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I heard this song on NPR’s Alt Latino, and thought it was a great sound for both Finca’s Music Corner and Discussions on Development. The lyrics focus on the violence of drug cartels in Mexico, with a powerful lyric claiming that the government of Mexico is making money off of the drug cartels. I thought these lyrics were worth with typing out and translating. Enjoy.
Cuanto tiempo va pasar How much time will pass
Para que pueda mejorar So that things will get better
Todos somos víctimas We are all victims
De un estado conquistado Of a conquered state
Por un gobierno involucrado By a government involved
en las ganancias de el narco In the profits of narcotraffic
Es una nación podrida It’s a rotten nation
Con la poblacion herida With the population hurt
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Es Mexico It’s Mexico
Mexico
Interlude
Son los zetas o es el chapo It’s Los Zetas or it’s El Chapo
Tus hijos ya con sicarios Your kids are already hired hit men
Muerdete la lengua Bite your tongue
Que hay treinta muertos en Vera Cruz Because there’s thirty dead in Veracruz
Es todo un placer y orgullo It’s a pleasure and an honor
Saber que el turno es tuyo Knowing that your turn is next
Que quizás mañana That maybe tomorrow
Ya no llegues vivo a tu casa You won’t make it home alive
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Es mexico It’s Mexico
Mexico
Ra, ra, ra
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Es mexico It’s Mexico
Es mexico It’s Mexico
Mexico
Ra, ra, ra
Verde de mota Green for weed
Blanco de coca White for coke
Y rojo tu sangre And red your blood (colors of the Mexican flag)
Estado fallido campeón Failed state champion
Orgullosos patios traseros Proud backyards
Al sonoro rugir del canon At the resounding roar of the cannon
Y se siembre con tus manos la hierba And be planted with your hands the herbs
Al sonoro rugir del canon At the resounding roar of the cannon
Y se siembre con tus manos la hierba And be planted with your hands the herbs
Al sonoro rugir del canon At the resounding roar of the cannon
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
mexico
o
Es mexico
Mexico
The new album is out today. I should give a huge thanks to wikipedia which is chock full of helpful information on a plethora of lyrics from this song.