| Yo era un pobre muchacho
| I was a poor boy
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| un pringadete de un barrio
| a neighborhood nerd
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| un currela, un tiradete,
| a currela, a tiradete,
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| un chaval, un fracasado
| a kid, a failure
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| de esos que se la trae floja
| one of those that is lazy
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| lo que diga el telediario
| what the news says
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| boletines oficiales
| official bulletins
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| solo conoca mi barrio.
| I only know my neighborhood.
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| їQu© voy a hacer yo?
| What am I going to do?
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| їqu© puedo hacer yo?
| what can i do?
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| de qui (c)n debo defenderme
| who (c)n should I defend myself from
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| si no conozco enemigos
| if I don't know enemies
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| si el sonido de las balas
| if the sound of bullets
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| ya me produce terror
| it already terrifies me
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| їQu© voy a hacer yo?
| What am I going to do?
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| їqu© puedo hacer yo?
| what can i do?
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| Este presente tan chungo
| This present so bad
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| se convirtiі en gran futuro
| became a great future
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| soy joven uniformado
| I am a young man in uniform
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| con galones en los pu±os
| with gallons on the cuffs
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| Y esto es lo que me faltaba
| And this is what I was missing
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| lo que siempre haba ansiado
| what I had always longed for
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| era que alguien me mandara
| was that someone sent me
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| y me ordenara hacer fregados.
| and ordered me to do scrubs.
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| Algo que tambi (c)n me gusta
| Something that I also like
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| es una hostia de vez en cuando
| it sucks from time to time
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| pa' no olvidar de donde vengo
| so as not to forget where I come from
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| y saber quien tiene el mando
| and know who is in control
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| Lo mas hermoso de todo
| The most beautiful of all
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| es ser єtil a la patria
| is to be useful to the country
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| de esta forma que lo hago
| this way i do
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| en mi pecho con dos balas.
| in my chest with two bullets.
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| Thanks to | Thank you |