Aprendí

I Learned

Aprendí

I learned that life has its ups and downsAprendí que la vida son buenas y malas rachas
That you meet a thousand people but only one marks youQue conoces a mil personas pero una te marca
That a thousand successes are erased by one mistakeQue mil aciertos se borran y un fallo deja mancha
That what hurts you the most is what hooks youQue lo que más daño te hace es lo que más te engancha

That resentment and envy are just poisonQue el rencor y la envidia solo es un veneno
That you'll never be okay if you keep everything insideQue nuca estarás bien si te lo guardas todo adentro
That even from bad things something good can come outQue hasta de lo malo puede sacarse algo bueno
That there are people who hate each other because one day they loved each otherQue hay personas que se odian porque un día se quisieron

That the smartest eats the strongest, I learned it on the streetQue el más listo se come al fuerte lo aprendí en la calle
That I had to do it myself or no one would do itQue me lo hacía yo solito o no lo iba a hacer nadie
That if something bad happens to me, I suffer and keep it to myselfQue si me pasa algo jodido sufro y me lo callo
That as soon as I trust someone, they let me downQue basta que confíe en alguien para que me falle
That I try to forgive, you don't know, but I can'tQue intento perdonar no sabes pero no me sale
That promises are worthlessQue prometer no vale
That it still hurtsQue todavía duele
That I keep overthinking when I'm aloneQue me sigo rayando cuando estoy solo
That deceiving oneself is useless, you never forget everythingQue engañarse no sirve de nada nunca se olvida de todo

I learned to move forward when things go wrongAprendí a tirar pa' lante cuando las cosas se tuercen
Not to give up, to be consistentA no rendirme, ser consecuente
To shut up anyone who doesn't believe, and hit them in the teethA chaparle la boca a todo el que no cree, y darle con un canto en los dientes
To trust myself and love myselfA confiar en mi mismo y a quererme
That if something doesn't work out, maybe it's destinyA que si algo no sale quizás sea por el destino
Not to let anyone mess with what's mineA no dejar que nadie joda nunca con lo mío
To lose, but not to give upA perder, pero no a darme por vencido
That even the strongest cry when they're screwedA que hasta el más fuerte llora cuando está jodido

And I wanted money and respect when I was a kidY ya quería billetes y respeto siendo un niñato
To sell to have a car at 18 and boom, get a carVender para cumplir los 18 y pum pillarme un carro
To steal to have the coolest clothes in my closetRobar para tener la ropa más guapa en mi armario
To paint to see my name on the wall in every neighborhoodPintar pa ver mi nombre en la pared de cada barrio
With time I learned that my age doesn't reflect my yearsCon el tiempo aprendí que mi edad no se refleja en mis años
That these eyes have seen too muchQue estos ojos han visto demasiado
Too much accumulated anger and hatred leave you scarredDemasiada rabia y odio acumulada, te dejan tocado
I wasn't born strong, what happened to me made me strongNo he nacido fuerte me ha hecho fuerte lo que me ha pasado

Circumstances made us strong and I had problems!¡Nos hicieron fuertes circunstancias y he tenido problemas!
You learn when you lose what you betAprendes cuando palmas lo que apuestas
Handcuffed in a patrol car and I'm thinking of herEsposao en una patrulla y yo pensando en ella
Little one, I swear I'm getting away from this shit!Pequeña, te juro que me alejo de esta mierda!
Ocer, you and I learned to steal to sellOcer, tu y yo aprendimos a robar para vender
Happy kids even though we were short on cashNiñatos felices aunque les faltaban cheles
Inseparable, doing business on the streetInseparables haciendo el chito en la calle
From you I learned that together no one can stop usDe ti aprendí que juntos no nos para nadie

Me, my brotherYo, mi hermano
You taught me not to hit the brakesTu me has enseñado a no pisar los frenos
That if it seems crazy, we do itQue si parece una locura nosotros lo hacemos
I remember you and me with our backs against the wallRecuerdo estar tú y yo y el agua al cuello
Saying we're not leaving hereDiciendo de aquí no nos vamos
Unless our pockets are fullSi no es con los bolsillos llenos

Rolling all messed up in Torrete, relaxRulando to rayaos por torrete, relajate
Act normal and if they catch you, runDisimula y si te pillan corre
It's good to know who loves you and who screws you overConviene saber quien te quiere y quien te jode
Someone who hands you a tissueAlguien que te acerque un clinex
Who caresses you when you cryQue te acaricie cuando llores

I learned that no one can fill this voidAprendí que no existe nadie capaz de rellenar este vacío
That I feel everything more under the rain, in the coldQue lo siento todo mas bajo la lluvia, con el frio
That my heart is mine, that those of us whoQue mi corazón es mio, que los que callamos
Silently endure the pain are the only ones who live itEl dolor somos los únicos que lo vivimos

Sweeping away everything in the wayArrasando con todo lo que se ponga en medio
When you've lived so much, you forget fearCuando has vivido tanto se te olvida el miedo
Respect was quickly learned in the neighborhoodEso del respeto se aprendio rápido en el barrio
Ocer and Rade, brother, my little brothers full of nervesOcer y rade hermano, mis hermanitos puro nervio

We learned that everything goes away but first it sticks with youAprendimos que todo se va pero antes se te clava
To appreciate things when they're goneA valorar las cosas cuando ya no estaban
Our family, love, desireNuestros familiares, el amor, las ganas
The most beautiful things in this life are the ones that endLas cosas mas bonitas de esta vida son las que se acaban
We learned that everything goes away but first it sticks with youAprendimos que todo se va pero antes se te clava
To appreciate things when they're goneA valorar las cosas cuando ya no estaban
Our family, love, desireNuestros familiares, el amor, las ganas
The most beautiful things in this life are the ones that endLas cosas mas bonitas de esta vida son las que se acaban