El AB

The AB

El AB

A very tough manHombre muy duro
They had to use foolsTuvieron que usar boludos
In his beginnings when he was just an immature young manEn sus inicios cuando apenas era un joven inmaduro
He is ArturoÉl es Arturo
Beltrán Leyva is his last nameBeltrán Leyva es su apellido
Boss of bosses, those who sing his ballad know himJefe de jefes lo conocen los que cantan su corrido
Badiraguato land of many storiesBadiraguato tierra de muchos relatos
Since a boy working with his sandals and ragsDesde chamaco chambiador con sus huaraches y sus trapos
The Colombians supply the white powderLos colombianos surten el polvito blanco

The crusade is not so easy, Saint Judas is my SaintNo está tan fácil la cruzada San Juditas es mi Santo
In two thousand and eight Washington declared himEn dos mil ocho Washington lo declaraban
He was accused of smuggling more than 200 tonsEra acusado de meter más de 200 toneladas
Several million dollars in cash I was pocketingVarios millones dólares en efectivo a la bolsa yo me hechaba
And as usual, pure fire, pure old recruitY como de costumbre pura lumbre puro recluta viejo
There in Morelos, he was celebrating a partyAya en Morelos una fiesta celebraba
With the cadets of Linares and also Ramón AyalaCon los cadetes de Linares y también Ramón Ayala
The navy arrivedLlegó la armada
I left the partyDe la fiesta me pelaba
I had Barbie as my escort, with an R he watched over meTraía de escolta a la Barbie con un r me cuidaba
In Cuernavaca, the marines attacked meEn cuernavaca los marinos me atacaban
By land and air, they surrounded us, a hitman informed mePor tierra y aire nos rodeaban un sicario me informaba

There they broke meAhí me quebraban
And they won that battleY esa batalla ganaban
We answered with an hour of bullets and grenadesLes contestamos una hora de balazos y granadas
I retireYo me retiro
Beltrán Leyva is my last nameBeltrán Leyva es mi apellido
Greetings to my brothers who stayed with meSaludos para mis carnales que se quedaron conmigo
I didn't want to leave this life earlyNo me quise ir temprano de esta vida
It's the things of destinySon las cosas del destino