| Han cogido la cosa
| They have caught the thing
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| Que pa reirse se burlan de mi
| That to laugh they make fun of me
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| Han cogido la cosa
| They have caught the thing
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| Que pa reirse me agarran a mi
| That to laugh they grab me
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| Que tengo grande la boca y la nariz
| That I have a big mouth and nose
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| Que nada bueno no me encuentran a mi
| That nothing good does not find me
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| Que yo soy prieto, que soy carabalí
| That I am prieto, that I am carabalí
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| Pero orgulloso me siento yo así
| But proud I feel like this
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| Han cogido la cosa…
| They got the thing...
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| Que estoy de luto desde el dia que nací
| That I'm in mourning since the day I was born
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| Que trabajar no lo hizo Dios para mi
| That work was not made by God for me
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| Que me tostaron como si fuera cafe
| That they roasted me like it was coffee
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| Que me colaron y negrito quede
| That they sneaked me in and I stayed black
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| Han cogido la cosa
| They have caught the thing
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| Que pa reirse se burlan de mi
| That to laugh they make fun of me
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| La cosa la han cogido
| The thing has been caught
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| Que pa reirse me agarran a mi
| That to laugh they grab me
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| Coro:
| Chorus:
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| Blanco corriendo, atleta, negro corriendo, ratero
| Running white, jock, running black, pickpocket
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| Blanco sin grado doctor y el negrito yerbatero (bis)
| White without a doctor's degree and the black herbalist (bis)
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| Ah nah Ah nah Ah nah Ah nah sonero (Y el negrito yerbatero)
| Ah nah Ah nah Ah nah Ah nah sonero (And the black herbalist)
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| Con eso le doy duro a los cueros (Y el negrito yerbatero)
| With that I hit the hides hard (And the black herbalist)
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| Vamos a hacer la cuenta (Y el negrito yerbatero)
| Let's make the account (And the black herbalist)
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| Que cuando se trata de salsa de rumba, yo si soy salsero (Y el negrito yerbatero)
| That when it comes to rumba sauce, I am a salsero (And the black herbalist)
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| Cuando suena como suena me vuelvo sonero (Y el negrito yerbatero)
| When it sounds like it sounds, I become a sonero (And the black herbalist)
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| Zapatero a tu zapato, lo que yo soy es rumbero (Y el negrito yerbatero)
| Zapatero to your shoe, what I am is a rumbero (And the black herbalist)
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| Rumba!
| Rumba!
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| Han cogido la cosa, la cosa la han cogido
| They have taken the thing, the thing they have taken
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| Que me queme Que me queme
| burn me burn me
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| Y he quedado como un tizon y de ñapa disque me han
| And I have been like a brand and ñapa disque they have me
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| Puesto el negrito bembón bembón
| Put on the black bembón bembón
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| Han cogido la cosa, la cosa la han cogido
| They have taken the thing, the thing they have taken
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| Pero qué otra cosa grande tiene
| But what else is great
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| Que tengo grande la boca y la nari'
| That I have a big mouth and nose
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| Que otra cosa grande tendre yo por ahí
| What other great thing will I have out there
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| Han cogido la cosa, la cosa la han cogido
| They have taken the thing, the thing they have taken
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| Que si no lo hago a la entrada
| What if I don't do it at the entrance
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| La embarro a la salida
| I muddy her at the exit
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| Ay quién puede ser negro, que cosa que tan jodida
| Oh who can be black, what a fucked up thing
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| Sura negro sura
| sura black sura
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| Blanco corriendo, atleta, negro corriendo, ratero
| Running white, jock, running black, pickpocket
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| Blanco sin grado doctor y el negrito yerbatero
| White man without a doctor's degree and the black herbalist
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| Y el negrito yerbatero | And the black herbalist |