| He vivido muchos años
| I have lived many years
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| En los Estados Unidos
| In the U.S
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| Pues mis padres me trajeron
| Well, my parents brought me
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| Desde cuando yo era un niño
| Since when I was a child
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| Ya me naturalizaron
| They already naturalized me
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| Y no digo que soy gringo
| And I'm not saying I'm gringo
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| Sin embargo agradezco
| However I appreciate
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| Que me cobijó esta patria
| That this country sheltered me
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| Donde mis padres me dieron
| where my parents gave me
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| Mis estudios y una casa
| My studies and a house
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| Me conduelo del mojado
| I mourn the wet
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| Que ha caído en la desgracia
| who has fallen into disgrace
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| En la unión Americana
| In the American union
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| Yo quisiera un presidente
| I would like a president
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| Pero con la sangre azteca
| But with the Aztec blood
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| Para que ayude a su gente
| To help your people
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| Ese gallo del mojado
| That wet rooster
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| Cantaría muy diferente
| I would sing very differently
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| No está lejos de pasar
| It's not far to go
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| Pues con tantos ciudadano
| Well, with so many citizens
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| Que le corre por las venas
| that runs through his veins
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| Sangre de los Mexicanos
| Mexican blood
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| La sorpresa nos dará
| The surprise will give us
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| Como el afroamericano
| Like the African American
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| Muchos buscan el país
| Many seek the country
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| De la oportunidad
| of the opportunity
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| Donde quiera la tenemos
| Wherever we have it
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| Si queremos trabajar
| If we want to work
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| Nunca vas a comer tuna
| you will never eat prickly pear
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| Si no la sabes pelar
| If you don't know how to peel it
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| En la unión Americana
| In the American union
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| Yo quisiera un presidente
| I would like a president
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| Pero con la sangre azteca
| But with the Aztec blood
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| Para que ayude a su gente
| To help your people
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| Ese «Gallo Del Mojado»
| That "Rooster of the Wet"
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| Cantaría muy diferente | I would sing very differently |