Lupe Tapia

Lupe Tapia

Lupe Tapia

Compared to a wall likeEs comparado a una tapia como
What covers the land and its peopleLo que cubre al terreno y su gente
It's not something humble material butNo es algo materia humilde pero
Good reinforcement uses his mind wellBuen refuerzo usa bien su mente
He doesn't say it or show it but with theNo dice ni lo demuestra pero con los
Great ones he has a good connectionGrandes tiene buen conecte

On Highway 15 you can see past El SaladoPor la 15 sur se mira pasado el salado
A town on the edgeUn pueblo a la orilla
Where a person was bornDonde nacio una persona
Among poverty and needsEntre la pobreza carencias tenia
He got tired of going hungry and went to theSe enfado de pasar ambre y se fue pal
North to see how he would doNorte haber como le iva

He arrived at the American dreamLlego al sueño americano
Thinking that upon arrivalPensando que al llegar
Everything would change but he hadTodo cambiaria pero tenia
To work just as hard or even harder than beforeQue chingarle igual o mas que antes
He had the desireLas ganas tenia
He started from the bottom but climbingEmpezo de muy abajo pero el ecalando
He reached the topLlego hasta la sima

The ladder is full of broken stepsLa escalera esta llena de escalones rotos
That were breakingQue se rompiaaan
He didn't lose patienceEl no perdio la paciencia
Even though he fell, his ascent continuedAunque se caia su acenso seguia
He thought a lotEso si pensaba mucho
About how to reach the topPara como hacerle para llegar arriba

For him the famous dream turnedPa él el famoso sueño se le convertia
Into a nightmareEn una pesadilla
But once he was establishedPero ya que estuvo estable
He was happyPus ta contento
And joyfulY con alegria
And what he wanted mostU luego que mas deceaba
Was to reach his ranch and see his familyLlegar a su rancho y ver por su familia

The Virgin of GuadalupeLa virgen de guadalupe
The wall on his landLa tapia en su terre
Is the one who takes care of himEs la que lo cuida
Friends of good levelAmigos de buen nivel
He counts on themEl cuenta con ellos
And they count on himY cuentan con el
Unity is strengthLa union hace la fuerza
And here in Sinaloa they know it very wellY aqui en sinaloa lo saben muy bien