| Tony Touch: Tony Touch!
| Tony Touch: Tony Touch!
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| Right here with my man, Vico C!
| Right here with my man, Vico C!
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| D’Mingo! | D'Mingo! |
| Dimelo pai', dímelo!
| Tell me daddy, tell me!
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| CORO:
| CHORUS:
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| D’Mingo: Para mi barrio
| D'Mingo: For my neighborhood
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| Para mi gente de barrio
| For my neighborhood people
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| Tony Touch: We gon' take this one to the hood!
| Tony Touch: We gon' take this one to the hood!
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| D’Mingo: Con mucha inspiración Y mucha dedicación
| D’Mingo: With a lot of inspiration AND a lot of dedication
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| Tony Touch: Spanish Harlem, Que es lo que hay?
| Tony Touch: Spanish Harlem, what is there?
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| D’Mingo: Para mi barrio Para mi gente de barrio
| D’Mingo: For my neighborhood For my neighborhood people
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| Tony Touch: La Marqueta!
| Tony Touch: The Marquee!
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| D’Mingo: Con mucha inspiración Y mucha dedicación
| D’Mingo: With a lot of inspiration AND a lot of dedication
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| Tony Touch: Bounce way, come on!
| Tony Touch: Bounce way, come on!
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| Vico C: Soy yo, la Vieja Guardia, la Guardia Vieja
| Vico C: It's me, the Old Guard, the Old Guard
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| Y ahora tu que vas a hacer, que traspase la reja?
| And now what are you going to do, to cross the fence?
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| Estoy libre, seguro y nada me acompleja
| I am free, safe and nothing makes me complex
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| Que tengo lírica que bien acribillao' los deja
| That I have lyrics that well riddled' leaves them
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| So comadreja, oye lo que es un bembe
| I'm a weasel, hear what a bembe is
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| Que unos tienen su tumbao y otros tienen su hache
| That some have their tomb and others have their hache
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| Pero yo vengo cristo céntrico y verlo a usted
| But I come Christ centered and see you
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| Que no se note a la una y se muera a la tres
| That it is not noticed at one and dies at three
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| Como lo ves ahora vengo con la decisión
| As you see it now I come with the decision
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| De hacerlos presa con mis dientes de tiburón
| To make them prey with my shark teeth
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| Con uña de león acechando como un lobo
| With a lion's claw stalking like a wolf
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| Con pan del cielo para los que no son bobos
| With bread from heaven for those who are not fools
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| Y a los que se conocen como cocorotes
| And those who are known as cocorotes
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| Que se creen que no hay pistola que los explote
| That they believe that there is no gun that will blow them up
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| Sopla pote, que pasa si cuando te pillen
| Blow pot, what happens if when they catch you
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| Cuando disparen pa' donde ti, contigo se guillen
| When they shoot where you are, with you they will be guillen
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| Por eso estoy avisándote, sigo orientándote
| That's why I'm warning you, I keep guiding you
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| Y hablándote, enseñándote, preparándote
| And talking to you, teaching you, preparing you
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| Si te consideras mi enemigo, perdonándote
| If you consider yourself my enemy, forgiving you
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| Es la mejor forma para seguir demostrándote
| It is the best way to continue showing yourself
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| Que los que ladran mucho como el perro
| That those who bark a lot like the dog
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| Son los que siempre preparan a su propio entierro
| They are the ones who always prepare their own funeral
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| Después llaman a su mama como los becerros
| Then they call their mom like the calves
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| Pero quien a hierro mata, muere por el hierro
| But who kills with iron, dies for iron
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| Y esa cara, tanto es lo que te sorprende
| And that face, so much that surprises you
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| Que soy yo quien otra vez a tu nación enciende
| That it's me who turns your nation on again
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| Si me tiras con tus letras, tus letras mato
| If you throw me with your lyrics, your lyrics kill
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| Con to' y tu garabato, hay Vico pa' largo rato
| With everyone and your doodle, there is Vico for a long time
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| CORO
| CHORUS
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| Ay bendito, Ay bendito
| Oh blessed, Oh blessed
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| You know me and Vico
| You know me and Vico
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| Rep the people
| Rep the people
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| Domingo, súbemelo un poquito
| Sunday, turn it up for me a little
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| So I could do me and let go the lethal, yeah!
| So I could do me and let go the lethal, yeah!
