Digo Lo Que Pienso Lyrics in English Calle 13

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Digo Lo Que Pienso by Calle 13 from Spanish to English.

I always say what I think

Intro

I always say what I think

Verse 1

I don't want to be your favorite artist

I'm not interested in representing Puerto Rico either

There are athletes to represent my country

My thing is letting my tongue loose and having it slide on the track

I have the kind of respect that can't be bought with money

I'm a decent guy without needing to wear a tie

Rhyming frankly I'm quite an academic

I'm more controversial than Michael Jackson and his doctor

I always say what I think

Verse 1

My rude lyrics are more polite than your silence

A couple of rookies in the scene messed up

But they apologized, there's no problem

Taking indirect shots isn't a man's thing

Whoever takes a shot at me has to mention my name

And when they mention me rhyming stupidities

I make them walk in skirts like the Scots

With a good command of vocabulary

Rhyming there are few horses in the stable

Damn! Envy blocks them

A rocker had to come teach them how to rap

Chorus 1

I always say what I think

There are no guns here, I play it smart

I always say what I think

With two words I can knock out a couple of your teeth

I always say what I think

When I want to say something I say it to your face

I always say what I think

Shutting up doesn't match brave people

Verse 2

Drummer as a kid, rapper when grown

That's why all my insults rhyme on time

To prehistoric mentalities

I capture them with rudeness

Verse 2

Then I kill them with rhetoric

Problems shouldn't be taken for granted

Even more when there's abuse by the state

It'd be very easy for me to write a bolero

Or shoot a video rapping on a sailboat

With naked women stroking my balls

Sacrificing my ideals to sell you a new record

If that's the case I'd rather stay

You can't write about pain

When you write with fear

Verse 2

Settling and giving up

Is like watching somebody drown and letting them die

It doesn't matter if only one person listens to me this time

When I connect with one I connect with ten

Who cares if I don't play on my country's radios

I've got the world spinning with the lyrics I wrote

They censored me for obvious reasons

Because I was more honest with you all

Than I was with my ex-girlfriend

Verse 2

I'm the one that reminds you how f*cked we are

And that all your problems can be like mine

I'm everything that you hide

I'm the one that's here for you tell me how, when and where?

Chorus 2

I always say what I think

There are no guns here, I play it smart

I always say what I think

With two words I can knock out a couple of your teeth

I always say what I think

When I want to say something I say it to your face

I always say what I think

Verse 3

Today the whole world is going to know you

I'm gonna make you famous but for being a cokehead

Drug-addict mayor with an idiot face

Winning those Grammys was like c*mming in your mouth

You're corrupt, you know it, I don't suck my thumb

You've got the face of a scared drug dealer

With the royalty money from this song

I promise I'll take you to Cuba and pay for your rehab

Don't come threaten me with the CIA

I also have friends who are cops

Friends in Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela

Cuba, Argentina and I talk with them every day

Verse 3

I've got friends who've seen me scoring coke

Smelling, sniffing the coke

So they don't say this is a setup

I invite you to take the doping test with me

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SONG MEANING

Digo Lo Que Pienso is Calle 13’s no-filter manifesto. Over a pulsating beat, the Puerto Rican lyricist celebrates the power of an honest tongue, declaring that he would rather spark thought than chase radio play or empty fame. With razor-sharp wordplay, he dismisses cheap celebrity clichés, mocks rivals who attack him with veiled insults, and proves that a well-aimed rhyme can hit harder than any weapon. The song becomes an ode to artistic integrity: Calle 13 refuses to sugar-coat reality, choosing instead to expose social injustices, media censorship, and political corruption while proudly flaunting his wild creative freedom.

At the same time, the track is a rallying cry for listeners to speak up and stay brave. Calle 13 insists that true respect is earned through courage, not through money, status, or fancy clothes. By mixing humor, biting satire, and fearless social critique, he reminds us that silence helps oppression but bold words can inspire change. “Digo Lo Que Pienso” turns rap into both a verbal playground and a protest tool, inviting every listener to drop their fears, sharpen their voice, and join the conversation.

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