La Bala Lyrics in English Calle 13

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Bala by Calle 13 from Spanish to English.
Verse 1
The hammer strikes the firing pin
The explosion of the gunpowder forcefully pushes
Rotation and translation movement
The bullet exits, hurled from the barrel
With a direct objective
The bullet strolls safe and steady along its route
Wounding the wind to death
Faster than time
Verse 1
Defending any argument
It doesn't care that its destiny is violent
It goes calm, the bullet, it has no feelings
Like a secret that you don't want to hear
The bullet goes saying it all without speaking
Without raising suspicion, it secures its slaughter
That's why it has its belly full of lead
To reach its prey it doesn't need eyes
And even more when the path is drawn for it by an infrared
The bullet never gives up
If it doesn't kill today, at least it leaves a wound
After its departure
There'll be no stopping it
Verse 1
It obeys its master only once in its life
Chorus 1
There's little money, but there are many bullets
There's little food, but there are many bullets
There are few good people, that's why there are many bullets
Watch out, here comes one
There's little money, but there are many bullets
There's little food, but there are many bullets
There are few good people, that's why there are many bullets
Watch out, here comes one
Verse 2
A shot is heard, it gains confidence
The sound chases it, but doesn't catch it
The bullet bares its steel fangs
And without asking permission
It enters through the skin
Verse 2
It bites the tissues
With rage it tears away
Verse 2
The chest and the arteries to cause hemorrhage
Blood flies, strawberry shake
Bolognese sauce, raspberry syrup
A cascade of contemporary art
Bright red color, comes out through the skull
Chorus 2
There's little money, but there are many bullets
There's little food, but there are many bullets
There are few good people, that's why there are many bullets
Watch out, here comes one
There's little money, but there are many bullets
There's little food, but there are many bullets
There are few good people, that's why there are many bullets
Watch out, here comes one
Verse 3
It would be impossible for someone to kill you
If every bullet cost what a yacht costs
You'd have to save all your salary
To be a mercenary you'd have to be a millionaire
But it's not like that
They kill by the masses
Verse 3
Bullets are just as cheap as condoms
There's little education, there are many cartridges
When little is read, much is shot
There are those who kill and don't show their face
The rich guy gives the order and the poor guy fires it
Bullets aren't needed to prove a point
It's logical
You can't talk with a corpse
Verse 3
Dialogue destroys any macabre situation
Before using bullets, I shoot with words
pla pla pla pla
Chorus 3
There's little money, but there are many bullets
There's little food, but there are many bullets
There are few good people, that's why there are many bullets
Watch out, here comes one
There's little money, but there are many bullets
There's little food, but there are many bullets
There are few good people, that's why there are many bullets
Watch out, here comes one
Outro
There's little money
There's little food
There are few good people
That's why there are many bullets
Outro
Watch out, here comes one
There's little money
There's little food
There are few good people
That's why there are many bullets
Outro
Watch out, here comes one
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SONG MEANING

“La Bala” turns a single bullet into the storyteller, letting us ride its dizzying flight through the air while exposing the harsh social realities that launched it. Calle 13 paints the projectile as a cold, mechanical traveler—faster than time, lacking feelings, packed with lethal lead—to underline how easy it is for violence to move once someone pulls the trigger. As the bullet boasts about piercing skin and spilling “contemporary art” in bright red, the song zooms out to reveal the bigger culprit: a world where poverty is high, education is scarce, and bullets are cheaper than basic needs. The refrain “hay poco dinero, pero hay muchas balas” pounds like a warning siren, reminding us that inequality and ignorance arm more weapons than any factory can.

Yet the track is more than graphic imagery; it is a call to replace gunfire with conversation. Calle 13 argues that if bullets were as expensive as yachts, killings would be rare, and he urges listeners to “disparo con palabras”—to shoot with words instead. By personifying the bullet and then deconstructing the forces that propel it, the song delivers a powerful, tongue-in-cheek plea for dialogue, education, and social justice over violence.

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