| Yo soy nacido en la sierra
| I am born in the mountains
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| Acostumbrado al peligro
| accustomed to danger
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| El entre al negocio de jefes
| He got into the boss business
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| Desde que estaba plebillo
| Since he was plebil
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| Poco a poco me fui jugando la vida
| Little by little I was gambling my life
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| Y ahora se hace lo que digo.
| And now what I say is done.
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| Siempre topando a los guachos
| Always bumping into the guachos
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| Con el filo de la sierra
| With the edge of the saw
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| Varios plantíos me tumbaron
| Several plantations knocked me down
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| Pero le supe dar guerra
| But I knew how to give him war
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| Estoy muy agradecido con la vida
| I am very grateful to life
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| Pues ayudo a mi familia.
| Well, I help my family.
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| Maíz y frijol yo sembraba
| Corn and beans I planted
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| Pero era poca la feria
| But the fair was few
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| Nomás cambie de semilla
| Just change the seed
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| Y ahora es pura hierba buena
| And now it's pure good grass
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| Ya son varias toneladas de billetes
| There are already several tons of banknotes
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| Que he repartido en la sierra.
| That I have distributed in the mountains.
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| Yo no sé porque se espantan
| I don't know why they are scared
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| Si ya está legalizada
| If it is already legalized
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| Mis clientes más distinguidos
| My most distinguished clients
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| De California y Nevada
| From California and Nevada
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| Son los gringos los que a mi me han hecho fuerte
| It's the gringos who have made me strong
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| Pues les encanta lo verde
| Well, they love green
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| Y no es mentira plebes, ahí va pa toda la gente
| And it's not a lie plebes, there it goes for all the people
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| De la sierra y que siga la Mata dando pariente.
| From the mountains and follow the Mata giving relative.
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| La riqueza no se mide tan solo por los billetes
| Wealth is not measured by bills alone
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| Yo sé que son importantes pero grábalo en tu mente
| I know they are important but record it in your mind
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| Que la riqueza más grande y más bonita
| Than the greatest and prettiest wealth
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| Es la gente que te quiere.
| It is the people who love you.
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| Como olvidar el pasado si es lo que a mí me hizo fuerte
| How to forget the past if it is what made me strong
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| Es cierto fuimos muy pobres pero muy felices siempre
| It is true we were very poor but always very happy
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| Bien recuerdo los frijoles de mi madre
| Well I remember my mother's beans
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| Mi gritaba hijo ya vente.
| My son yelled come on.
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| Varios Santos me protegen, San Judas
| Several Saints protect me, Saint Jude
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| También Malverde y la que nunca me falla
| Also Malverde and the one who never fails me
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| La Virgen conmigo siempre, pero él que a mí me bendice
| The Virgin with me always, but he who blesses me
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| Los caminos mi Dios padre que me quiere.
| The roads my God father who loves me.
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| Yo voy a seguir chambeando aunque al gobierno le duela
| I am going to continue working even if it hurts the government
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| Si yo le entré a este negocio es pa ayudar a mi tierra
| If I entered this business it is to help my land
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| Ahí les mando un abrazo rompe costillas
| There I send you a hug that breaks ribs
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| Los saluda el de la sierra. | The one from the mountains greets them. |