En Este Barrio

In This Neighborhood

En Este Barrio

They always talked about moneyHablaban siempre de dinero
and planned to rob a banky planeaban asaltar un banco
and when another February camey al llegar otro febrero
they dreamed of escaping on a boatsonaban con fugarse en un barco
year after year they kept leaving like thaty ano tras ano se iban yendo asi
t hinking life was a sailboatcreyendo que la vida era un velero
dream after dream they stayed theresueno tras sueno quedaban alli
crucified in a sewercrucificados en un sumidero

one became a f****tuno se hizo maricon
another became a merchant marineotro se hizo marino mercante
that one believes in revolutionaquel cree en la revolucion
while his brother is a drug dealermientras su hermano es un traficante
day by day the boys gode calle en calle los muchachos van
looking for girls for the takingbuscando hembras para el levante
Monday after Monday it repeats the samelunes tras lunes se repite igual
no one can stand this life anymorea esta vida ya no hay quien la aguante

They say they want rock and rollDicen que quieren rock and roll
and some even smoke a jointy algunos hasta se fuman un porro
there are those who dream of Washingtonhay quien suena con washington
and there are those who walk around with a stupid facey hay quien anda con la cara de forro
in this neighborhood there is also the oneen este barrio tambien esta el que
who s**ts on everything and even on New Yorkse caga en todo y hasta en nueva york
he doesn't worship the dollar and clearly seesno adora el dolar y claro lo ve
that the north is not the solutionque ese norte no es la solucion

They always talked about moneyHablaban siempre de dinero
and planned to rob a banky planeaban asaltar un banco
and when another February camey al llegar otro febrero
they dreamed of escaping on a boatsonaban con fugarse en un barco

those who stayed criticize those who leftquien se quedo critica al que se fue
and everyone knows what's going ony todo el mundo sabe lo que pasa
I don't know if I'll stay or if I'll leaveno se si yo me quedo o si me ire
I'm tired of my neighborhood and my houseya me canse de mi barrio y mi casa