Así Crecí Yo

This Is How I Grew Up

Así Crecí Yo

I didn't grow up in the Bronx (no...)Yo no crecí en el bronx (no...)
I grew up among rastas and punks (ye...)Crecí entre rasta y entre punks (ye...)
This is how I grew up (ay...)Así crecí yo (ay...)
I didn't grow up in the Bronx (no...)Yo no crecí en el bronx (no...)
I grew up among palms, sea, and sun (ye...)Crecí entre palmas, mar y sol (ye...)
This is how I grew up (you you)Así crecí yo. (you you)

And since I was a child, music was my shineY desde niño musical fue mi brillo
In school, a complete troublemakerEn la escuela un completo burrillo
With my grandma, a tremendous little devilCon mi abuela un tremendo diablillo
And it hasn't left me since I was a kidY no se me a quitado desde chiquillo
That's how life is in the portAsí se vive en el puerto
And whoever comes will notice that it's trueY el que venga notará que es cierto
The best concerts on the beachEn la playa los mejores conciertos
I know you'll have fun, I warn youSe que te divertirás te advierto
Oh mommy mommy, mommy oh oh ohAy mami mami, mami ay ay ay

One more timeOn more time
Of what you want here ohDe lo que quieres aquí ay
You don't care who criticizes this beautiful styleNo te importa quien critique este hermoso style
Don't play hard to get, so get weirdNo te hagas de rogar así que ponte wird
Mazatlán, Monterrey, Ciudad Juárez, and TJMasatlán, monterrey, ciudad juares y tj
Obson, Los Cabos, Mexicali, and laObson, los cabos, mexicali y la
To have a good time (but)Para pasarla bien (pero)

I didn't grow up in the Bronx (no...)Yo no crecí en el bronx (no...)
I grew up among rastas and punks (ye...)Crecí entre rastas y entre pucks (ye...)
This is how I grew up (ay...)Así crecí yo (ay...)
I didn't grow up in the Bronx (no...)Yo no crecí en el bronx (no...)
I grew up among palms, sea, and sun (ye...)Crecí entre palmas, mar y sol (ye...)
This is how I grew up.Así crecí yo.

As a child, I was like a smurf among giantsDe niño era como un pitufo entre grandes
Among surfers, among their scentEntre surfos entre su tufo
With Bob Marley, one loveCon bob marley one love
Always everyone happySiempre todos happy
I was among that and didn't even know how to hold a pencilYo andaba entre eso y ni sabia agarrar el lápiz
DaddyPapi
At first, the memory I keepAl principio el recuerdo que conservo
Was my first song and I only rhymed it with verbsFue mi primer tema y solo lo rime con verbos
That's why many get distractedPor eso muchos se distraen
Because they learned to run, not to walkPor que aprendieron a correr no a caminar
And when they stop, they fall (ohh)Y cuando se para se caen (ohh)

That's why I decided to grab the micPor eso decidí agarrar el micro
Playing the guitar like a psychoSonando la guitarra como psycho
Sometimes we got really highPor veces nos pusimos bien panaikos
I listened to rap when I listened to maitrosYo escuchaba el rap cuando lo escuchaba maitros
Hey Limp Bizkit, how rockOye limp bizkit que rockero
I turned my cap like himMe voltie la gorra como el
To look like a rapperPara parecer rapero
I wish like Kanye West, Jay Z, BeyoncéQuisiera como a kanye west a jay z a beyonce
(But)(Pero)

I didn't grow up in the BronxYo no crecí en el bronx
I grew up among rastas and punks (ye...)Crecí entre rastas y entre punks (ye...)
This is how I grew up (ay...)Así crecí yo (ay...)
I didn't grow up in the Bronx (no...)Yo no crecí en el bronx (no...)
I grew up among palms, sea, and sun (ye...)Crecí entre palmas mar y sol (ye...)
This is how I grew up.Así crecí yo.

There are typesHay tipos
CopycatsCopiones
Who neverQue nunca
ComposeComponen
And put what IY ponen lo que yo
Would have put a decade agoHuviera puesto hace una década
My musicMi música
Is likeEs como
A snapbackUn snapback
From the HornetsDe hornets
And now that he put it onY ya que se la midió
His headDe su cabesa
He'll never want to take it offNunca más la querrá quitar

I grew up among rastas and punks (ye...)Crecí entre rastas y entre punks (ye...)
This is how I grew up (ay...)Así crecí yo (ay...)
I didn't grow up in the Bronx (no...)Yo no crecí en el bronx (no...)
I grew up among palms, sea, and sun (ye...)Crecí entre palmas mar y sol (ye...)
This is how I grew up.Así crecí yo.