| Mi gente, como me duele mi gente
| My people, how my people hurt me
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| Siempre estan en mi mente
| They are always on my mind
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| Me duele el corazón y pido a dios por su perdon
| My heart hurts and I ask God for his forgiveness
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| Mi gente, como se pierde mi gente
| My people, how my people get lost
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| Muriendo tan lentamente
| dying so slowly
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| Yo sueño un día ver la libertad amanecer
| I dream one day to see freedom dawn
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| Que le pasa a mi gente hoy
| What's wrong with my people today
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| Es como se ha perdido el corazón
| It's like the heart has been lost
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| Se ha apagado ya el amor
| Love has already gone out
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| Es como que un día esta ciudad unio
| It's like one day this city united
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| Y la vida ahora no tiene valor
| And life now has no value
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| Y por nada te la quitan de repente, de repente
| And for nothing they take it away from you suddenly, suddenly
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| No hay nada malo en querer ni del hacer
| There is nothing wrong with wanting or doing
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| Pero el pobre esta soñando con hacerlo facilmente, facilmente
| But the poor man is dreaming of doing it easily, easily
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| Y los que estan arriba en el poder
| And those who are up in power
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| Se les ha olvidado el por que se les puso al frente
| They have forgotten why they were put in front
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| De la gente
| From the people
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| (coro)
| (chorus)
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| Como se derrama sangre inocente
| As innocent blood is spilled
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| Como hasta tus amigos te mienten
| How even your friends lie to you
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| Pones algo de dinero en frente
| You put some money in front
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| De seguro sin pensarlo te venden
| Surely without thinking they sell you
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| No puedes denunciar lo que esta mal
| You can't report what's wrong
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| Si sabes que la policia encubriendo esta
| If you know that the police covering up this
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| Se me ahoga en llanto el corazón
| My heart drowns in tears
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| En pensar en los niños que los matan en el vientre
| In thinking about the children who kill them in the womb
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| De las adolescentes
| of the teenagers
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| Y el dolor de la sangre va elevando
| And the pain of the blood is rising
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| Hasta el todo el señor pide justicia desconsoladamenteee
| Until the whole, the Lord asks for justice disconsolately
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| (coro)
| (chorus)
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| Cada día en la calle vivo el mismo drama
| Every day on the street I live the same drama
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| Otro más que en la esquina recibio una bala
| Another one that in the corner received a bullet
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| Otra madre que en su corazón se derrama
| Another mother who spills out of her heart
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| Le quitaron a su hijo el que más amaba
| They took her son from her the one she loved the most
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| Llenandose las carceles
| filling up the jails
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| Muchos aumentandose
| many increasing
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| Pero cuando salen lo ponen a asecharse
| But when they go out they put him to stalk
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| Ahora salen con más trucos que antes
| Now they come out with more tricks than before
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| La carcel es una escuela elegante
| Jail is an elegant school
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| La culpa es del sistema penitenciario
| The fault lies with the prison system
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| No busca ayudar ni corregir al presidiario
| Does not seek to help or correct the prisoner
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| O es el indibiduo que no hay forma de areglarlo
| Or is it the individual that there is no way to fix it
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| Que desde lo profundo su conciencia se ha dañado
| That from the depths her awareness of him has been damaged
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| Solo me queda orar y esperar
| I just have to pray and wait
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| Que esta cancion alguien la pueda escuchar
| That this song someone can listen to it
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| Y me ayude a hacer algoooo | And help me do something |