Perdoname Ama

Forgive me, Mom

Perdoname Ama

Yo this song's going out to all the little homies out thereYo this song's going out to all the little homies out there
That are thinking of getting into troubleThat are thinking of getting into trouble
Hope this song makes you thinkHope this song makes you think

In the middle of the hallway I felt really lostEn medio del pasillo me sentía bien perdido
Everyone was going crazyPasaba todo el mundo estaba enloquesido
I would show my courage fighting with my sisterSacaba mi coraje peleando con mi hermana
I thought about killing myself, my life is nothingPensaba en matarme, mi vida no es nada

Unable to understand in my ignoranceSin poder entender bajo mi ignorancia
My mom will suffer throughout my childhoodMi jefita sufrirá por toda mi infancia
One day she sat me down and said: Don't be stupidUn día me sentó y me dijo: No seas pendejo
Do you think I like cleaning mirrors?¿Tú crees que a mí me gusta andar limpiando espejos?

You don't know about life, my mom told meNo sabes de la vida, me dijo mi jefita
Stop smoking and also that drinkDeja de fumar y también esa bebida
If you don't straighten up, you'll end up in jailSi no te compones preso irás a terminar
By your own will, you'll destroy yourselfPor tu propia voluntad te irás a destrozar

And those little friends who claim to be familyY esos amiguitos que se dicen ser familia
All they teach you are pure obscenitiesNomás lo que te enseñan son puras groserías
Tell me how many times have they prayed a Rosary for youDime cuantas veces te han resado un Rosario
All they teach you is how to be lazyNomás lo que te enseñan es a como ser un bago

Forgive me, mom, I didn't mean to hurt youPerdóname amá no te quise lastimar
You tried to warn me, I couldn't listenMe quisiste avisar no te pude escuchar
Forgive me, mom, I didn't mean to hurt youPerdóname amá no te quise lastimar
The love you gave me, I won't find it againEl amor que tú me diste no lo voy a encontrar

They sent me to school, I hung out with the homiesMe mandaban al la escuela, me pintiaba con los Homies
At my friend's house, I kept drinking and drinkingEn la casa de mi amigo me pasaba tome y tome
We did everything, we had no mercyLe entrabamos a todo, no teníamos perdón
I was the boss of the gang, the toughest oneEl jefe de la banda era yo el más chingón

But everything comes to an end, the money ran outPero todo llega a un, fin la lana se acabó
I wanted to do a job, rob the liquor storeQuise hacer un jale, asaltar la liquor store
I didn't want to use my gun but George got excitedNo quise usar mi cuete pero George se aceleró
He shot Chino and he fell to the groundLe metió un cuetazo al Chino y al piso se calló

In the middle of the chaos, I didn't know what happenedEn medio de la preda no supe que pasó
I ran to the other side and the cops caught meCorri pa'l otro lado y la juda me alcanzó
She said don't move or I'll shoot you bald hereMe dijo no te muevas o te trueno aquí pelón
After that day, another life beganDespués de ese día otra vida empezó

When I was in the patrol car, I thought of my momCuando iba en la patrulla pensé en mi jefita
Now I really messed up, she'll be left aloneAhora si que la regué, se va a quedar solita
I remember my grandfather used to tell meYo recuerdo que mi abuelo me decía
Don't be stupid, there's no gang or homeboyNo seas bruto no hay pandilla ni homeboy
That can get you out of the graveQue te saque de sepulcro

Forgive me, mom, I didn't mean to hurt youPerdóname amá no te quise lastimar
You tried to warn me, I couldn't listenMe quisiste avisar no te pude escuchar
Forgive me, mom, I didn't mean to hurt youPerdóname amá no te quise lastimar
The love you gave me, I won't find it againEl amor que tú me diste no lo voy a encontrar

Locked up in the pen for the rest of my lifeEncerrado en la pinta el resto de mi vida
I suffered a great pain for failing my momSufrí un gran dolor por fallarle a mi jefita
I don't know what to do, my life is lostYa no sé qué hacer mi vida está perdida
I'll pay the consequences, there'll be no way outPagaré las consecuencias, ya no habrá salida

On the street I was tough but here I'm worth nothingEn la calle fui chingón pero aquí no valgo nada
I'm just a number like other comradesSoy un simple numero como otros camaradas
Although it wasn't my fault and I didn't mean to killAunque no fue mi culpa y no quise yo matar
If you're in gangs, the same will happen to youSi andas en pandillas lo mismo te irá a pasar

Today locked up thinking about what to doHoy encarcelado pensando en que hacer
If I had stayed to study, do goodSi me hubiera yo quedado a estudiar, hacer el bien
That's why I tell you to follow good stepsPor eso yo les digo siguan buenos pasos
You have to be polite, keep studyingHay que hacer cumplidos, siguan estudiando

I broke my mother's heartDestrocé el corazón de mi madre
The one who gave me her bloodLa que me dio su sangre
The one who gave birth to me and took away my hungerLa que me dio a luz y me quito pues el hambre
I'll suffer all my life, here I'll meet deathSufriré toda mi vida, aquí conoceré la muerte
Only God will know how my fate runs hereSolo Dios sabrá como aquí corre mi suerte

Forgive me, mom, I didn't mean to hurt youPerdóname amá no te quise lastimar
You tried to warn me, I couldn't listenMe quisiste avisar no te pude escuchar
Forgive me, mom, I didn't mean to hurt youPerdóname amá no te quise lastimar
The love you gave me, I won't find it againEl amor que tú me diste no lo voy a encontrar

Forgive me, mom, I didn't mean to hurt youPerdóname amá no te quise lastimar
You tried to warn me, I couldn't listenMe quisistes avisar no te pude escuchar
Forgive me, mom, I didn't mean to hurt youPerdóname amá no te quise lastimar
The love you gave me, I won't find it againEl amor que tú me diste no lo voy a encontrar