| Anoche shorty me salio picua | Last night, my shorty flashed a serpent’s tongue, |
| Me le puse duro y la mate en la raya | I met her fire with iron, crushed her at the threshold’s seam, |
| Nena deja esa gema, que el sol esta que quema | Girl, shed that jewel—see how the sun devours the world in flame, |
| Ponte un traje de baño y vamos para la playa | Wrap yourself in the silk of water—let us descend to the beach’s dreaming edge, |
| Playa corazón y arena, dos mamis bien buenas | Shore of heart and honey-sand, two mothers radiant as twin sirens, |
| Whiskey con cojones, la música que suena | Whiskey that roars through the veins, music boiling in the air, |
| Si habrá party en piscina con la hija de la vecina | Will there be revels by the blue pool, with the neighbor’s daughter’s laughter weaving in? |
| Bebiendo todo el corillo y smokeando en una esquina | We drink, the whole clan circling—smoke rising like a prayer in some shadowed corner, |
| Un dembow de mi cocina y mucha gasolina | A dembow whipped up from my kitchen, fuel enough to ignite the sky, |
| Volumen para la bocina que hoy vamos para encima | Volume swells—a tide climbing—tonight we ride the crest unbridled, |
| Hoy nos fuimos al garete aunque llamen la policía | Tonight, we cast ourselves to fate, let the police be sirens wailing distant, |
| Activados los monsalvetes que la calle esta prendía | The midnight crew ignites, the whole street a blazing fuse, |
| Shorty anda encendida, corriendo por la mía | Shorty, wildfire in her blood, races the path I claim as mine, |
| Modelando en la de ella con su tropa prendida | Strutting her own runway, her tribe trailing embers in her wake, |
| Coquetea lucia para montarse en la mía | Lucía, flirtation in her glance, eager to slip into my chariot, |
| Y como yo ando prendido esta noche si es mía | And I, a torch uncontained, this night, if it is mine, |
| Hasta abajo poseída en dembow y brujería | She descends, possessed, drowned in rhythm’s sorcery and spell, |
| El deseo la controla, esta noche hay avería | Desire holds her reins—tonight the stars will splinter, |
| Esa, esa baila sola si el Dj la motiva | That one—she dances alone, if the DJ’s hand conjures her spirit, |
| Y como menea la cola, la muy zorra me la activa | And how she arches her tail, sly vixen, awakening the wolf in me, |
| Anoche shorty me salio picuda | Last night, my shorty flashed a serpent’s tongue, |
| Después le puse duro y la mate en la raya | Then I met her with steel, and struck her down at the line, |
| Nena deja esa gema, que el sol esta que quema | Girl, shed that jewel—see how the sun devours the world in flame, |
| Ponte un traje de baño y vamos para la playa | Wrap yourself in the silk of water—let us descend to the beach’s dreaming edge, |
| Brillan y corra la machina y bembemos hasta en la china | Let the engines gleam and run wild, we drink to the pale horizon, |
| La corta va para arriba, fill y saliva | The short one vaults upward, a shot and a promise, |
| Bostel neverita palito y birrita | Bostel, a cooler, a popsicle’s ghost, and foam-laced beer, |
| Con un par de cuquitas que se quieren y me invitan | With two little doves, who love and beckon me near, |
| Pero fuman, se medican y pa’l agua brincan | But smoke curls from their lips, medicine in their laughter, and they leap to the water’s embrace, |
| Yo y las hermanitas en G-String predican | I and the little sisters—saints in G-strings—preach our gospel to the sand, |
| Jumbo sube el bajo, que lo solicitan | Jumbo lifts the bass like thunder, the crowd’s demand rising, |
| Porque las excitan y el ritmo se aplican | Because the rhythm stirs them, and the fever claims their limbs, |
| Sirena para la arena, que la cosa esta buena | Siren-song for the shore, the hour ripe and golden, |
| Tiburón para la orilla, hoy ganamos como sea | Shark at the margin, tonight we seize the prize by any means, |
| Sin miedo a la escuadrilla, hoy corona el más que mea | No fear for the squadron, tonight the crown goes to the boldest stream, |
| Y si alguno se guilla, se lo lleva la marea | And if any grow proud, the tide will sweep them away, |
| Piratas sin garata, te llenan de guata | Pirates without parley, stuffing your hull with lead, |
| Anda derechito o te vas sin bata | Step straight, or depart stripped of your mantle, |
| Por ahi mancito y no nos ronque de plata | Thread softly there, and don’t boast of silver coin, |
| Usted cierre ese hocico y te quedas sin gata | Best seal your jaws, or you’ll lose your feline queen, |
| Anoche shorty me salio picuda | Last night, my shorty flashed a serpent’s tongue, |
| Después le puse duro y la mate en la raya | Then I met her with steel, and struck her down at the line, |
| Nena deja esa gema, que el sol esta que quema | Girl, shed that jewel—see how the sun devours the world in flame, |
| Ponte un traje de baño y vamos para la playa | Wrap yourself in the silk of water—let us descend to the beach’s dreaming edge, |
| Pina! Solamente es duro | Pina! Only the steadfast endures, |
| El que por diez años puede demostrarlo | He who for ten years can uphold his claim, |
| El Rey! | The King! |
| Jumbo el que produce solo! | Jumbo—he who shapes the storm alone! |
| Chis Jade! Gaby music | Chis Jade! Gaby music |
| Luny! | Luny! |
| Son diez años que los tengo caminando por la orillita | A decade I have kept them pacing the water’s edge, |
| Y si no es verdad saca el pecho y me lo demuestras | And if you doubt, bare your chest—show me, prove it in kind, |
| Tha last Don! El que todo lo pega! | Tha Last Don! The one whose touch binds all, |
| Pero no se olviden que… | But do not forget that… |
| Si la tropa me sale frontua | If the troop meets me bristling and proud, |
| Me le pongo duro y los mato en la raya | I answer with steel, and fell them right at the line, |
| A donde esa beba la pistola quema | Wherever she walks, the pistol burns in her palm, |
| Mi combo es millonario, estamos duro es feat | My crew is minted in gold—our strength is legend, |
| Ustedes ya no están para eso | You are no longer made for this game |