| Negro con rasgos de blanco
| Black with traces of white
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| Blanco con rasgos de negro
| White with traces of black
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| Nunca quieras ocultar
| never want to hide
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| Lo que te viene de dentro.
| What comes to you from within.
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| En el fondo de la sangre
| Deep in the blood
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| Llevas dos sangres latiendo
| You have two bloods beating
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| Nunca quieras apagar
| never want to turn off
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| El tambor de los abuelos.
| The drum of the grandparents.
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| Cha, cha, cha mulato
| Cha, cha, cha mulatto
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| Cha, cha, cha mulato
| Cha, cha, cha mulatto
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| Cha, cha, cha mulato venga esa mano
| Cha, cha, cha mulatto come that hand
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| Que hace chas, chas, en el tamboril.
| What does chas, chas, on the drum.
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| Mezcla de negro y de blanco
| Mix of black and white
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| Mezcla de blanco y de negro
| Mix of black and white
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| Vamos, vamos de una vez
| Come on, let's go at once
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| Al tambor de los abuelos.
| To the drum of the grandparents.
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| Baila, baila, pero piensa
| Dance, dance, but think
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| Que la vida no es un juego
| That life is not a game
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| Ni darse a la zamba, son
| Don't even give in to the zamba, they are
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| Con dinero o sin dinero.
| With money or without money.
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| Cha, cha, cha mulato
| Cha, cha, cha mulatto
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| Cha, cha, cha mulato
| Cha, cha, cha mulatto
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| Cha, cha, cha mulato venga esa mano
| Cha, cha, cha mulatto come that hand
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| Que hace chas, chas, en el tamboril.
| What does chas, chas, on the drum.
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| La vida no es mulato
| life is not mulatto
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| Cosa de sangre o de pelo
| Thing of blood or hair
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| Que el hombre piensa mejor
| That man thinks better
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| Con el estomago lleno
| With a full stomach
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| Baila, baila, pero piensa
| Dance, dance, but think
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| Que debes poner el seso
| that you should put the brain
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| Para que piensen mejor
| so that they think better
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| Los hombres del mundo entero. | The men of the whole world. |