Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Crisis de un mc [CAF] by Ana Tijoux from Spanish to English.
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La crisis de un MC frente a su cuaderno
The crisis of an MC in front of his notebook
Cuya pagina blanca abierta espera de su atuendo
Whose open white page awaits her outfit
Pero, ningún traje es suficientemente bueno
But, no suit is good enough
Ella quiere más más
She wants more
Y él no se siente del todo pleno
And he doesn't feel completely fulfilled.
Cada mañana cuando analiza su rostro
Every morning when you analyze your face
El siente que alimenta por dentro un monstruo
He feels that he feeds a monster inside
Que difícil encarar y encararse
How difficult to face and face
Ser de una forma, y de otra forma mostrarse
Being one way, and showing oneself in another way
Para, una persona simplemente compleja
For, a simply complex person
Que cada vez que sube a escena siente que se despelleja
That every time he goes on stage he feels that he skins
Lo sabe la noche cuando el aire se espesa
The night knows it when the air thickens
Es algo que le pesa pero él no lo refleja
It is something that weighs on him but he does not reflect it.
La crisis de un MC frente a si mismo
The crisis of an MC in front of himself
Que miraba el mundo con demasiado idealismo
Who looked at the world with too much idealism
Ya que sus estatuas se rompen con el tiempo
Since their statues break over time
Ni los arbotantes pueden evitar que vaya ya cayendo
Not even flying buttresses can prevent it from falling
Va recogiendo cada pedazo, con el anhelo de revivir de un simple flechazo
He picks up each piece, with the desire to revive from a simple crush
Cada instante aparece frente a él
Every moment appears in front of him
Como era vivir con la música a flor de pieles
What it was like to live with music on the surface
La crisis de un MC que se siente solo
The crisis of a MC who feels lonely
Que por alguna razón necesita estar bajo su toldo
That for some reason needs to be under your awning
Aislarse del mundo, convivir en silencio
To isolate oneself from the world, to live together in silence
Con la contradicción de siempre cantar para el resto
With the contradiction of always singing for the rest
Crisis de hombres, crisis de MC's
Men's crisis, MC's crisis
Crisis de seres que quieren ser felices
Crisis of beings who want to be happy
Crisis de humanos con cicatrices y que rimando descubrieron sus directrices
Crisis of humans with scars and that rhyming discovered their guidelines
Crisis de hombres, crisis de MC's
Men's crisis, MC's crisis
Crisis de seres que quieren ser felices
Crisis of beings who want to be happy
Crisis de humanos con cicatrices y que rimando tienen directrices
Crisis of scarred and rhyming humans have guidelines
La crisis de un MC frente a la palabra
The crisis of an MC versus the word
Que arma, desarma y plasma y que por momentos lo traba
That weapon, disarms and plasma and that at times hinders it
Que a veces no puede porque en él no cree
That sometimes he can't because he doesn't believe in him
Y que a veces quiere decir tanto pero no se atreve
And that sometimes he wants to say so much but does not dare
Así que se queda solo mirando el techo
So he is left alone staring at the ceiling
Con la angustia pegada en las costillas y en el pecho
With the anguish stuck in the ribs and chest
Se siente distante como un punto a parte
Feels distant as a point apart
Como una coma perdida de un verso tan vibrante
Like a lost comma from such a vibrant verse
Y en un instante, no se siente poeta ni cantante
And in an instant, he doesn't feel like a poet or a singer.
Solo rima para el público y escucha su voz en el parlante
Just rhyme for the audience and hear their voice on the speaker
Es algo disonante, es algo que no logra explicar
It's something dissonant, it's something it can't explain.
Pero para él siempre es una constante
But for him it is always a constant.
La crisis de un MC demasiado sensible
The crisis of an overly sensitive MC
Cuyo desierto infinito en tan invisible
Whose infinite desert in so invisible
La audiencia lo escucha indestructible
The audience listens indestructibly
Pero el solo rima por que así el se siente libre
But he only rhymes because he feels free
Crisis de hombres, crisis de MC's
Men's crisis, MC's crisis
Crisis de seres que quieren ser felices
Crisis of beings who want to be happy
Crisis de humanos con cicatrices y que rimando descubrieron sus directrices
Crisis of humans with scars and that rhyming discovered their guidelines
Crisis de hombres, crisis de MC's
Men's crisis, MC's crisis
Crisis de seres que quieren ser felices
Crisis of beings who want to be happy
Crisis de humanos con cicatrices y que rimando tienen directrices
Crisis of scarred and rhyming humans have guidelines
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