Esta Es La Esquina

This Is The Corner

Esta Es La Esquina

They put their finger on the trigger to hammer and put 10 bullets in their facePonen el dedo en el gatillo para dar martillo y meten 10 plomaso' en su cara
And just like that, they killed the rascal and he didn't say goodbye to his motherY así de simple y sencillo mataron al pillo y no se despidió de su mama

This is the corner where pain aboundsEsta es la esquina donde abunda el dolor
This is the corner where they buzz and killEsta es la esquina donde zumban y matan
This is the corner where love is missingEsta es la esquina donde falta el amor
Sir, where the mayors don't even pass bySeñor por donde los alcaldes ni pasan

He is looking for his friend because he has been bombarding his girlfriend with flowersEsta buscando a su panita por que a su noviecita la estuvo bombardeando de flores
And as if nothing happens, he gets agitated, so I take out his little gun so that if I look for it, he won't cryY como de nada se agita saco su pistolita pues si se la busco que no llore

This is the corner where pain aboundsEsta es la esquina donde abunda el dolor
This is the corner where they buzz and killEsta es la esquina donde zumban y matan
This is the corner where love is missingEsta es la esquina donde falta el amor
Sir, where the mayors don't even passSeñor por donde los alcaldes ni pasan

Is it that there is no attention in homes?Será que en los hogares no hay atención
Maybe every father is a drunkSerá que cada padre es un borrachón
That's why they go to the alleySerá por eso que van al callejón
Where the rain is bullets and the consolation is a bloonDonde la lluvia son balas y el consuelo es un blon

She is taking the medicine and since she is very pure in this case she was not luckyEstá metiendose la cura y como está bien pura en este caso no tuvo suerte
The mother cries with bitternessLa madre llora de amargura
Curse the trash that your son already put in deathMaldice la basura que ya su hijo puso en la muerte

This is the corner where pain aboundsEsta es la esquina donde abunda el dolor
This is the corner where they buzz and killEsta es la esquina donde zumban y matan
This is the corner where love is missingEsta es la esquina donde falta el amor
Sir, where the mayors don't even pass bySeñor por donde los alcaldes ni pasan

The young policeman remembers the days when he was abused at schoolEl jovencito policía se acuerda de los días en que abusaban de él en la escuela
And now he's full of rage and he goes out into the alley knocking out everyone's teethY ahora esta lleno de ira pa el callejón se tira tumbandole a to' el mundo la muela

This is the corner where pain aboundsEsta es la esquina donde abunda el dolor
This is the corner where they buzz and killEsta es la esquina donde zumban y matan
This is the corner where love is missingEsta es la esquina donde falta el amor
Sir, where the mayors don't even pass bySeñor por donde los alcaldes ni pasan

Is it that there is no attention in homes?Será que en los hogares no hay atención
Maybe every father is a drunkSerá que cada padre es un borrachón
That's why they go to the alleySerá por eso que van al callejón
Where the rain is bullets and the consolation is a bloonDonde la lluvia son balas y el consuelo es un blon

This is the jungle where they knock down anyone who speaksEsta es la jungla donde tumban al que hable
The sneakers they don't use are already hanging on the cablesLas tenis que no usan ya las guindan en los cables
If they don't shoot with the AK they cut with a saberSi no tiran con el A.K. cortan con un sable
Everyone sees him but they fear the culpritTodo el mundo le ve pero le temen al culpable
Where the government built a kiosk on every cornerDonde el gobierno en cada esquina construyó un kiosquito
To make it easy for them to buy the drinkPara que se les haga fácil compral' el traguito
Where they distribute rum at a very low priceDonde distrubuyen el ron a un precio bien bajito
So they can get drunk on alcoholPara que se jarten de alcohol
And make them brutalY ponerlos brutitos

This is the corner where my friends dieEsta es la esquina donde mis panitas mueren
That instead of running away from danger they prefer deathQue en vez de irse del peligro la muerte prefieren
They grew up together and kill each other for womenSe criaron juntos y se matan por mujeres
If you guys knew how much that hurts meSi supieran chicos lo que eso a mí me duele
Where everyone has an addicted family memberDonde toda la gente tiene un familiar adicto
Where there are brothers who are working hard preaching ChristDonde hay hermanos que se fajan predicando a Cristo
This is the corner where many people pretend to be cleverEsta es la esquina donde muchos se guillan de listos
It is full of children who have never seen their fatherEsta llena de niños que a su padre nunca han visto

Is it that there is no attention in homes?Será que en los hogares no hay atención
Maybe every father is a drunkSerá que cada padre es un borrachón
That's why they went to the alleySerá por eso que ban al callejón
Where the rain is bullets and the consolation is a bloonDonde la lluvia son balas y el consuelo es un blon