| Sali al encuentro de los dos maestros que siempre tuve,
| I went out to meet the two teachers I always had,
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| Si dictaban sus lecciones ahi estuve,
| If they dictated their lessons I was there,
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| Octuve cum laudes, senti el fraude de la existencia
| Octove cum laudes, I felt the fraud of existence
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| Y pude salir del paso aunque el ocaso casi arrazo mis virtudes.
| And I was able to muddle through even though the sunset almost wiped out my virtues.
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| La ciudad y las palabras me hablan
| The city and the words speak to me
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| A todas horas, donde paran estas neuronas,
| At all hours, where these neurons stop,
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| A solas con un libro, el me dio consejos,
| Alone with a book, he gave me advice,
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| Y la calle los reflejos para salvar el pellejo.
| And the street reflexes to save the skin.
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| No dejo de sumergirme entre hojas y evadirme cuando el resto me harta,
| I keep submerging myself among the leaves and evading myself when the rest fills me up,
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| Disciplina firme de este autodidacta,
| Firm discipline of this autodidact,
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| Con obsesion enferma al rap me entrego,
| With sick obsession to rap I give myself,
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| Si no leo como voy a redactar exactas actas luego.
| If I don't read, how am I going to write exact minutes later.
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| La conciencia tras mi frente dijo aprende
| The conscience behind my forehead said learn
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| Por si el filo del destino prende el hilo del que mi rap vende,
| In case the edge of destiny catches the thread of the one that my rap sells,
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| No quiero ser un don nadie en esta vida,
| I don't want to be a nobody in this life,
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| Ir al baile y ver que la chica mas guapa ni me mira.
| Go to the dance and see that the prettiest girl doesn't even look at me.
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| Leer me inspira, para mi es algo necesario,
| Reading inspires me, for me it is something necessary,
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| Mientras niatos suean ser los mafias de su barrio,
| While children dream of being the gangsters of their neighborhood,
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| Este es mi homenaje a la sabiduria de los siglos,
| This is my tribute to the wisdom of the centuries,
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| Enseanzas de un seor llamado libro.
| Teachings of a man called a book.
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| (Nach)
| (Nah)
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| Calles donde siempre paga quien falla,
| Streets where the one who fails always pays,
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| Donde hay canallas dispuestos a todo por un par de rayas,
| Where there are scoundrels willing to do anything for a couple of lines,
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| La paciencia estalla cuando nada es predecible
| Patience bursts when nothing is predictable
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| Y una simple discusion acaba en coma irreversible.
| And a simple argument ends in an irreversible coma.
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| Muros como arte libre muestran que la acera es nuestra,
| Walls as free art show that the sidewalk is ours,
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| Estilo y protesta contra la opresion impuesta,
| Style and protest against imposed oppression,
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| Abuso en forma de gendarme o de venenos que pudren la carne,
| Abuse in the form of gendarme or poisons that rot the flesh,
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| Dominarme nunca fue sencillo.
| Mastering me was never easy.
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| Otro dia mas, otro euro pa el bolsillo,
| Another day, another euro for the pocket,
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| Castillos de ladrillo observando al pillo,
| Brick castles watching the rascal,
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| Ven el brillo en los ojos de un chiquillo inquieto,
| They see the sparkle in the eyes of a restless child,
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| Cuyo unico concepto del respeto es un cuchillo.
| Whose only concept of respect is a knife.
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| Yo gane el mio con mis actos cerrando tratos,
| I earned mine with my actions closing deals,
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| Legales o ilegales, no mas chivatos,
| Legal or illegal, no more sneaks,
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| La traicion por deporte es un mal cronico
| Betrayal for sport is a chronic evil
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| Y el ritual del sospechoso habitual andar de incognito.
| And the ritual of the usual suspect going undercover.
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| Escuela de gastasuelas, la cautela impera pal que vende grifa,
| School of gastasuelas, caution reigns pal who sells taps,
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| Secuelas hacen ceniza al que esnifa,
| Sequels make ashes to the one who sniffs,
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| Y quizas su objetivo sea concentrarte seor calle,
| And maybe your goal is to concentrate Mr. Street,
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| Siempre estara ahi para ensearte.
| He will always be there to teach you.
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| (All Day Green)
| (All Day Green)
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| La concentracion ahi afuera y todos saben que la vida
| The concentration out there and everyone knows that life
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| Es mas dificil si no tienes escuela,
| It is more difficult if you do not have school,
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| Dicen no tendras futuro. | They say you will have no future. |
| que no ganaras tela,
| that you won't win fabric,
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| Seor libro te propone que patees las aceras.
| Mr. Book proposes that you kick the sidewalks.
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| Chico listo en la calle ahora va pa donde quiera,
| Smart boy on the street now he goes wherever he wants,
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| Seor calle le acoge como si su hijo fuera,
| Mr. Calle welcomes you as if he were his son,
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| Nadie le dice nada conocido como orqueras,
| Nobody tells him anything known as orqueras,
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| El mas listo de su clase y en la calle es su escuela. | The smartest in his class and on the street is his school. |