Cancion Despojo Lyrics in English Cultura Profética
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cancion Despojo by Cultura Profética from Spanish to English.
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Ey-ey-ey, sí
Hey-hey-hey, yeah
¿Te crees que es broma?, pues coge, toma (uh)
Do you think it's a joke? Well, take this, take it (uh)
Ando empuñando mi bolígrafo por esta zona
I'm wielding my pen in this area
Y si te asoma'
And if you peek out
Verás como hay de sobra
you'll see there's plenty
Canciones y obras
Songs and works
Que valen más de lo que cobran (ajá)
That are worth more than they charge (uh-huh)
Y más vale
And it's better
Que entiendas y aprendas
That you understand and learn
A no apoyar tu seguridad en tus prendas (nah)
Not to base your security on your possessions (nah)
Porque si todo lo pierdes entonces ¿con que te quedas?
Because if you lose everything then what are you left with?
Si todo lo que tienes es solo adornos, que pena
If all you have are just ornaments, what a shame
De verdad que triste suena como condena
It truly sounds sad, like a condemnation
Que tú bases la vida en solo mierda material
That you base your life on just material sh*t
Nada especial se puede comprar (nah)
Nothing special can be bought (nah)
Como dice el principito, lo esencial es invisible a los ojo'
As the Little Prince says, what's essential is invisible to the eyes
Por eso canto un coro como despojo
That's why I sing a chorus like a shedding
Tratando de sacarme todo eso
Trying to get all that out of me
A que estamos acostumbrados (¿a qué?)
That we're used to (to what?)
A ser fichas del ajedrez ciudadano (tell me)
To being pawns in the citizen's chess game (tell me)
Hay que sacarlo todo limpio y fresco
We have to get it all out clean and fresh
Una canción despojo te ofrezco (ajá)
I offer you a song of release (uh-huh)
Pues no hay pretexto
Because there's no excuse
Para no hacer el intento (ah)
Not to make the attempt (ah)
Cambiar tu vida de contexto (yeah, Willy)
To change your life's context (yeah, Willy)
Que pa' sacarlo todo limpio y fresco (ajá)
So we can get it all out clean and fresh (uh-huh)
Una canción despojo te ofrezco (yeh)
I offer you a song of release (yeh)
Pues no hay pretexto (yo)
Because there's no excuse (yo)
Para no hacer el intento
Not to make the attempt
Ah-ah
Ah-ah
(Don't stop)
(Don't stop)
Y es que yo no voy con la vida social, lotería
And it's that I don't go with social life, lottery
Amparados a la suerte cada día
Relying on luck every day
Allí abajo en el puro rostro del trabajo
Down there in the pure face of work
Hay arrugas de cansancio pero sigue dando el tajo
There are wrinkles of tiredness but it keeps cutting
Porque es caro, vivir este momento es caro
Because it's expensive, living this moment is expensive
Y claro, con el crédito
And of course, with credit
Todo el mundo histérico
Everyone's hysterical
Teniéndolo todo más, debiéndolo todo
Having more of everything, owing everything
Y está ya to' gastau' antes que llegue el día de cobro
And it's already all spent before payday arrives
Ni modo, hay que andarse de codos
No way, you have to elbow your way through
Hay que andarse negando favores, se pierden valores
You have to go around denying favors, values are lost
Se pierde el '¿te ayudo mi hermano?'
