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The End of Childhood

Café Tacvba

El Fin De La Infancia

Si nos quieren conquistar,
tendran que quemarnos vivos.
Si nos quieren ver bailar,
a ritmo de cinco siglos.
Al cantar esta cancion tengo algo que contarles,
que desde ahora quiero ser dueño de mis pasos de baile.

Y bailando caballito con la banda cafecitos, como no lo va a lograr ?
Y bailando caballito con la banda cafecitos, como no lo van a respetar ?

Yo no me voy a matar,
por convicciones ajenas,
y si acaso alguien murio,
eso confirma la regla,
de que todas estas tendencias,
nunca nos llevan a nada,
de ahora en adelante,
mandalas para su casa.

Y bailando caballito con la banda cafecitos, como no lo va a lograr ?
Y bailando caballito con la banda cafecitos, como no lo van a respetar ?

Seremos capaces de bailar por nuestra cuenta ?
seremos capaces de bailar ?
basta ya de interrogar !

La gente dice que el baile,
solo es una diversion,
y artistas extranjeros,
se lleva la comision,
hoy quitare el miedo,
a sentirme en la vanguardia,
sin tener que ir a New York,
para ver alla que pasa.

Y bailando caballito con la banda cafecitos, como no lo va a lograr ?
Y bailando caballito con la banda cafecitos, como no lo van a respetar ?

Para que tirar la piedra,
no estoy libre de pecado,
con todos los mestizos,
tambien me maleducaron,
por que ya estoy grandecito,
para decidir mi vida,
quinientos años frustrados,
creo que ya fue gran medida

Y bailando caballito con la banda cafecitos, como no lo va a lograr ?
Y bailando caballito con la banda cafecitos, como no lo van a respetar ?

Seremos capaces de bailar por nuestra cuenta ?
seremos capaces de bailar ?
Seremos capaces de pensar por nuestra cuenta ?
seremos capaces de pensar ?
basta ya de interrogar !

basta ya de interrogar !

The End of Childhood

If they want to conquer us,
they will have to burn us alive.
If they want to see us dance,
to the rhythm of five centuries.
When singing this song, I have something to tell you,
that from now on I want to be the owner of my dance steps.

And dancing horsey with the little coffee band, how will they not achieve it?
And dancing horsey with the little coffee band, how will they not respect it?

I'm not going to kill myself,
for other people's convictions,
and if someone died,
that confirms the rule,
that all these trends,
never lead us anywhere,
from now on,
send them back home.

And dancing horsey with the little coffee band, how will they not achieve it?
And dancing horsey with the little coffee band, how will they not respect it?

Will we be able to dance on our own?
Will we be able to dance?
Enough of interrogating!

People say that dancing,
is just a diversion,
and foreign artists,
take the commission,
today I will remove the fear,
of feeling at the forefront,
without having to go to New York,
to see what's happening there.

And dancing horsey with the little coffee band, how will they not achieve it?
And dancing horsey with the little coffee band, how will they not respect it?

Why throw the stone,
I'm not free from sin,
with all the mestizos,
they also misbehaved me,
because I'm already grown up,
to decide my life,
five hundred frustrated years,
I think it's been enough.

And dancing horsey with the little coffee band, how will they not achieve it?
And dancing horsey with the little coffee band, how will they not respect it?

Will we be able to dance on our own?
Will we be able to dance?
Will we be able to think on our own?
Will we be able to think?
Enough of interrogating!

Enough of interrogating!

Escrita por: Joselo Rangel