El principio

The Beginning

El principio

Starting from the beginning,Comenzando desde El Principio,
I came to the United States,Vine A Los Estados Unidos,
As a recognized wetback,Como Mojado reconocido,
There we gathered,Ahi nos reunimos,
The few of us who passed through suffering hunger,Los pocos que pasamos con hambre medio sufridos,
Recognize my benefit,Reconoser mi beneficio,
At the age of five living in a building,Al edad de cinco años viviendo un edificio,
In a simple apartment,En un departamento sencillo,
Lost like a hare in the snow,Perdido como una liebre entre la nieve,
We were seven,Eramos siete,
Well.. except for my boss,Bueno.. menos mi jefe,
He didn't know how so my boss told him to leave,No supo ser so mi jefa le dijo vete,
My brothers and my sister knew nothing,Mis hermanos y mi carnala nadie supo nada,
My mother was the one who cried,Mi jefa la que lloraba,
Without any idea we went to classes,Sin tener idea ibamos a clases,
Foreigner to the core making moves,Extranjero hasta la madre haciendo pases,
Unknown people,Gente desconocida,
Speaking in another language, honestly I would have,Hablaba en otra idioma la neta que yo me habria,
Not the slightest idea what it's about,Ni la menor idea de que se trata,
Forced to learn without knowing what I lack,Forzado a aprender sin saber lo que me falta,
One or two extended a hand to me,Uno que otro me extendio la mano,
Countryman, we stood out like a grain,Paisano, resaltamos como grano,

You can take me out the hood,You can take me out the hood,
But you can't take the hood out me,But you can't take the hood out me,
'Cause I'm 'a be where I come from,'Cause I'm 'a be where I come from,
'Cause I'm 'a be where I come from, yes!'Cause I'm 'a be where I come from, si!

Living a lie, ashamed, confused,Viviendo una mentira, con verguenza, confundido,
And I haven't understood that here everyone,Y no he comprendido que aqui todos,
Seems to be countrymen,Paresen ser paisanos,
Mistaken, they are all strangers,Equivocado, todos son extranos,
Thinking that it was the same for everyone,Pensando que para todos era igual,
Eating tortilla tacos with salt,Comiendo tacos de tortilla con sal,
I feel alone in the dark,Me siento solo en lo obscuro,
The more I learn the more I torture,Lo mas que aprendo lo mas que torturo,
To copy to be like everyone else,A copiar a ser igual que los demas,
Telling lies that my mother doesn't take the bus,Hechando mentiras que mi madre no anda en bus
I hide the truth,Escondo la verdad,
And little by little I realize that everything is normal,Y poco a poco me doy cuenta que todo esta normal,
In the house a different story,En la casa historia diferente,
It may be that we are even relatives,Pueda ser que hasta seamos parientes,
Because those born here think they're Americans,Por nacidos aqui se creen gabachos,
And humiliated I am for being from the ranch,Y humillado quedo yo por ser del rancho,

You can take me out the hood,You can take me out the hood,
But you can't take the hood out me,But you can't take the hood out me,
'Cause I'm 'a be where I come from,'Cause I'm 'a be where I come from,
'Cause I'm 'a be where I come from, yes'Cause I'm 'a be where I come from, si

And no matter where I am,Y no importa donde me encuentre,
I always remember where I come from,Siempre me acuerdo de 'onde vengo,
Pure Mexican race.. 100%Pura raza mexicana.. 100%

They ask me who I am,Me preguntan que quien soy yo,
Where I come from,De donde vengo,
With two languages,Con dos idiomas,
What do I pretend,Que es lo que pretendo,
Starting the hustles,Iniciando los jales,
Taking advantage and sharp like cacti,Aprovechando y picudo como nopales,
I don't complain, this is my damn life,Yo no me quejo esta es mi pinche vida,
Like my mother looking for a way out,Como mi jefa buscando la salida,
I'm not a politician nor a fool,No soy politico tampoco menso,
They've wanted to kick us out from the beginning,nos han querido hechar desde el comienzo,
Regretful because my personality is a deception,Arrepentido porque mi personalidad es un engano,
And year after year goes by without thinking once,Y pasa ano tras ano y sin pensarlo una vez,
That I'm living a life in reverse,Que estoy viviendo una vida al revez,
And the ignorant part leaves me,Y se me quita el ignorante,
I sent the false life to hell in an instant,Mande la vida falsa, a la chingada en un instante,
They can take me out of the ranch in steps,Me pueden sacar del rancho a pasos,
But to me, they won't take the ranch away even with blowsPero a mi, el rancho no me lo sacan ni a madrazos

You can take me out the hood,You can take me out the hood,
But you can't take the hood out me,But you can't take the hood out me,
'Cause I'm 'a be where I come from,'Cause I'm 'a be where I come from,
'Cause I'm 'a be where I come from, yes'Cause I'm 'a be where I come from, si