| Nosotros somos buenos compañeros
| we are good partners
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| con mucho gusto le vamo’a presentar
| We will gladly introduce you
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| a un cantante que lo hemos coronado
| to a singer that we have crowned him
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| como el Rey de la Puntualidad,
| as the King of Punctuality,
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| a un cantante que lo hemos coronado
| to a singer that we have crowned him
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| como el Rey de la Puntualidad.
| as the King of Punctuality.
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| Ya nos dieron la señal
| They already gave us the signal
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| que el hombre por fin llegó. | that the man finally arrived. |
| Ahora queda con ustedes
| He now he stays with you
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| El Cantante de los Cantantes
| The Singer of the Singers
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| con ustedes Hector Lavoe.
| with you Hector Lavoe.
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| Yo soy Hector Lavoe
| I am Hector Lavoe
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| cinco ocho de estatura
| five eight tall
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| miren que musculatura,
| look what muscles,
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| miren que linda figura
| look what a beautiful figure
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| la verdad que yo me veo bien.
| the truth is that I look good.
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| Yo seguiré mi vaivén
| I will follow my swing
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| cantando con sabrosura
| singing with delight
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| siempre estaré con ustedes, mi gente!
| I will always be with you, my people!
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| hasta que a mi me lleven
| until they take me
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| en contra de mi voluntad
| Against my will
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| que me lleven a mi sepultura…
| take me to my grave...
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| Por mi madre que es la última vez que llego tarde.
| For my mother, that is the last time I am late.
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| Tu gente quiere oir tu voz sonora
| Your people want to hear your sonorous voice
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| nosotros sólo queremos que llegues a la hora…
| we just want you to arrive on time...
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| aqui se estan ekivocados y se lo digo como
| here they are wrong and I tell them as
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| un hermano yo no soy quien llega tarde ustedes llegan muy temprano
| a brother I am not the one who arrives late you arrive very early
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| Tu gente quiere oir tu voz sonora
| Your people want to hear your sonorous voice
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| nosotros sólo queremos que llegues a la hora…
| we just want you to arrive on time...
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| y ustedes me critican con eso de llegar tarde
| and you criticize me for being late
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| pero mi gente se da cuenta que yo vengo con bonito
| but my people realize that I come with pretty
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| maquillaje
| make-up
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| Tu gente quiere oir tu voz sonora
| Your people want to hear your sonorous voice
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| nosotros sólo queremos que llegues a la hora…
| we just want you to arrive on time...
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| ustedes siempre me critican dejen esa boberia
| you always criticize me leave that nonsense
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| miren bien de arriba a abajo que yo soy estuche de moneria
| take a good look from top to bottom that I am a case of cuteness
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| Tu gente quiere oir tu voz sonora
| Your people want to hear your sonorous voice
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| nosotros sólo queremos que llegues a la hora…
| we just want you to arrive on time...
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| antes era bien bandido ahora todos han prendido
| before he was a good bandit now everyone has caught
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| me ven que llego temprano y dicen que cambio el muchacho ha tenido
| They see that I am early and they say that the boy has changed
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| Tu gente quiere oir tu voz sonora
| Your people want to hear your sonorous voice
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| nosotros sólo queremos que llegues a la hora…
| we just want you to arrive on time...
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| que noooo!!! | I said no!!! |
| se soltaron los caballos otra veeeeeeezzzzz epaaaaa
| the horses were let loose another veeeeeeeezzzzz epaaaaa
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| Tu gente quiere oir tu voz sonora
| Your people want to hear your sonorous voice
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| nosotros sólo queremos que llegues a la hora…
| we just want you to arrive on time...
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| ahora pa complacerlos se los digo de a verdad
| Now to please you I tell you the truth
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| la proxima vez que llegue, voy a llegar en puntualidad
| the next time I arrive, I will arrive on time
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| Tu gente quiere oir tu voz sonora
| Your people want to hear your sonorous voice
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| nosotros sólo queremos que llegues a la hora…
| we just want you to arrive on time...
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| alalalalala que cante mi gente si en un tiempo se lo dijeyo de pecho y bien de
| alalalalala let my people sing if at one point I told them from the chest and well
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| frente
| front
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| Tu gente quiere oir tu voz sonora
| Your people want to hear your sonorous voice
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| nosotros sólo queremos que llegues a la hora…
| we just want you to arrive on time...
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| ya son las 12 y no llega ara lo mismo que ayer
| It's already 12 o'clock and it's not the same time as yesterday
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| espera, espera y no viene pero al gente lo quiere ver
| wait, wait and he doesn't come but people want to see him
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| Tu gente quiere oir tu voz sonora (al brabo uuuuu)
| Your people want to hear your sonorous voice (al brabo uuuuu)
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| nosotros sólo queremos que llegues a la hora… (el flaco)
| we only want you to arrive on time... (the skinny one)
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| ahora fueeeeee epaaaaaa mas naaaa
| now it was epaaaaaa more naaaa
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| el negro isi
| the black isi
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| que cante y siga adelante el cantante de los cantantes
| let the singer of singers sing and carry on
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| ahora vengo de frente bien caliente voy pa alante
| Now I come from the front, very hot, I'm going forward
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| que cante y siga adelante el cantante de los cantantes
| let the singer of singers sing and carry on
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| asi me llama la gente siempre vengo con el plante
| That's what people call me, I always come with the plant
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| que cante y siga adelante el cantante de los cantantes
| let the singer of singers sing and carry on
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| aveces yo llego tarde si es que no tengo quiend e la cama me levante
| sometimes I arrive late if I don't have someone to wake me up from the bed
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| que cante y siga adelante el cantante de los cantantes
| let the singer of singers sing and carry on
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| si me levanto por el otro lao no me quedo en casa ni me voy pa ningun lao
| If I get up on the other side, I don't stay at home and I don't go anywhere
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| que cante y siga adelante el cantante de los cantantes | let the singer of singers sing and carry on |