| Yo cruce al otro lado buscando una ilucion
| I crossed to the other side looking for an illusion
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| El sufrimiento q pase en el cruce
| The suffering that happened at the crossroads
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| No fue precisamente un reventon
| It wasn't exactly a blowout
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| Pa' alivianar a mi gente que muy trizte se quedo
| To relieve my people who stayed very sad
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| Con un dolor profundo por la separacion
| With a deep pain for the separation
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| Llegue con vida gracias al de arriba
| I arrived alive thanks to the one above
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| A este mundo de iluciones a chingarle dia a dia
| To this world of illusions to fuck him day by day
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| Pa' ganar papeles verdes y mandarlos para aya
| To win green papers and send them to Aya
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| Pa' q tengan tanciquiera algo que gastar
| So that they have something to spend
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| Asi es y asi sera
| That's right and it will
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| Unos voenen y otros van
| Some come and others go
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| Muchos en el camino quedaran
| Many on the way will remain
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| Esto nunca acabara
| this will never end
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| Asi es y asi sera
| That's right and it will
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| Cuando por fin pisas tierra americana
| When you finally step on American soil
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| No eres nadie no tienes identidad
| You are nobody, you have no identity
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| Tienes que hablar otro idioma pa' poderte comunicar
| You have to speak another language to be able to communicate
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| Esconderte de la migra no te valla a deportar
| Hiding from la migra is not going to deport you
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| Con sus estupidas redadas ya no saben que inventar
| With their stupid raids they no longer know what to invent
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| Estando aqui tienes que cuidarte
| Being here you have to take care of yourself
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| De no caer en la tentacion que te llebe a la perdicion
| Not to fall into the temptation that leads you to perdition
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| Por que aqui las peores cosas estan a la mano
| Because here the worst things are at hand
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| Ten en cuenta que te esperan tu jefa y tus hermanos
| Keep in mind that your boss and your brothers are waiting for you
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| Asi es y asi sera
| That's right and it will
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| Unos vienen y otros van
| Some come and others go
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| Muchos en el camino quedaran
| Many on the way will remain
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| Esto nunca acabara
| this will never end
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| Asi es y asi sera
| That's right and it will
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| Aqui los paisas hacen lo que los gringos no
| Here the paisas do what the gringos do not
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| Con largas jornadas d sol a sol
| With long days from sun to sun
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| Y aun asi nos discriminan, nos miran feo
| And even so they discriminate against us, they look at us ugly
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| Pero eso no importa eso es lo de menos
| But that doesn't matter, that's the least of it
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| Cuando estas cumpliendo tus metas y tus sueños
| When you are fulfilling your goals and your dreams
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| Solo importa eso lo demas no existe
| Only that matters, the rest does not exist
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| Cuando vuelvas a tu pueblo y mires lo q hiciste
| When you go back to your town and look at what you did
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| Te sentiras contento rodeado de los tuyos
| You will feel happy surrounded by yours
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| Asi es y asi sera
| That's right and it will
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| Unos vienen y otros van
| Some come and others go
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| Muchos en el camino quedaran
| Many on the way will remain
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| Esto nunca acabara
| this will never end
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| Esa es la experiencia q yo tengo por aca
| That is the experience that I have around here
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| (Gracias a Dharius por esta letra) | (Thanks to Dharius for these lyrics) |