| Nac en un barrio barato
| I was born in a cheap neighborhood
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| Fu vecino de una panaderia
| He was a neighbor of a bakery
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| Mi mejor juguete era un gato
| My best toy was a cat
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| Su maullido me inspir melodas
| His meow of his inspired me melodies
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| Crec en la 33
| I grew up on 33
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| Y haba de todo un poco
| And there was a bit of everything
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| Hombres que moran de stress
| Men who die of stress
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| Viudas, trasvestis, locos
| Widows, transvestites, crazy
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| Era un mundo gris
| It was a gray world
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| El color lo pintaban tus ganas de vivir ms era feliz
| The color was painted by your desire to live more was happy
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| Los sueos no apuntaban ms all de la narz quera ser bombero de la compaa 26
| The dreams did not point beyond his nose he wanted to be a firefighter for company 26
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| Un da conoc la escuela
| One day I met the school
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| Y por falta de entusiasmo
| And for lack of enthusiasm
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| Conoc mis primeras penas
| I know my first sorrows
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| Y port las orejas de asno
| And wear the donkey ears
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| Pero aprend a leer
| But I learned to read
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| Y con eso aumentaron mis ganas de saber
| And with that my desire to know increased
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| Conoc a borges a mrquez y tambin al seor vidal y un matutino me cont que exista
| I met borges a márquez and also mr. vidal and a morning newspaper told me that there was
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| vietnam
| Vietnam
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| Desde la calle 33
| from 33rd street
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| Desde la calle 33
| from 33rd street
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| All donde no exista ley
| where there is no law
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| Nacen historias sin rumbo
| Stories are born aimlessly
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| De lo simple a lo profundo
| From the simple to the profound
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| Desde la calle 33
| from 33rd street
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| Desde la calle 33
| from 33rd street
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| All donde no exista ley
| where there is no law
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| Una guitarra fue mi nombre
| A guitar was my name
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| Y seal mi rumbo
| And set my course
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| Prob mi primer cerveza
| I tried my first beer
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| Y a los 12 mi primer cigarro
| And at 12 my first cigarette
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| Me hice hombre junto a una princesa en la parte posterior de un carro
| I became a man next to a princess in the back of a car
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| Mientras las drogas
| While the drugs
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| Eran para mis amigos la nueva travesura yo volando en mi alcoba atrapando musas
| They were for my friends the new mischief me flying in my bedroom catching muses
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| en mi partitura encontr el camino
| in my score i found the way
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| Que hoy me trajo hasta aqui
| That today brought me here
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| Desde la calle 33
| from 33rd street
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| Desde la calle 33
| from 33rd street
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| All donde no exista ley
| where there is no law
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| Nacen historias sin rumbo
| Stories are born aimlessly
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| De lo simple a lo profundo
| From the simple to the profound
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| Desde la calle 33
| from 33rd street
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| Desde la calle 33
| from 33rd street
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| All donde no exista ley
| where there is no law
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| Una guitarra fue mi nombre
| A guitar was my name
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| Y seal mi rumbo
| And set my course
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| Desde la calle 33
| from 33rd street
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| Desde la calle 33 | from 33rd street |