| Hay libertades que se compran y se venden
| There are freedoms that are bought and sold
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| Igualdades heredadas por desiguales sorprenden
| Equalities inherited by unequals surprise
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| Tiburones que nos rondan, que despedazar pretenden
| Sharks that surround us, that they intend to tear apart
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| El barquito de este pueblo que de la marea depende
| The little boat of this town that depends on the tide
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| Timadores que confunden a la mayoría del mundo
| Scammers who confuse most of the world
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| Pues su truco es evitar que veamos lo que nos esconden
| Well, their trick is to prevent us from seeing what they hide from us
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| La verdad está en sus mangas, la razón quién sabe donde
| The truth is up his sleeves, the reason who knows where
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| Si en esta tierra nacieran más maestros y menos condes
| If in this land more masters and fewer counts were born
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| Otro gallo cantaría
| Another rooster
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| A mi pueblo y a mi gente
| To my people and my people
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| Si quisieran tan siquiera
| If they even wanted
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| Si pensaran libremente
| If they thought freely
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| Otro gallo cantaría
| Another rooster
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| Quiero que otro gallo cante
| I want another rooster to crow
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| Y que callen los canallas
| And shut up the scoundrels
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| Que ya ladraron bastante
| They already barked enough
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| Hay mentiras que son casi una verdad
| There are lies that are almost true
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| De repetirse tantas veces
| of repeating itself so many times
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| Como el cuento de los panes y los peces
| Like the story of the loaves and fishes
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| Cuantos tontos hablan libres de aquello que desconocen
| How many fools speak freely of what they do not know
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| Y otros tontos escuchando ni les dicen ni les tosen
| And other fools listening neither tell nor cough
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| Las empresas se cuelan en tu despensa hagas lo que hagas
| Companies sneak into your pantry whatever you do
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| Nunca se extendió una plaga de una forma tan extensa
| Never has a plague spread so widely
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| Y se van a convertir en la entidad que por ti piensa
| And they are going to become the entity that thinks for you
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| Ya que tienen libertad como para comprar la prensa | Since they are free to buy the press |