Lyrics of Así Es La Vida - Willie Colón, Legal Alien

Así Es La Vida (original)

Qué va, qué va, no cambiará
Qué va, qué va, eso no se quita
La mujer de Bienvenido
Usa trajes con ángulos
Cada vez que ella pasa
Todos le admiran el cuerpo
Problemas tras fulanito
Y ayer todo quedó resuelto
A las cuatro de la mañana
Al pobre lo encontraron muerto
Qué va, qué va, no cambiará
Qué va, qué va, eso no se quita
Qué va, qué va, no cambiará
Qué va, qué va, eso no se quita
El hijo del bodeguero
Está raro, flaco, demasiado
Dicen lo que está de moda
Que el niño está traqueteando
Oiga, Don Luis, cuide a su hijo
Que el vicio se lo está volando
Y, ahorita, los camarones a su hijo lo andan buscando
Qué va, qué va, no cambiará
Qué va, qué va, eso no se quita
Qué va, qué va, no cambiará
Qué va, qué va, eso no se quita
Así es la vida, así es la vida
Por mas que trates, nunca se quita
Así es la vida, así es la vida
Por mas que trates, nunca se- (¡Hierro!)
Hay que llorar y reír, la vida es así
Para uno, la vida es amargura y para el otro, canela y anís
La vida es una tómbola, tómbola, tom-tom tómbola
La vida es una tómbola, tom-tom tómbola
No me debes na', no te debo na'
Dejamos la cosa así
Paciencia que el camino es largo, eso yo lo comprendí
Así es la vida
Así es la vida
(¡Azúcar!)
Defiende lo tuyo primero
Cuídate del compañero
No me debes na', no te debo na'
Dejamos la cosa así
Problemas y fujilatos
Siempre los resuelvo a tiempo
Por eso vivo la vida alegre, feliz, contento
El que quiere, la vida lo lleva
Y el que no… Lo arrastra

(translation)

What's up, what's up, won't change
What's up, what's up, that doesn't go away
The welcome woman
Wear suits with angles
Every time she passes
Everyone admires her body
Problems after so-and-so
And yesterday everything was resolved
At four in the morning
The poor man was found dead
What's up, what's up, won't change
What's up, what's up, that doesn't go away
What's up, what's up, won't change
What's up, what's up, that doesn't go away
The winemaker's son
He is weird, skinny, too
They say what's hot
that the boy is rattling
Hey, Don Luis, take care of your son
That vice is blowing it up
And, right now, the shrimp are looking for his son
What's up, what's up, won't change
What's up, what's up, that doesn't go away
What's up, what's up, won't change
What's up, what's up, that doesn't go away
Such is life, such is life
No matter how hard you try, it never goes away
Such is life, such is life
No matter how hard you try, I never know- (Iron!)
You have to cry and laugh, life is like that
For one, life is bitterness and for the other, cinnamon and anise
Life is a tombola, tombola, tom-tom tombola
Life is a raffle, tom-tom raffle
You don't owe me anything, I don't owe you anything
We leave it like this
Patience because the road is long, I understood that
This is life
This is life
(Sugar!)
Defend what is yours first
Take care of the partner
You don't owe me anything, I don't owe you anything
We leave it like this
Problems and fujilates
I always solve them on time
That's why I live life joyful, happy, content
The one who wants, life takes him
And the one who doesn't... drags him