is walking alone
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| Y aunque no está vivo nadie le dio muerte
| And although he is not alive, no one killed him
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| No es más que un fantasma sólo entre las veredas del barrio
| He is nothing more than a ghost only between the sidewalks of the neighborhood
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| Benito no es más que un muerto viviente
| Benito is nothing more than a living dead
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| Piensa bien si quieres ingresar al hampa, hermano
| Think well if you want to enter the underworld, brother
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| Por si luego tienes ganas de salir
| In case you feel like going out later
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| No tengas que decidir por tus opciones a elegir
| You do not have to decide for your options to choose
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| ¿Cuáles? | Which? |
| ¿Cuáles son? | Which are? |
| Morir o sufrir
| die or suffer
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| Pedrito Navaja lo llevó la muerte
| Pedrito Navaja was taken by death
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| Juanito Alimaña no está en libertad
| Juanito Vermin is not at liberty
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| Y el que a hierro mata, a hierro se va, ténganlo presente
| And he who kills with iron, leaves with iron, keep that in mind
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| Por eso apuesto a la felicidad
| That's why I bet on happiness
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| All we need is love, ni menos ni más | All we need is love, neither less nor more |