Julieta Venegas
Cartel de Santa - El Dolor del Micro (English Translations)
[Verse 1: Babo]
I remember walking by the streets of the hood, being pointed at
"He's all tatted up, he doesn't work, and he's a bum"
Of course I work and started from the bottom
Writing notes in my notebook what life has brought me
It would be easy to just write about amazing rhymes
Brag about a flow that conquers goddesses
That I'm the best MC, sure, fuck it, that's easy peasy
Those skillful rhymes I do with blunt to laugh beside my friends
For peace there has be war first
I hope it's been cleared before you open your fucking mouth, you son of a bitch
I had to hit it hard to sit in this throne
And I'll defend it with my life, with my lines, and with the one that spits lead
[Chorus: Julieta Venegas]
The pain of mic is in the lies
The injuries bleed, let the lead guess who lied
The pain of mic is in the lies
The injuries bleed, let the lead guess who lied
[Verse 2: Babo]
From a unified family, but with a hurt soul
I just wanna leave my girl secured
Nothing should she need and I don't care about anything else
I defend what I have like the narcos and their drugs
When they take something from you, it's because you don't protect it
And this is all I have, I don't know if you get me
Won't be easy for me to give it to you
Before that happens you'd have to waste Babo
[Bridge: Dharius]
And everyone who's always at the front
Those dogs never bark, they only bite
You see me and you think it's pure fantasy
And then you get skunked
[Verse 3]
Fortunately I defend what I got until death
You don't get to where I am by being a coward
I learned from my bros, from my parents
And from all the fam who back me up in the streets
If you don't know me, shut up
Don't cross the fence, I got too many guts
And everyone you see around me
They're the ones who don't know how to go out without flaws
If I am where I am it's because there's a reason
And that's why I'm worth what I'm worthy of
And however they keep doubting and I'm waiting
For any fool to want to prove it
So anyone can bump into me
My pride never not even when I die (uh-huh)
You better walk cautiously
I'm not planning to stop until I achieve what I have dreamed
[Chorus: Julieta Venegas]
The pain of mic is in the lies
The injuries bleed, let the lead guess who lied
The pain of mic is in the lies
The injuries bleed, let the lead guess who lied