| Confunden respeto
| confuse respect
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| Ponen sus caras y sus mismos gestos
| They put their faces and their same gestures
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| Calidad-peso
| quality-weight
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| Sus mismas caras y sus mismos versos
| Their same faces and their same verses
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| Yo no sé a lo que me atengo
| I don't know what I stand for
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| Sigo con las pruebas y aún no saben lo que tengo
| I continue with the tests and they still do not know what I have
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| Tengo una receta del Doctor Tricornio
| I have a prescription from Doctor Tricorn
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| Tres veces al día cuando asome Capricornio
| Three times a day when Capricorn appears
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| Se sacan de quicio
| They get mad
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| Muchos suicidios para un simple oficio
| Many suicides for a simple job
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| Yo feliz y ellos andan esquizos
| I am happy and they are schizos
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| La que nos liaron y ni fueron al juicio
| The one that messed us up and didn't even go to trial
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| Sus gajes del oficio
| Your perks of the trade
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| Casi no lo cuento y por poco lo pifio
| I almost didn't tell it and I almost screwed it up
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| Nada grave porque nadie lo hizo
| Nothing serious because nobody did it
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| Ya estoy calmado pero quedan resquicios
| I'm already calm but there are cracks
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| Claro, alguien más descuelga, yo ya no lo cojo, no me quitan ojo
| Of course, someone else picks up, I don't pick it up anymore, they don't take their eyes off me
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| Veo en la mirilla sin quitar el cerrojo
| I see in the peephole without removing the bolt
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| Soy yo o me miran de reojo
| Is it me or do they look at me out of the corner of their eye
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| Infrarrojos para ver claro
| Infrared to see clearly
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| Claro que hizo falta mi sangre
| Of course my blood was needed
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| Claro que hizo falta caer
| Of course it was necessary to fall
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| Estuve en lo hondo, la lección de chocar contra el fondo
| I've been in the deep end, the lesson of hitting rock bottom
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| Fui mi vientre, el jefe de abordo
| I was my belly, the chief of board
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| Cada vez que lo lleno, lloro
| Every time I fill it up, I cry
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| Por eso lo engordo
| That's why I fatten it up
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| Dicen que valgo mi peso en oro
| They say I'm worth my weight in gold
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| De ahí viene el hambre
| That's where the hunger comes from
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| De sentir que hay salida al enjambre
| To feel that there is a way out of the swarm
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| Condenan mi modo
| They condemn my way
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| Sé que por un hueco no cabemos todos
| I know that because of a hole we don't all fit
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| Viene de frente y también por el dorso
| It comes from the front and also from the back
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| Aún así al cruzarme se sujetan el bolso
| Still when they cross me they hold the bag
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| Me pago los patos
| I pay the ducks
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| La vida es cara pero yo la abarato
| Life is expensive but I make it cheap
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| Les di mi vida y merecían un rato
| I gave them my life and they deserved a while
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| No tengo cara pero me hacen retratos | I don't have a face but they make me portraits |