¿Porque Te Tatuatis?
Ay, no puede ser
Lo veo y no lo creo
Después de cinco años
Lo tenía muy de regreso
Mi hijo el mayor que en
El norte anduvo preso
Fuimos al aeropuerto
A recoger al hijo ausente
Que por culpa de las juntas
Andaba de delincuente
Teníamos la fiestecita
Ya en la casa preparada
Que pa cuando llegara
Se diera una atarrajada
Por que andábamos gustosos
No lo podíamos creer
Que mi hijo después de tanto
Estaba a punto de volver
Más cuando vi a mi muchacho
Que se bajo del avión
Ya no lo reconocía
Todo guangocho y pelón
Pero lo peor fue en la casa
Cuando lo vi encuerao
Hay si me dio el ojillo
Al verlo todo tatuao
¿Por que te tatuatis?
(Pos nomás)
¿Por que te pintatis?
(Pos nomás)
¿Por que te rayatis?
(Pos nomás)
Ya te desgraciatis
You stupid fat ass
En la parte de la nuca
Una l y una a
Y abajo en el pescuezo
El nombre de su mama
Tenía una cruz pintada
En uno de sus brazos
Con el nombre de un amigo
Al que mataron a balazos
Luego trae otro tatuaje
Que son dos caras pintadas
Una de ellas esta llorando
Y la otra puras carcajadas
En el otro brazo trae
A color una bandera
Y una vieja con sombrero charro
Y las chichis de fuera
Anda todo bien pintao
Desde el codo a la muñeca
Trae un carro una muerte
Y un calendario azteca
En el pecho trae wetside
Que creo que ese es un barrio
Y también dos manos juntas
Que sostiene un rosario
Unas letras chinas tiene
Y la cabeza de un dragón
Unos dados y entre lumbre
Al sagrado corazón
En la panza trae escrita
La palabra bato loco
En la espalda mi apellido
Y una lágrima en el ojo
¿Por que te tatuatis?
(Pos nomás)
¿Por que te pintatis?
(Pos nomás)
¿Por que te rayatis?
(Pos nomás)
Ya te desgraciatis
You stupid fat ass
(Ay! Ay! Ay!
Por eso e que a uno le dan
Las enfermedades, por esos sustos
Esas penas que le hacen pasar a uno
Miren mi muchacho me llego más rayado que una pared de este
De los ángeles
Y es que tengo miedo que con esas garras y con tanto tatuaje
Me lo vaya a confundir algún policía con un-
Con un cholo)
Le dije por que se pinta
Y no contesto nada
Me dan ganas de bañarlo
Con pura agua oxigenada
Voy a remojarlo en cloro
Y ah tallarlo con jabón
Miren nomás cuanta letra
Ya parece pizarrón
Y lo traen de boca en boca
Esa gente mitotera
Que anda más rayado que un baño
De la central camionera
No hagas eso con tu cuerpo
Haber dime tu que le hayas
Tu crees que te ves muy bien andando
Lleno de rayas
Por más que quiero muchacho
Yo no te puedo entender
Se me hace que te tatuaste
Hasta ya del over there
¿Por que te tatuatis?
(Pos nomás)
¿Por que te pintatis?
(Pos nomás)
¿Por que te rayatis?
(Pos nomás)
Ya te desgraciatis
You stupid fat ass
Why Did You Get Tattooed?
Oh, it can't be
I see it and I can't believe it
After five years
I thought he was long gone
My oldest son who was
Locked up up north
We went to the airport
To pick up our missing son
Who because of the gangs
Was running with the wrong crowd
We had a little party
Already set up at home
So when he arrived
He could really dig in
Because we were so happy
We couldn't believe
That my son after so long
Was about to come back
But when I saw my boy
Step off the plane
I didn't even recognize him
All scruffy and bald
But the worst was at home
When I saw him naked
Oh man, it hit me hard
Seeing him all tattooed
Why did you get tattooed?
(Just because)
Why did you get inked?
(Just because)
Why did you get marked?
(Just because)
You've really messed up
You stupid fat ass
On the back of his neck
An L and an A
And down on his throat
His mom's name
He had a cross painted
On one of his arms
With the name of a friend
Who got shot down
Then he has another tattoo
With two painted faces
One of them is crying
And the other is just laughing
On the other arm he has
A colorful flag
And a lady with a cowboy hat
And her tits hanging out
He's all inked up
From elbow to wrist
He's got a car, a skull
And an Aztec calendar
On his chest it says wetside
I think that's a neighborhood
And also two hands together
Holding a rosary
He's got some Chinese letters
And the head of a dragon
Some dice and flames
Around the sacred heart
On his stomach it says
Crazy dude
On his back my last name
And a tear in his eye
Why did you get tattooed?
(Just because)
Why did you get inked?
(Just because)
Why did you get marked?
(Just because)
You've really messed up
You stupid fat ass
(Ay! Ay! Ay!
That's why people get
Sick, from those shocks
Those pains they put us through
Look at my boy, he came back more marked up than a wall
From Los Angeles
And I'm scared that with all those tattoos
A cop might mistake him for a
For a cholo)
I asked him why he got inked
And he didn't say a thing
I feel like I want to bathe him
In pure hydrogen peroxide
I'm gonna soak him in bleach
And scrub him with soap
Look at all that ink
He looks like a chalkboard
And they pass him around
Those gossiping people
He's more marked up than a bathroom
At the bus station
Don't do that to your body
Come on, tell me what you think
Do you really think you look good
Covered in ink?
As much as I want to, kid
I just can't understand
It seems like you got tattooed
Even from over there
Why did you get tattooed?
(Just because)
Why did you get inked?
(Just because)
Why did you get marked?
(Just because)
You've really messed up
You stupid fat ass