| La Gallina (original) | La Gallina (translation) |
|---|---|
| CHORUS: | CHORUS: |
| «Levantaté, levantaté | "Get up, get up |
| Suelta la gallina y liberate | Drop the chicken and free yourself |
| Con Ozomatli todo puede ser | With Ozomatli everything can be |
| Hechaté a volar» | I made to fly» |
| GALLINA! | CHICKEN! |
| VERSE 1: | VERSE 1: |
| Compa, quiero medicina | Compa, I want medicine |
| Que alguien se robo mi gallina | That someone stole my chicken |
| Dame otra aspirina | give me another aspirin |
| Que nada me alivia de este dolor | That nothing relieves me of this pain |
| Basta ya de esta locura | Enough of this madness |
| Que me da pura calentura | that gives me pure fever |
| Y yo no tengo la cura | And I don't have the cure |
| Que alguien me salve de esta maldición | Somebody save me from this curse |
| Pon la mano arriba | put your hand up |
| Nada de tonterías | no nonsense |
| Dame la mercancía | give me the merchandise |
| Que esa gallina es mía | that chicken is mine |
| CHORUS | CHORUS |
| VERSE 2: | VERSE 2: |
| Oye ratero canalla | Hey rogue thief |
| Quieto no te me vayas | Quiet don't go away |
| Ya sé que tu eres culpable | I already know that you are guilty |
| Eso no es tuyo devuelvemelo | That is not yours give it back |
| Ojo te tengo rodeado | Eye I have you surrounded |
| Traigo machete en la mano | I have a machete in my hand |
| Arde la rabia que tengo | The rage I have burns |
| Un paso mas y yo pierdo el control | One more step and I lose control |
| Pon la mano arriba | put your hand up |
| Nada de tonterías | no nonsense |
| Dame la mercancía | give me the merchandise |
| Que esa gallina es mía | that chicken is mine |
| CHORUS | CHORUS |
