Paroles et traduction Régulo Caro - La Tiendita

La Tiendita

Tanto tiempo ha pasado y sigo luchando
De los 20 no paso y sigo en el barrio
Y he mirado a muchos caer de la cima
Los matan o los meten a la escuelita
Jodido pero saco pa′ la tortilla
Y yo sigo aqui
Aqui sigo atendiendo mi tiendita

Mis amigos todos se fueron pa' arriba
Y ahora que tienen con que
Ya ni se arriman
Los miro pasar en sus trocas del año

Y yo sigo en mi charchita circulando
Y ahora que disque toman pura buchanans
Y mientras que aqui hacemos rendir
Con un vaso la caguama

Hay raza que se la lleva charoleando
Presumen trabajar para un fulano
Dicen estar al millon con todos ellos
Y ellos mismos los entregan al gobierno

Cuando les matan al jefe los contrarios
Hay luego cambian de bandera
Y hay andan lamiendole al otro bando

Y no te acabes Obregon, Sonora
Hay te va Tuti, Alex, Juanacas al Edwin

Cuando apenas ya me andaba alivianando
Me salieron con que había un nuevo encargado
Que si no pagaba plaza me ponian
Y que el precio de la libra subirian
Pa′l cochinero de hielo que sacaron
Pero no señor tengo mi dignidad
Jodido pero nunca andare de gato

Y al final la tiendita me la cerraron
Por la limpia que hicieron aqui en el barrio
Agusto trabajaba todo este tiempo
Y estos llegan haciendo su cochinero
Nomas se la llevan calentando plaza
Y me robaron la clientela
Y ahora que hace uno pa' llenar la panza

No niego que lo que hago esta muy malo
Pero en esta crisis no encuentras trabajo
Y si encuentras no sale ni pa' la renta
Mucho menos pa′ salir a dar la vuelta
Ni vendiendo droga sacas pa′ la leche
Imaginen, imaginen trabajar como la gente

The Little Store

So much time has passed and I'm still struggling
I'm not yet 20 and I'm still in the neighborhood
And I've seen many fall from the top
They kill them or put them in the little school
Fucked up but I'm hustling for the tortilla
And I'm still here
I'm still here running my little store

All my friends have gone on to better things
And now that they have something
They don't even come around anymore
I see them go by in their new trucks

And I'm still riding around in my old beat-up car
And now that they drink only Buchanan's
We're making do here
With a glass of beer

There are people who go around showing off
They brag about working for some guy
They say they're millionaires with them
And they're the ones who turn them over to the government

When their boss is killed by the enemy
Then they change sides
And there they go, licking the other side's boots

And I won't end up like Obregon, Sonora
There you go, Tuti, Alex, Juanacas al Edwin

When I was just starting to get ahead
They came to me with a new boss
They said if I didn't pay my dues, they'd put me down
And they'd raise the price of a pound
For the shitty ice they were pedaling
But no, sir, I have my dignity
Fucked up but I'll never be a snitch

And in the end, they closed down my store
For the cleanup they did here in the neighborhood
I worked honestly all this time
And these guys come along and make a mess of things
All they do is heat up the streets
And they stole my customers
And now what's a guy to do to fill his belly?

I don't deny that what I do is wrong
But in this crisis, there are no jobs
And if you find one, it doesn't even pay the rent
Let alone go out and have some fun
Even selling drugs doesn't pay for the milk
Imagine, imagine working like an honest person