Lyrics and translation Los Tucanes de Tijuana - El Centenario

El Centenario

Si eres pobre te humilla la gente
Si eres rico te tratan muy bien
Un amigo se metió a la mafia
Porque pobre ya no quiso ser
Ahora tiene dinero de sobra
Por costales le pagan al mes

Todos le dicen el Centenario
Por la joya que brilla en su pecho
Ahora todos lo ven diferente
Se acabaron todos sus desprecios
Nomás porque trae carro del año
Ya lo ven con el signo de pesos

Lo persigue el gobierno gabacho
Pero el no deja de trabajar
A Los Ángeles va a cada rato
Y regresa con un dineral
El recibe ordenes desde arriba
Y las cumple ha como de lugar

Al peligro ya se acostumbró
Y por eso no le teme a nada
En un Corvette se pasea tranquilo
Por Tijuana y por Guadalajara
Por Los Ángeles y San Francisco
Y también por la Vegas Nevada

Con la mafia se gana dinero
Pero se necesita valor
Porque aquí no hay ningún parentesco
No se permite ningun error
Siempre te andas rifando el pellejo
Con las leyes o con el patrón

El Centenario

If you are poor, people humiliate you
If you are rich, they treat you very well
A friend of mine joined the mafia
Because he didn't want to be poor anymore
Now he has money to spare
They pay him in sacks every month

Everyone calls him El Centenario
Because of the jewel that shines on his chest
Now everyone sees him differently
All his contempt is gone
Just because he drives a new car
They already see him with the peso sign

The gringo government is after him
But he doesn't stop working
He goes to Los Angeles all the time
And comes back with a lot of money
He receives orders from above
And he carries them out as best he can

He's used to danger now
And that's why he's not afraid of anything
He drives around in a Corvette
Around Tijuana and Guadalajara
Around Los Angeles and San Francisco
And also around Las Vegas, Nevada

You can make money with the mafia
But you need courage
Because there's no kinship here
No mistakes are allowed
You're always risking your life
With the law or with the boss