Hoy Quiero Confesarles

Today I Want to Confess to You

Hoy Quiero Confesarles

Today I want to confess to you loyal friends thatHoy quiero confesarles leales amigos que
Even though time passes and shatters minds, I will not changeAunque el tiempo pase y despedace mentes yo no cambiaré
At least I will tryAl menos eso trataré
At least I will leaveAl menos dejaré
My sweat with honorMi sudor con honor
Wherever I may bePor donde quiera que esté

I know I will trust someoneSé que en alguien confiaré
Then someone will let me downLuego alguien me fallará
And only with faithY sólo con fe
I know nothing will changeSé que nada cambiará

That's why today I don't confessPor eso hoy no me confieso
In a church in front of a priestEn una iglesia frente a un cura
I prefer to confess to my audience and my culturePrefiero confesarme ante mi audiencia y mi cultura

My writing today aimsMi escritura hoy día procura
To talk about life examplesHablarles de ejemplos de vida
And show that if you want, there is a way outY mostrarles que si se quiere hay una salida
That every wound heals but is not forgottenQue cada herida sana pero no se olvida
And emanates a lesson or a drama depending on the decisionY emana una lección o un drama según se decida

The move is not to changeLa movida no es cambiarse
The move is to know oneself, value oneself, respect oneself, and rebelLa movida es conocerse, valorarse, respetarse y revelarse
And not to walk like a photocopied image that criticizes the restY no andarse como una imagen fotocopiada que critica a al resto
But for the rest does nothingPero por el resto no hace nada

The embassy of my soul granted this song a visaLa embajada de mi alma le dio visa a esta canción
To offer a weapon to anyone in need of inspirationPa' brindarle un arma a todo el que precisa inspiración
The mission: Revolution of one's own thinkingLa misión: Revolución de pensamiento propio
Because it's obvious that so much plagiarism doesn't deserve accumulationPorque es obvio que tanto plagio no merece acopio

Meanwhile, those who don't want to see me againEn tanto, los que desean no volverme a ver
Will have to stick their ego up their derriereVan a tener que meterse el ego en el derrier
Because when I see fake rappers fighting for hierarchyPorque al ver falsos raperos que pelean por jerarquía
I take out the pen and shoot them cold-bloodedlyYo saco el lapicero y les disparo a sangre fría

Friends, I confess that I live imprisoned by progressAmigos les confieso que del progreso yo vivo preso
And what I think, even if dense, I express hereY lo que pienso así sea denso aquí expreso
That's why I've earned some criticsPor eso me he ganado algunos críticos
And cynical types, the typical cyclothymicsY tipos cínicos los típicos ciclotímicos
Who usually flatter to your faceQue de frente suelen adular
And are strong in judgingY que fuertes son para juzgar
To point out and defamePa' señalar y difamar
Obviously, behind your back is the essence and cunningObviamente a tu espalda es la esencia y la astucia
That the people with dirty conscience have to shineQue tiene pa' brillar la gente de conciencia sucia

I confess that I have also made mistakesConfieso que también me he equivocado
That I have felt and hurt, hurt others, and violated lawsQue he sentido y dolido a otro he herido y leyes he violado
I have failed senselessly like everyoneHe fallado sin sentido como todos
And thinking depressed, I have understoodY pensando deprimido he comprendido
I learned something anywayAlgo aprendí de todos modos

Sometimes I just want to escape from the worldA veces sólo quisiera escapar del mundo
Wander meditatively and like any vagabondDeambular meditabundo y como cualquier vagabundo
Feel the peace of a January firstPalpar la paz de un primero de enero
And not march to the beat imposed by the king moneyY no marchar al compás que me impone el rey dinero

I surpass myself by reading booksYo me auto supero leyendo libros
Meditating, listening to rhythms, freestylingMeditando oyendo ritmos fristaliando
Creating styles and tryingHaciendo estilos y probando
Traveling, meeting different peopleViajando conociendo gente diferente
And keeping the principles that I have always respectedY conservando los principios que yo he respetado siempre

In my mind always flows shows metricsEn mi mente siempre flows shows métrica
And lyrical criticism, truthful, authentic, and explicitY lírica crítica verídica autentica y explicita
Not mimicking, I leave that to some poor-mindedNo mímica, eso se los dejo algunos pobres de mente
Of spirit and noble thoughtsDe espíritu y de pensamientos nobles