| Siempre quise yo estudiar
| I always wanted to study
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| Y ser alguien en la vida
| And be someone in life
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| Ser aquel hijo ejemplar
| Being that exemplary son
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| Orgullo de la familia
| family pride
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| Un honor para mi pueblo
| An honor for my people
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| Y pa mi patria querida
| And for my dear country
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| Pero de nada ha servido
| But it has been useless
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| Haberme yo titulado
| I have graduated
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| Como todos mis colegas
| Like all my colleagues
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| Andamos por todos lados
| we walk everywhere
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| En busca de un buen trabajo
| Looking for a good job
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| Y sin poder encontrarlo
| And without being able to find it
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| El titulo no es basante
| The title is not enough
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| Cuando me acerco a la mesa
| When I approach the table
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| Me siento tan desgraciado
| i feel so miserable
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| Que me lleno de tristeza
| that fills me with sadness
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| De tener una carrera
| to have a career
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| Y vivir en la pobreza
| And live in poverty
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| Por que pobre siempre he sido
| Because I have always been poor
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| He luchado por superarme para un mejor futuro
| I have struggled to improve myself for a better future
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| Por eso yo fui a la escuela
| That's why I went to school
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| Para ejercer mi carrera pero
| To exercise my career but
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| El resultado es que trabajo en lo que sea
| The result is that I work on whatever
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| Por eso me hierve la sangre
| That's why my blood boils
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| Y este título que tengo
| And this title that I have
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| Solo me ha servido para dos cosas
| It has only served me for two things
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| Para limpiarme el sudor
| to wipe my sweat
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| Y para secarme el llanto*
| And to dry my tears*
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| Mis padres siempre soñaron
| My parents always dreamed
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| Que un día me recibiera
| that one day he would receive me
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| Tanto se sacrificaron
| They sacrificed so much
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| Para pagar mi carrera
| to pay for my career
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| Ahora no se como hacerle
| Now I don't know how to do it
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| Para saldar esta deuda
| To pay off this debt
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| Yo se que no es un remedio
| I know that it is not a remedy
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| Pero siento un gran alivio
| But I feel a great relief
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| A veces me hecho mis tragos
| Sometimes I make my drinks
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| Para calmar mi martirio
| To calm my martyrdom
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| Solo dormido y borracho
| just asleep and drunk
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| Se me olvida lo dolido
| I forget how hurt
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| Mi pueblo es un gran tesoro
| My town is a great treasure
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| Y lo quiero con el alma
| And I love it with all my soul
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| Pero la crisis y el hambre
| But the crisis and the hunger
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| Hacen que pierda la calma
| They make me lose my cool
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| No es justo que el titulado
| It is not fair that the titled
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| Ande quebrado y sin chamba | I was broke and without a job |