La calle

The Street

La calle

Another morningOtra mañana mas
I have to wake up without any desireme toca despertar sin deseo alguno
To get up againde volverme a levantar
I don't want to hear the news that always playno quiero escuchar las noticias que suenan siempre
In my neighborhood at breakfasten mi barro al desayunar
'Did you hear that they killed Mr. So-and-so's son? It was"¿supiste que mataron al hijo de don fulano?, llevaba
a while that something like that was being sought'tiempo que algo asi se andaba el buscando"
and he found ity lo encontro

My heart hurts and my voice fadesme duele el corazon y se me va la voz
crying to see how my generation is lostllorando al ver como se pierde mi generacion
those I saw grow up, those I played withlos que vi crecer, con los que jugue
the friends I had in school and loved so muchlos amigos que tuve en la escuela y tanto ame
when I converted they said I was crazycuando me converti dijeron que yo estaba loco
that this life must be enjoyed because there is no otherque esta vida hay que gozarla porque no hay otra

[Chorus][Coro]
The street is like a bank that can lend youla calle es como un banco que te puede prestar
and then charge you a very high interesty luego con un interes muy alto comparar
It's not about money, and then you won't be able to payno se trata de dinero, y luego no podras pagar
while it charges you, it will take away the bestmientras te va cobrando lo mejor te quitara
The street knows that you have potentialla calle sabe que tu tienes potencial
that God has something special for your lifeque Dios para tu vida tiene algo especial
but the street comes and offers you vanitypero la calle viene y te brinda vanidad
making you believe you can't escapehaciendote creer que no te puedes escapar
but it's not truepero no es verdad

I remember that timerecuerdo aquella vez
it was a Tuesday 16th, the attempted robberyfue un martes 16, el intento de asalto
I did with José, it seemed like everything wouldque hize con José, parecía que todo saldría
be fine, we were leaving after collecting the moneybien, nos ibamos despúes de el dinero recoger
who would have thought that from a lady's purse¿quien iba a pensar que del bolso de una señora
two shots from a gun could come out?podrían salir dos disparos de una pistola?
and it hit usy nos impacto

and 15 days later was when I woke upy 15 días despúes fue cuando desperte
I was on the brink of death but I survivedestuve al borde de la muerte pero me salve
God allowed me to be born againDios me permitio volver a nacer
I took full advantage of that chance I hadaquel chance que yo tuve bien lo aproveche
I asked about José when he came back to my mindyo pregunte por José cuando volvio a mi mente
someone told me 'he didn't make it.. the bullet was in his forehead'alguien me dijo "no la hizo.. la bala fue en la frente"

[Chorus][Coro]
The street is like a bank that can lend youla calle es como un banco que te puede prestar
and then charge you a very high interesty luego con un interes muy alto comparar
It's not about money, and then you won't be able to payno se trata de dinero, y luego no podras pagar
while it charges you, it will take away the bestmientras te va cobrando lo mejor te quitara
The street knows that you have potentialla calle sabe que tu tienes potencial
that God has something special for your lifeque Dios para tu vida tiene algo especial
but the street comes and offers you vanitypero la calle viene y te brinda vanidad
making you believe you can't escapehaciendote creer que no te puedes escapar
but it's not truepero no es verdad

You can escapetu puedes escapar
You can escapetu puedes escapar