| Sin razón ni explicación le quitaron al niño
| Without reason or explanation they took the child away
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| Su más sagrado don, su motivo, su imaginación
| The most sacred gift of him, his reason for him, his imagination
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| Decolorando con falsedad seguimos matando
| Discoloring with falsehood we continue to kill
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| El nacer de una nueva idea, esperanza, una nueva canción
| The birth of a new idea, hope, a new song
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| Aquello que pareció algo tan puro
| What seemed like something so pure
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| Se marchito, se endureció al ritmo del progreso
| Withered, hardened at the rate of progress
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| Entre tanta careta y apariencia se nos sigue olvidando
| Between so much mask and appearance we keep forgetting
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| Que bien adentro nuestro indio sigue sonando
| That deep inside our Indian continues to sound
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| Trece, catorce y hasta nueva con un arma en la mano
| Thirteen, fourteen and even new with a gun in hand
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| Su mayor aspiración es ser bichote en su barrio
| His greatest aspiration of him is to be bichote in his neighborhood
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| Su familia le falló, le falla el estado
| His family failed him, the state fails him
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| Su casa es la calle y su escuela es el punto de al lado
| His house is the street and his school is the point next door
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| Una cara, dos caras, tres carajos se puede creer
| One face, two faces, three fucks can you believe
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| Ten cuidado con el ratón porque te puede morder
| Be careful with the mouse because it can bite you
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| Oye mi hermano cuida bien, cuida bien tu tesoro
| Hey my brother take good care, take good care of your treasure
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| No pierdas tu esencia, no la vendas por un gramo o por oro
| Don't waste your essence, don't sell it for a gram or for gold
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| Conoce tu propio ser
| know your own being
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| Celebra tu propio ser
| celebrate your own being
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| Solo venimos, solo nos vamos
| We just come, we just go
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| Y aquí nos juntamos, junto aqui estamos
| And here we get together, together here we are
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| Solo venimos, solo nos vamos
| We just come, we just go
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| Y aquí nos juntamos, junto aqui estamos
| And here we get together, together here we are
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| (Solo venimos, solo nos vamos)
| (We just come, we just go)
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| La raza latina está echando pa' adelante, te lo digo yo!
| The Latin race is moving forward, I tell you!
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| (Y aquí nos juntamos, junto aqui estamos)
| (And here we get together, together here we are)
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| Panamá, México, el Puerto Rico, Nueva York y también Cañito
| Panama, Mexico, Puerto Rico, New York and also Cañito
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| (Solo venimos, solo nos vamos)
| (We just come, we just go)
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| Hazte a un la’o, hazte a un la’o, nos vemos todos de pega’o
| Make yourself a la'o, make yourself a la'o, we'll all see each other from pega'o
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| (Y aquí nos juntamos, junto aqui estamos)
| (And here we get together, together here we are)
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| Porque somos lo que somos
| because we are what we are
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| Somos lo que somos, oye
| We are what we are, hey
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| Somos los que somos | We are what we are |