El Corrido de Julian Perez

The Ballad of Julian Perez

El Corrido de Julian Perez

Born poorer than poorNacio mas pobre que el pobre
But courage he had in abundancePero el valor le sobraba
From a very young ageDesde muy chico el muchacho
The boy showed his braverySu valentía demostraba
By giving death to the mobsterDandole le muerte al mafioso
Who killed his fatherQue a su padre le matara
And also mistreated his motherY que tambien a su madre
The coward didEl cobarde maltrataba

That's how things unfoldedAsi se dieron las cosas
That's how destiny wanted itAsi lo quiso el destino
He did a favor to the mafiaLe hizo un favor a la mafia
By killing that individualMatando a aquel individuo
Then there were rearrangementsDespues hubo reacomodos
Julian was protectedJulian quedo protegido
Time flew byEl tiempo paso volando
Little Julian had grown upJuliansito había crecido

His mother turned her back on himSu madre le dio la espalda
And Juanito, his brother, tooTambien juanito su hermano
They went to CaliforniaSe fueron a california
And forgot about JulianY de julian se olvidaron
Because of their businessesPor culpa de sus negocios
Professions they rejectedOficio que rechazaron
Julian became powerfulJualian se hizo poderoso,
Juan became an American soldierJuan soldado americano
Each one took their own pathCada quien por su camino
Challenging destinyAl destino desafiaron

Bad news arrivesLas malas noticias llegan
When we least expect itCuando menos lo esperamos
Missing in warDesaparecido en guerra
Juan Perez is declaredJuan perez es declarado
There in distant landsAlla por lejanas tierras
His platoon was ambushedSu peloton fue emboscado
His mother can't find solaceSu madre no se consuelaaa
And turned to JulianY a julian a procuradoo

You are very powerfulQue tu eres muy poderoso
They say everywhereSe dice por todos lados
That no one can beat youQue nadie puede contigo
That you have everything boughtQue todo tienes comprado
If you want forgivenessSi quieres que te perdone
I'll give you a taskTe voy hacer un encargo
Bring back my JuanTraeme de vuelta a mi juan
And I want him safe and soundY lo quiero sano y salvo

Julian returned to his landsJulian volvio a sus terrenos
And formed a death squadY armo un comando de muerte
The time had comeHabia llegado el momento
To respond to his motherDe asu madre reponderle
His right-hand man, the bossSu brazo derecho el labio
Coordinated everythingLe cordino todo el jefe
But before taking flightPero antes de alzar el vuelooo
He went to Mal Verde's graveFue a la tumba de mal verde

They flew to TurkeyVolaron asta turquia
The maid made them strongLa chacha los hizo fuerte
It was a suicide missionEra una mision suicida
They had to face IraqA iraq tenian que ser frente
They fought for several daysPelaron por varios dias
Ran with a lot of luckCorrieron con mucha suerte
And rescued aliveY rescataron con vida
Juan the soldier PerezA juan el soldado perez
The blood of the familyLa sangre de la familiaaa
The power of powersEl poder de los poderes