Translation of the song lyrics Sonando Despierto - Willie Colón

Sonando Despierto (original)

soñando despierto.
es que ta claro.
todo comenzo en el barrio
metiendome un bate pa estar en arrebatos
pero por la puerta pa otra droga
y malos ratos si que el tiempo fue ingrato
aun la sonrisa tendra dolor de corazon
es que muchas cosas en el barrio caretas son
tengo razon pa meter mi flow pues el talento viene de DiOz!
sacate la mascara y asi veras que querias elegante,
pues aqui vino el que trajo guante y al que caiga
que se lo chante no seas guillao de maliante.
siempre he vivido del mal a su lao'
la calle me ha enseñao' tambien me ha tumbaO'
ya no soy barretiao' de maton.
por que lo que ayer sembraste lo cosechaste,
aqui llego el que andubo mucho mas de 8 millas
te siembro la semilla, la palabra es viDa
ya deje con el padre que me de el poder pa transmitirlo
hoy me movio, hoy el que liriquea es mi don
y mi llamamiento irrebocables son,
sal y luce esos suecos,
que se escuche la vos y la del buen pastor
he tirao cocaina he fumao he fumao bOom,
el cani, rojita y material tumbero,
tambien he sido bembero, los roseadito,
los pintaitos, la penca y los pericos;
he conocio los kui kui’s, los atitos,
que pa algunos son bien ricos, ahi benditos.
la calle y el delito son como hermanos
yo lo he vito' y hasta ahora existo.
si tu creias que hierba mala nunca muere.
estas soñando despierto.
si tu creias que hierba mala nunca muere.
estas soñando despierto.
((BoOm))muchas cosas pa cantarte, muchas
cosas pa contarte,
es que en ese mundo ahi que tener verdadero guante
llega el punto que tenga que quebrarte y la nenas degradarse
yo lo se.
yo lo experimente
que nadie me lo cuente por que yo lo se
es que el que no ha vivido esto por favor
no juzgue mi hermanito que son de hierro.
por que muchos kieren salirse, pero cuando el
dengue viene agarrate que solo la miseria los detiene,
este es un mundo que a nadie le conviene,
oye nene en ese mundo vagabundo
entre el espiritu y la carne hay un abismo muy profundo
y en medio una tormenta que lo lleva dia dia la quina
que ellos fomentan.
oye nene no canto lo que te entretiene si regrese pa cantar lo
que te conviene.
vas en un viaje que solo cristo lo detiene
y en el vicio te mantienes.
que pena, pena, penita, pena
ver mi barrio perdido de esa manera
oye morena nera sube a la azotea y mira
que mi Cristo brega
oyeme anda date un break
sumba pa lante como el elefante es elegante
no busques que malograrte hasta por la mañana
de esa manera el diablo te engaña
no extraña araña que siendo mosca no me reconoscas
diciendo palabras que provocan pero si sales tu
a mi me toca por que
yo se que tu vives la vida loca.
si tu creias que hierba mala nunca muere.
estas soñando despierto.
si tu creias que hierba mala nunca muere.
estas soñando despierto.
la roca tuya la roca mia es que
la tuya la venden 5 gramos pa arriba.
que maldicen desde el que la vende hasta el
que la consume.
dejame darte un resumen.
como el que pone tienda en la esquina
y su barreta es que vende golosinas
mas su comercio es la venta de cocaina
que le vende 5 maracas el paco a la niña
y cuando esta se vuelve adicta se hecha grasa
diciendo como la abran criado en su casa
cuando fuiste tu el que le dio cuerda no te acuerdas
vela por la perla.
teniendo hna, esposa, hijas
que sobre ellas no caiga esta oferta
por que maldicion es lo que pones a la venta
estate alerta que Dios le mete al que no respeta.
es que lo unico que quiero que entiendan
es que la roca mia no la sigo por ciencia, ni
filosofia sino preguntale a maria quien tambien cambio su vida
es que estoy seguro es que la roca mia es la que
guia mi vida y mi existencia,
te lo digo por experiencia, bajo su excelencia
con Cristo a mi dieztra no hay quien me detenga
asi que entren que caben 100
50 paraos, 50 de pie.
por que de Cristo viene mi fe y esa es la semilla que traje
a tu day.

(translation)

daydreaming.
it's that clear.
it all started in the neighborhood
putting a bat in to be in outbursts
but through the door for another drug
and bad times if the time was ungrateful
even the smile will have heartache
is that many things in the caretas neighborhood are
I'm right to put my flow in because the talent comes from DiOz!
take off your mask and you will see that you wanted elegant,
Well, here came the one who brought a glove and whoever falls
let him know, don't be guillao de maliante.
I have always lived from evil at his side
the street has taught me 'it has also graved me'
I'm no longer a bully barretiao.
because what you sowed yesterday you reaped,
here came the one who walked much more than 8 miles
I sow the seed, the word is life
I already left with the father to give me the power to transmit it
today I moved, today the one who lyric is my gift
and my irrevocable appeal are,
come out and show off those swedes,
Let your voice and that of the good shepherd be heard
I shot cocaine I smoked I smoked boom,
the cani, red and tumbero material,
I have also been a bembero, the roseaditos,
the pintaitos, the penca and the parakeets;
I have met the kui kui's, the atitos,
that some are very rich, there blessed.
the street and the crime are like brothers
I have seen it and until now I exist.
if you believed that bad grass never dies.
you're daydreaming
if you believed that bad grass never dies.
you're daydreaming
((BoOm)) many things to sing to you, many
things to tell you,
is that in that world you have to have a real glove
the point comes when I have to break you and the girls degrade
I know it.
I experienced it
that no one tell me because I know
is that the one who has not lived this please
do not judge my little brother that they are made of iron.
because many want to leave, but when the
dengue is coming hold on tight that only misery stops them,
this is a world that suits no one,
hey baby in that wandering world
between the spirit and the flesh there is a very deep abyss
and in the middle a storm that takes him day by day the quinine
that they encourage.
hey baby I don't sing what entertains you if I come back to sing what
that suits you
you are going on a journey that only christ can stop it
and in vice you remain.
what a pity, pity, pity, pity
see my lost neighborhood that way
hey brunette nera goes up to the roof and looks
that my Christ struggles
Hey, come on, give yourself a break
sumba pa lante as the elephant is elegant
do not look for something to spoil you until the morning
that way the devil deceives you
no strange spider that being a fly you do not recognize me
saying words that provoke but if you go out
it's up to me why
I know that you live the crazy life.
if you believed that bad grass never dies.
you're daydreaming
if you believed that bad grass never dies.
you're daydreaming
your rock my rock is that
yours is sold 5 grams above.
who curse from the one who sells it to the
that consumes it.
let me give you a summary.
like the one who puts a store on the corner
and his trick is that he sells candy
but his trade with him is the sale of cocaine
that the paco sells 5 maracas to the girl
and when she is she becomes addicted she becomes fat
Saying how they open it, servant in their house
when you were the one who wound him up, don't you remember
watch over the pearl
having sister, wife, daughters
that this offer does not fall on them
why the hell is what you put up for sale
be alert that God puts the one who does not respect.
is that the only thing I want you to understand
is that I do not follow my rock for science, nor
philosophy but ask maria who also changed her life
is that I am sure is that my rock is the one that
guide my life and my existence,
I tell you from experience, under his excellency
with Christ at my right hand there is no one to stop me
so enter that 100 fit
50 standing, 50 standing.
because my faith comes from Christ and that is the seed that I brought
to your day.