La Novela

The Novel

La Novela

I'm afraid of my bossLe tengo miedo a mi jefe
hoping he never comes backdeceando que nunca regrese
waiting for the days for him to leaveesperando los dias pa' que nos deje
this is being imprisonedesto es ser encarcelado
to avoid a beating I stay quietpara evitar una chinga me quedo callado
my brothers and I are markedyo y mis hermanos estamos pintados
walking on tiptoes threatenedcaminando de puntitas amenzados
here in this house I'm uselessaqui en esta casa no sirvo para nada
and I don't look at my boss in love.y ami jefa yo no la miro enamorada.

He's a witness, only his eyes shinees testigo solo le brillan sus ojitos
she cries for how her little ones sufferella llora por como sufren sus morritos
when she sees us at home she looks upsetcuando nos ve en la casa se ve molesto
but what did we do to deserve thispero que hicimos para merecernos esto
he created his destiny and imposed it on usel creo su destino y nos impuso
confused the hobby with abuseconfundio la aficion con el abuso
if he doesn't want us, why doesn't he leavesi no nos quiere porque no se larga
and see who else life makes bittery aver a quien mas la vida les amarga

but I, blind with so much angerpero yo ciego de tanta íra
I hit him almost to deathle golpie hasta casi matarlo
and I told him to leavey le dije te vas a la calle
I'm not going to keep putting up with youya no pienso seguirte aguantando

at night I can't sleep anymorepor las noches ya no duermo
and my days become eternaly mis dias se hacen eternos
with this drama at two in the morningcon este drama a las dos de la mañana
I'm a kid and honestly I'm scaredsoy un chabalo y la neta tengo miedo
my boss turns the neighborhood into hellmi jefe convierto el cantón en un infierno
who would have thought that I, as a kidquien hiba a pensar que yo de chabalito
would think of hitting himcuzara por mi mente romperle el ocico
he never gave us anything, not even a damn hugnunca nos dio nada ni un pinshe abrazo
he just left me with the beatings as a memorynomas de recuerdo me dejo los chingadasos
he took out his anger on my mothersus corajes desquitaba con mi madre
every night he tried to hit hernoche tras noche trataba de pegarle
cowardly he blamed uscobardemente nos culpaba a nosotros
we were kids, just some damn bratsestabamos morros unos pinches mocosos
in the morning I have schoolen la mañana tengo escuela
it's hard to focus because the guy rebels against meesta cabrón enfocarme porque el wey se me revela
walking, I encourage myselfcaminando yo me animo
because tonight we go back to the same.porque esta noche volvemos a los mismo.

there was my son lying thereallí estaba mi hijo tirado
he had died of hunger and coldhabia muerto de hambre y de frio
in his hands I found two coinsen sus manos le haye dos monedas
that he had to buy more wine.que me traiba pa comprar mas vino.

Every Sunday I have an ideaTodos los domingos tengo una idea
for what my boss prayspara lo que mi jefa reza
we don't talk about it among usentre nosotros no lo hablamos
but the feeling is the same among all the siblingspero el sentimiento es igual entre todos los hermanos
and no one helps us, faith is running outy ni quien nos ayude la fe se esta acabando
instead of being responsibleen ves de ser responsable
he's getting drunkse esta emborrachando
we can't go on like this foreverno podemos seguir asi para siempre
and this has to end eventuallyy esto tiene que acabar ultimamente

from Monday to Sundayde lunes a domingo
it's always the same to enduresiempre es lo mismo tener que soportar
the evil of the enemyel mal del enemigo
I see strange things, good and badveo cosas raras buenas y malas
I spend my time on the street to avoid battlesme la paso en la calle pa evitar las batallas
I go play with my friends, with wanderersvoy a jugar con mis amigos, con andariegos
maybe they're going through the sameigual y esten pasando por lo mismo
but I don't tell them anything, maybe at schoolperoyo no les cuento nada igual y en la escuela
they laugh out loud.se rian a carcajadas.

because of being drunk I lost my sonpor borracho perdi yo ami hijo
and my wife whom I adored so muchy ami esposa que tanto adoraba
I want to ask parentsyo les quiero pedir a los padres
not to harm their children.que no le hagan un mal a sus hijos.