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| From Medina to Carolina
| From Medina to Carolina
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| Dicen que hay reunión en la cima
| They say there's a meeting at the top
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| D’Mingo: Hay reunión en la cima!
| D'Mingo: There's a meeting at the top!
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| Tony Touch: Me voy pa' allá justo enseguida
| Tony Touch: I'm going over there right away
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| You know how I do it
| You know how I do it
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| Ain’t nothin to it, what?!
| Ain't nothin to it, what?!
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| Calle Luna, leak a packer
| Luna Street, leak a packer
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| Caseríos, I rapture with the propane
| Caseríos, I rapture with the propane
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| Always, mi casa es su casa
| Always, my house is your house
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| But we ain’t got no rooms for no guasa-guasa
| But we ain't got no rooms for no guasa-guasa
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| I bang on the track like Ray Barretto
| I bang on the track like Ray Barretto
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| Tony Touch, homeboy, I keep it ghetto
| Tony Touch, homeboy, I keep it ghetto
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| I’m up in the lab with the heavy metal
| I'm up in the lab with the heavy metal
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| 'Cuz we shuttin' down clowns and bochincheros
| 'Cuz we shuttin' down clowns and bochincheros
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| Nena, pity the fool
| Baby, pitty the fool
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| 'Cuz me and Vico C, from the original school
| 'Cuz me and Vico C, from the original school
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| We move around the barrio like criminals do
| We move around the neighborhood like criminals do
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| Plus you love the fact that we subliminal too, word
| Plus you love the fact that we subliminal too, word
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| Well that’s otra cosa
| Well that's something else
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| For now got your fella up in vida ostra
| For now got your fella up in oyster life
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| Caught you off guard when you seen the posters
| Caught you off guard when you see the posters
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| 'Cuz I stay livin' that Vida Toca'
| 'Cuz I stay livin' that Vida Toca'
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| Come on!
| Come on!
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| CORO:
| CHORUS:
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| Vico C: He probao' la coca, la ganja, la droga
| Vico C: I've tried coca, ganja, drugs
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| También la Metadona, el vino, la rola
| Also the Methadone, the wine, the rock
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| Pero ahora son mis hijos, también mi señora
| But now they are my children, also my wife
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| Lo que mi Dios me dio pa' estar como estoy ahora
| What my God gave me to be as I am now
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| Podrán criticarme, gritarme, burlarme
| They can criticize me, yell at me, make fun of me
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| También difamarme, velarme, usarme
| Also defame me, veil me, use me
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| Podrán dispararme, tirarme, rozarme
| They can shoot me, throw me, brush me
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| Pero jamás esta corona podrán arrancarme
| But never this crown will be able to tear me
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| Provocarme en este día es un error enorme
| Provoking me on this day is a huge mistake
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| Pues tengo pepa que te inyecta y te va dejar mas que conforme
| Well, I have pepa that injects you and will leave you more than satisfied
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| Pa' que te adorne y te reforme
| Pa' to adorn you and reform you
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| Pa' cuando huela a pimpín te abochornes de ser un transformer
| Pa' when it smells like pimpín you're embarrassed to be a transformer
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| Para saber de lo mejor que esta en la avenida
| To know the best that is on the avenue
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| Vayan corriendo pa' la tienda y este disco pidan
| Go running to the store and ask for this album
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| Si están metío' en veinte líos donde no hay salida
| If they are involved in twenty troubles where there is no way out
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| Te recomiendo lo mío, pues lo mío es vida
| I recommend mine, because mine is life
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| Ahora escucha lo que viene
| Now listen to what's coming
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| Yo canto lo que te conviene no solo lo que te entretiene
| I sing what suits you, not just what entertains you
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| Los otros cantan sexología
| The others sing sexology
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| Y no es para criticar pero mejor es mi filosofía
| And it is not to criticize but it is better my philosophy
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| Óyeme Tata, escucha a Maria
| Listen to me Tata, listen to Maria
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| Que no hay lírica con mas peso que la mía
| That there is no lyric with more weight than mine
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| Desde los '80 yo te lo decía
| Since the '80s I told you
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| Que to' las criticas las mato a sangre fría
| That I kill all the critics in cold blood
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| Lo repetía y vuelvo con el mismo asunto
| I repeated it and I come back with the same issue
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| Mas vale estar en el hogar que estar en el punto
| Better to be at home than to be on point
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| Pal que le teme al aguacero aquí esta el barrunto
| Pal who fears the downpour here is the guess
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| Con mi cantar los masacro a toditos juntos | With my singing I slaughter them all together |