Balada Para No Dormir

Ballad For Not Sleeping

Balada Para No Dormir

[Dribble][Gambeta]
We interrupt this broadcast in the name of insomniaInterrumpimos esta transmisión en nombre del insomnio
Street reporters will speak without embellishmentsReporteros de la calle hablarán sin adornos
They will add the degrees of alcohol that the sweet tangerine lacks to be poison, that's how my life goes and rhymesLe pondrán a la dulce mandarina los grados de alcohol que le faltan para ser veneno, así es mi vida y rima
Imagine! It's not the law, it's the one who creates it, corrupts it, toasts and feels like a king. It's not them, it's you who has been disrespected¡Imagina! Que no es la ley, es el que la crea el que la corrompe, brinda y se siente un rey. Que no son ellos, eres tú el que ha sido irrespetado
Televisionally dulled and swindledTelevisivamente embrutecido y estafado
It's not the sword, it's the warrior who wins battlesQue no es la espada, es el guerrero el que gana las batallas
And exposes his neck to the duel before a medalY expone su cuello al duelo antes que a una medalla
It's not the school, it's the historiansQue no es la escuela, son los historiadores
Who, for education, taught you their mistakesLos que por educación te enseñaron sus errores
It's not the revolution that causes warNo es la revolución la causante de la guerra
It's the group of unconscious people who kill in its nameSon la partida de inconscientes que matan en nombre de ella
It's not the homeland that limpsQue no es la patria la que cojea
It's justice that steps on a mineEs la justicia la que pisa una mina
And walks but doesn't arrive, so kid, don't believeY camina pero no llega, o sea niño no creas
Santa Claus doesn't come to your town out of fear! No!Santa Claus no viene a tu pueblo por miedo ¡No!
He doesn't come because there are no chimneysNo viene porque no hay chimeneas
It's not life that's ugly, it's what composes itNo es la vida fea, es lo que la compone
Celebrities donate their compassionFamosos donan sus compasiones
The bad thing is that it's not edibleLo malo es que eso no se come

I dedicate this ballad to not sleepTe dedico esta balada para no dormir
It's not the typical love song for the unhappyNo es la típica canción de amor pa' el infeliz
It's my silences, my sleepless nights writingSon mis silencios, mis noches de insomnio escribiendo
Struggling to fall asleep to surviveBregando a conciliar el sueño de sobrevivir

I dedicate this ballad to not sleepTe dedico esta balada para no dormir
It's not the typical love song for the unhappyNo es la típica canción de amor pa' el infeliz
It's my silences, my sleepless nights writingSon mis silencios, mis noches de insomnio escribiendo
Struggling to fall asleep to surviveBregando a conciliar el sueño de sobrevivir

[Kaztro][Kaztro]
Directly from the sceneDirectamente desde el sitio de los hechos
There are no rights to accept bad information, wellNo hay derechos pa' aceptar la mala información, pues
The need doesn't have to shake hands with humiliationLa necesidad no tiene porqué dar su mano con la humillación
Today's headline is: It's not the disease that seals deathEl titular de hoy es: No es la enfermedad la que muerte sella
It's those who sadly seek profit from itSon los que con pesar buscan el provecho de ella
The child hasn't grown up wrong, sirEl niño no ha crecido mal, señor
It's the poorly raised by his father who bought him obedienceEs el mal criado de su padre que la obediencia le compró
It's not the bad company, it'sNo es la mala compañía es
That now it's commercial to act ignorantQue ahora es comercial hacerse el ignorante
Trends bother, in the future, remember what this mouth told youLas modas si incomodan, en un futuro ten presente lo que esta boca te decía
That in a similarly clumsy past, you lookedQue en un pasado igual de torpe te veías
A poor neighborhood didn't bring thieves to youUn pobre barrio ladrones no te trajo
It's your luxuries, motorcycle, cell phone, that value your workSon tus lujos, moto, celular, los que valorizan tu trabajo
It's not that the stubborn doesn't want to healNo es que el terco no se quiera ya aliviar
It's the doctor who decides which pocket to operate onEs el médico que decide que bolsillo hay que operar
It's not poverty that defines youNo es la pobreza la que te define
It's the low self-esteem influenced by TV and moviesEs la baja autoestima que te influye la TV y el cine
What! The boss helps others¡Cual! Que el jefe ayuda a los demás
If it's the working class that makes his company workSi es la clase obrera que hace a su empresa funcionar

I dedicate this ballad to not sleepTe dedico esta balada para no dormir
It's not the typical love song for the unhappyNo es la típica canción de amor pa' el infeliz
It's my silences, my sleepless nights writingSon mis silencios, mis noches de insomnio escribiendo
Struggling to fall asleep to surviveBregando a conciliar el sueño de sobrevivir

I dedicate this ballad to not sleepTe dedico esta balada para no dormir
It's not the typical love song for the unhappyNo es la típica canción de amor pa' el infeliz
It's my silences, my sleepless nights writingSon mis silencios, mis noches de insomnio escribiendo
Struggling to fall asleep to surviveBregando a conciliar el sueño de sobrevivir

[Dribble][Gambeta]
It's not the spear, it's the aim of the IndianNo es la lanza es la puntería del indio
Real is not the one who says he's realReal no es el que dice que es real
Real is the one who didn't give up, didn't sell outReal es el que no se rindió, no se vendió
You didn't understand me. In my sale, I'll explain it to you!No me entendió. En mi expendio ¡Se lo explico!
After this fire, let's see if you learnedDespués de este incendio, a ver si aprendió
I dedicate this shout upon wakingTe dedico este grito al despertar
This ballad is a bullet with no way back straight to the occipitalEsta balada es una bala sin reversa directo al occipital

[Kaztro][Kaztro]
And to the hospital he wentY al hospital fue a parar
Copying is no longer essentialEl que copiar es primordial
There's no cure for this tough liteRAPture that ensuresYa no hay cura pa' esta dura liteRAPtura que asegura
That some things some don't want to realizeQue de ciertas cosas no se quieren dar algunos cuenta
Because helplessness confronts them right therePorque la impotencia ahí mismo los enfrenta
To either do nothing or lose everythingA que no hagas nada o tu intento pierda todo
I try everything in the end, I lose nothingYo lo intento todo al fin de cuentas, no pierdo nada

[Kaztro and Dribble][Kaztro y Gambeta]
It's not the pot in the kitchen, it's the recipeNo es la olla en la cocina, es la receta
It's not A and B, it's from A to ZNo es la A y la B es de la A a la Z
It's not wealth, respect is for those who respectNo es la riqueza, el respeto es para el que respeta
It's Fa-zeta, it's Askahp, it's Kaztro, it's Dribble, and that's itEs Fa-zeta, es Askahp, es Kaztro, es Gambeta y ya