Santito

Santito

Santito

It tells the story of a child raised in a homeCuenta la historia de un niño criado en un hogar
of low resources where Dad was also absentde bajos recursos donde tampoco estaba Papa
for his mother, it wasn't easy to raise her eight childrenpara su madre no era fácil criar sus ocho hijos
for that reason, her hope clung to her crucifix and Santito!!!!por tal razón su esperanza se aferraba a su crucifijo y Santito!!!!
slowly he grew up, daily he saw the drug businesspoco a poco crecía, diariamente el negocio de la droga el veía
raised in a neighborhood where trafficking was abundantcriado en un caserío donde el trasiego abundaba
he went out to ride his bike and in seconds he was theresalía a correr bicicleta y en segundos se encontraba
but, what fault did that innocent child havepero, que culpa tenia aquel niño inocente
of going out and meeting that kind of peoplede salir y encontrarse con ese tipo de gente
He saw one of his brothers, at home he broke a rule of not going to a big church but to a small oneVeía a uno de sus hermanos, en su hogar rompió una regla de no ir a una iglesia grande sino ir a una pequeña
it's that Santito feels a touch in his heart for the first time and then accepts the Lordes que Santito siente un toque en su corazón por primera vez y luego acepta al Señor
but not three years pass and he strays from God's pathpero no pasan tres años y del camino de Dios se aparta
the enemy with his cunning subtly deceives himel enemigo con su astucia sutilmente a el lo engaña
like every young person, he had goals in his heartcomo todo joven tenia metas en su corazón
his buddy tells him, do you want progress? Go to New York, it wasn't easy and by fatesu pana le dice quieres progreso vete a Nueva York no le fue fácil y por cosas del destino
the enemy presents Santito with another pathel enemigo le presenta a Santito otro camino,
the easy path that many people have chosenel camino fácil que han escogido mucha gente
the one that seemed right and in the end was one of deathel que parecía derecho y al final fue uno de muerte
and Santito, put the noose around his necky es que Santito, al cuello se hecho la soga
by getting into the world of drugs out of necessityal meterse por necesidad al mundo de las drogas

Santito is the life that is born from deathSantito es la vida que nace de muerte
everything is possible when God is presenttodo lo es posible cuando Dios esta presente
the Almighty has the last word (x2)la ultima palabra la da el omnipotente (x2)

Without knowing, he was heading for failureSin el saber, iba rumbo al fracaso
he was a puppet of the devil, he was a clowndel diablo era un monigote era un payaso
he didn't listen to the good things they told himno hacia caso a lo que buenas cosas le decían
he didn't want to take advice, he thought he knew everythingno quería coger consejos se creía que todo sabia
he thought he was invincible, that everything was rosyse creía invencible que todo era color de rosa
without knowing, he was digging his own gravesin saber el mismo estaba cavando su propia fosa
involved in trafficking, even living algae reteenvuelto en el trasiego hasta viviendo alga rete
his God has become a Magnum 357 and who would say!!!su Dios se ha convertido en Magnun 357 y quien diría!!!
that quiet kidque aquel chamaquito tranquilo
was in the city trafficking with kilosse encontraba en la ciudad traficando con los kilos
greed was abundant in his heartcodicia es lo que abundaba en su corazón
because he had a couple of guns, he thought he was James Bondporque tenia un par de armas se creía un James Bond
being the most feared, that was his focusser el mas temido, ese era su enfoque
that everyone respected him in the whole blockque todo mundo lo respetara en todo el bloque
but he had a void that those things didn't fillpero tenia un vacío que esas cosas no llenaban
now he not only sold drugs but also used themahora no solo vendía droga sino que la usaba

Santito is the life that is born from deathSantito es la vida que nace de muerte
everything is possible when God is presenttodo lo es posible cuando Dios esta presente
the Almighty has the last word (x2)la ultima palabra la da el omnipotente (x2)

In a dream, Santito receives a warningEn un sueño Santito recibe un aviso
he saw himself shot lying on the floorse vio baleado tirado en el piso
the next day a couple of partners came to himel otro día vinieron donde el un par de socios
they invited him to make money in a good businesslo invitaron a ganar dinero en un buen negocio
not ten minutes had passed since they arrived at the placeno habían pasado diez minutos que habían llegado al lugar
Santito, very ignorant of what was going to happenSantito bien ignorante a lo que iba a pasar
a shootout started and Santito jumpedse formo una balacera y Santito dio un brinco
he was shot with a forty-fivele dieron un plomazo con una cuarenta y cinco
the issue was an explosive bulletla cuestión del caso fue un plomo explosivo
it tore him apart inside, they took him to intensive carelo desbarato por dentro lo llevaron pa' intensivo
they told his wife, we can't assure himle dijeron a su esposa no lo aseguramos
look for his mother, we'll bury him tomorrowbusquen a su madre que mañana lo enterramos
but in Puerto Rico, a town of God, they prayed for himpero en Puerto Rico un pueblo de Dios por el clamo
and the one they were going to bury opened his two eyesy al que lo iban a enterrar ya sus dos ojos abrió
then the doctors came to certifyentonces vinieron los médicos a certificar
he will live but he will never walkel podrá vivir pero jamás va a caminar
and then when science gave up on himy entonces cuando lo desahució la ciencia
the excellent doctor appearedapareció el medico por excelencia
the one they said would be foreverel que dijeron que iba a estar por siempre
paralyzedparalítico
I have seen him preaching on the streets of Puerto Ricoyo lo he visto predicando en las calles de Puerto Rico

Now I say as Santito would sayAhora yo digo como Santito diría
God is a reality and not philosophy (x2)Dios es una realidad y no es filosofía (x2)

Santito is the life that is born from deathSantito es la vida que nace de muerte
everything is possible when God is presenttodo lo es posible cuando Dios esta presente
the Almighty has the last word (x3)la ultima palabra la da el omnipotente (x3)

as Santito would say. dedicated to my cousin Tony (((SBA))como Santito diría.dedicado para mi primo tony (((SBA)))