Amado Carrillo Lyrics in English by Gerardo Ortiz

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Amado Carrillo by Gerardo Ortiz from Spanish to English.

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In history the ranch of Guamuchilito, where they saw their beginnings

He always worked hard since childhood, very humble was the friend

He is Amado Carrillo

Now they tell the stories that he lived, to what things of fate

Airline, code 727, I liked flying with you

I remember well that it came to my mind to take a trip to oblivion

But here is Carrillo

And between false stories follow the stories and I am not forgotten

My operations started strong and we left the ranch

Money always attracts problems and violent became

Because that's how the Carrillo's are

And there are witnesses who learned that in Chihuahua they respected the friend

(Pa' la raza de Chihuahua, pa ' la sierra de Ojinaga

Ay nomas compa)

To what times in the Sierra de Ojinaga, when it all began

We learned that power is in the streets and suddenly they looked at me

With my well-armed people

I also started pulling the reins on bad paying people

Just as I had my needs, I learned to spend money

I had luxuries and special things, the women I love the most

And a filler wash

I want music and all the attention to the people I love the most

We scored until we got tired and bought the shares

From 200 to 300 weekly and these speak of millions

They are not pears or melons

And in Colombia, Pablo always expected him, my respect to the gentlemen

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This is a narcocorrido, a Mexican ballad that tells the story of a real drug lord, here Amado Carrillo Fuentes, the man nicknamed "the Lord of the Skies". Gerardo Ortiz sings it partly in Carrillo's own voice, from humble beginnings on the "rancho del Guamuchilito" [the Guamuchilito ranch] to running a business that "talks in millions".

The song is full of details a translation would hide. "Aerolínea, clave 727" [airline, code 727] points to the Boeing 727 jets that gave him his nickname. "La sierra de Ojinaga" is the mountain region of Chihuahua near the US border where it all started. "Un lavado de relleno" is a sly nod to money laundering. "No son peras ni melones" [they are not pears or melons] is a fun way of saying "we are not talking small change", and "les metimos gol" [we scored goals on them] is football slang for getting one past someone. The last line, "en Colombia, Pablo siempre lo esperaba" [in Colombia, Pablo was always waiting for him], name-drops Pablo Escobar. It is a proud, swaggering story, and honestly a bit much in how it glamorises the whole thing, but the storytelling is sharp.

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