Orishas - El kilo (English translation)

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Orishas – El kilo

English translation

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English

Translation

The kilo

I sing to you my way, my brother

I go my way

Chorus

Wrong no, throw it, step on it, pass it on, brother

You forgot, that from the kilo there's no way back, brother

My flow enters, my clan enters

My voice like Jackie Chan's

That's what they give, a thousand stories a thousand

Promises that hook

I know, I was what I tell you, Pipo

The money is the government

Who cuts it, kiddo

Talk, you talk like I didn't belong

Talk about your dirty politics we see

But because you wait

If he who waits, despairs you'll see

So play in the right sidewalk

Chorus

It's not true that the grazing bullet

That all liars use

Those who speak the truth are not many

Tell me how many and where do I see them

Tell me how hard was it for them to arrive

And if they're good

Not for nothing, but they don't make you

Nervous or scared anymore

Lies can remain for years

It has its trick, I don't deny it

Remembering the years of yore

I can only take off my hat to

What I have is musicality

It comes from far

It's not either copied or stolen, it's more

It's inherit, it's another age

Chorus

I warned you time and time again

That I don't play around

With stinky liars

And old cheaters

For the one who dares

He's risking his ass

Terrible blah, blah, blah, terrible "guaguanco, rumberito"

Pick up the old man, as his days are over

And now walk sideways

You cheater

I sing to you my way, brother

Chorus

Lies don't go away

If you don't wait, you despair and so what

It already happened to you once

It's two if you don't see it

Chorus

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Submitted by

Ricky_Marciano on 2011-06-11

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Author's comments:

I'm a native Spanish speaker but the lyrics of this song are in some sort of (Puerto Rican? Colombian?) slang that I can't fully figure, so there are some words I couldn't translate.

Also, don't worry if the song doesn't make much sense, it doesn't really either in Spanish ^.^

Spanish

Original lyrics

El kilo

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Comments

thaicat6

Sat, 11/06/2011 - 20:56

Thank you, Ricky. This translation is fine. Certainly much better than the word-for-word ones I've found on line which make no sense at ALL! =^.^=

FredBed

Tue, 26/06/2012 - 18:44

Sorry, but this isn't a very good translation. The song makes pretty darn good sense in Spanish. Bearing in mind that it's a SONG and not a newspaper article, right?

The song's written using CUBAN slang. "El kilo" as used in this song is slang for a Cuban penny. The slang phrase "el kilo no tiene vuelto" which literally translates as "you can't get change from a penny" roughly means "if you give something of little value, you can't expect to get anything in return."

So, the chorus goes something like this:

(Spanish)
Mentira no, tíralo, pásalo písalo, asereo
Se te olvido, que el kilo no tiene
Vuelto no, asereo

(English)
No lie. Just put it down, step on it, pass on it.
You've forgotten, if you give nothing you won't get anything back.
Seriously.

Also "guaguanco" is a big showy complex dance. So "Tremendo bla, bla, bla, tremendo guaguanco" means "big noise, big show"

The saying "Si el que espera, desesperas" (he who waits, despairs) roughly translates to the English "he who hesitates is lost"

The term "pipo", by the way, isn't a proper name (as shown in the translation), it translates to "kid" or "buddy"

I hope that helps.

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