Buscando La Manera

Looking For The Way

Buscando La Manera

I'm going to look for the wayVoy a buscar la manera
Today I leave the trenchesHoy salgo de las trincheras
Because ruin doesn't waitPorque la ruina no espera
How to get around itComo sacarle la vuelta

Today there's no decent workHoy no hay trabajo decente
We're all hustlingTodos le andamos perreando
And many just lookingY muchos solo buscando
To mess with whoever allows itDe fregarse a quien se deje

I'm tired of being thatYa me canse de ser ese
Perplexed one that nobody hasPerplejo que nadie tiene
I just seek to make moneySolo busco hacer billetes
Not that they owe me, I don't owe themNi que me deban, no yo deberles

I don't plan on starvingNo pienso morirme de hambre
Waiting for something to happenEsperando a que algo pase
Only the lazy onesSolamente a los flojones
Time will accommodate themEl tiempo ha de acomodarles

When one is a survivorCuando uno es sobreviviente
When poverty sinks youCuando la pobreza te hunde
You lose morals and habitsPierdes moral y costumbre
One does what they canUno busca como puede

When hunger is evidentCuando el hambre es evidente
One doesn't distinguish lawsUno no distingue leyes
And then why do they blame usY luego porque nos culpan
For the misdeeds on TVDe desmanes que hay en la tele

And here we areY aquí seguimos
Looking For The Way, old manBuscando La Manera, viejón
Pure Calibre 50, ajayPuro Calibre 50, ajay

And now who's more villainousY ahora quien es más villano
The government or the thugsEl gobierno o los malandros
They're also very shamelessTambién son muy descarados
In the south they found outEn el sur lo comprobaron

And even though the bone is the sameY aunque el hueso sea el mismo
But the dog is differentPero es diferente el perro
Money is moneyEl dinero es el dinero
And it makes the good one cursedY al bueno lo hace maldito

The 43 in fashionEl 43 de moda
People are going crazyLa gente anda como loca
They're passing the buckSe andan tirando la bolita
To see who catches the troublePara ver quien cacha la bronca

Many looked for the wayMucho busque la manera
To do things rightDe hacer las cosas en regla
But now not even with educationPero ahora ni con escuela
The people find the wayLa plebada haya la puerta

Success isn't for those who get straight A'sNo triunfa el que saca dieses
Success is for those who have connectionsTriunfa el que tiene palancas
They come up with every trickSalen con cada marmaja
They can't shake off their commonnessNo se les quita lo corriente

Because the rich are influentialPorque el rico es influyente
And do what suits themY hace lo que le conviene
And I dream that one day my homelandY yo sueño que un despierte día mi patria
Will open its eyes and wake upAbra los ojos y se despierte