The 'can I help you, my brother?' is lost
Pues sólo trabajo pa' pagar
Because I only work to pay
Y darme el lujo de gastar en más esclavitud
And afford the luxury of spending on more slavery
Más trabajo, difícilmente encajo aquí
More work, I hardly fit in here
Me resulta francamente absurdo estar viviendo así
It's frankly absurd for me to be living like this
No es pa' mí esta vida rutinaria
This routine life isn't for me
No quiero que rija mi vida mi situación bancaria
I don't want my bank situation to rule my life
Situación precaria me presagia
A precarious situation foretells for me
Vida agria y no es mi área
A bitter life and it's not my area
Soy fanfarria y alegría (alegría)
I'm fanfare and joy (joy)
Aunque a veces se me olvida
Although sometimes I forget
Pero pongo siempre resistencia y mi pasión no se arrodilla
But I always resist and my passion doesn't kneel
Alzo el bembe e' abajo y la barbilla
I raise my chin and my mouth
Pa' reafirmar que estar jodío no me humilla
To reaffirm that being f*cked up doesn't humiliate me
No me baja (nah), no me frena y no me quita
It doesn't bring me down (nah), it doesn't stop me and it doesn't take away
La habilidad de cantar lo que me agita porque (dile)
The ability to sing what stirs me because (tell them)
Hay que sacarlo todo limpio y fresco
We have to get it all out clean and fresh
Una canción despojo te ofrezco (yeh)
I offer you a song of release (yeh)
Pues no hay pretexto
Because there's no excuse
Para no hacer el intento
Not to make the attempt
Cambiar tu vida de contexto (dile, Willy)
To change your life's context (tell them, Willy)
Que pa' sacarlo todo limpio y fresco (ey)
So we can get it all out clean and fresh (hey)
Una canción despojo te ofrezco
I offer you a song of release
Pues no hay pretexto
Because there's no excuse
Para no hacer el intento
Not to make the attempt
(Pa' cambiar tu vida de contexto)
(To change your life's context)
(Going out to the hardcore Hip-hop)
(Going out to the hardcore Hip-hop)
(The soul)
(The soul)
(If you hold me then you)
(If you hold me then you)
(Podemos hacerlo) (move)
(We can do it) (move)
(If you hold me then you want to eat)
(If you hold me then you want to eat)
(Bueno)
(Good)
(Take one) (ajá, yeh)
(Take one) (uh-huh, yeh)
(Alright, check, yo)
(Alright, check, yo)
So, entre el trajín del diario vivir y los problemas
So, between the hustle of daily life and the problems
Olvidamos que somos humanos
We forget that we're human
Y que en las venas corre sangre
And that blood runs in our veins
Que este sistema es demasia'o de grande
That this system is too big
Donde muchos se hacen ricos y otros se mueren de hambre
Where many get rich and others die of hunger
Y la rutina de tu vida se apodera (ah-ah)
And your life's routine takes over (ah-ah)
Se contaminan las pupilas con ceguera (yeh)
Pupils are contaminated with blindness (yeh)
Se nos ocultan las historias verdaderas (¿por qué?)
True stories are hidden from us (why?)
A conveniencia del sistema las escuelas (ah, yeh)
For the system's convenience, the schools (ah, yeh)
Libertad de expresión con la lengua amordazada
Freedom of expression with a muzzled tongue
Pues los medios nos mantienen la conciencia anestesiada
Because the media keeps our conscience anesthetized
Editando las noticias (ajá) ¿quién les discute?
Editing the news (uh-huh) who argues with them?
Por eso no conviene que el pueblo se eduque
That's why it's not convenient for the people to be educated
Por eso digo que hay
That's why I say we have
Que sacarlo todo limpio y fresco
To get it all out clean and fresh
Una canción despojo te ofrezco
I offer you a song of release
Pues no hay pretexto
Because there's no excuse
Para no hacer el intento
Not to make the attempt
Cambiar tu vida de contexto (dilo, Willy)
To change your life's context (say it, Willy)
Que pa' sacarlo todo limpio y fresco (ajá)
So we can get it all out clean and fresh (uh-huh)
Una canción despojo te ofrezco (wu)
I offer you a song of release (wu)
Pues no hay pretexto
Because there's no excuse
Para no hacer el intento
Not to make the attempt
(Pa' cambiar tu vida, vida)
(To change your life, life)
Cambia tu vida, vota esa mala vibra
Change your life, throw out that bad vibe
En tu dieta es necesaria mi rima que es pura fibra
In your diet my rhyme is necessary, it's pure fiber
No te confundas, al vacilón yo no me opongo
Don't get confused, I don't oppose having fun
Pero el exceso te tiene los sesos lleno e' hongo, yo
But excess has your brains full of fungus, yo
Y no es que quiera yo guillarme del más serio
And it's not that I want to act like the most serious
Pero has tomau' la ruta vía expreso al cementerio
But you've taken the express route to the cemetery
En una guerra mental, la que vivimos hoy en día
In a mental war, the one we live today
La realidad está en tu cara pero todavía no la ves
Reality is in your face but you still don't see it
Preguntas por qué tienes estrés
You ask why you have stress
Por qué visitas al psiquiatra una vez al mes
Why you visit the psychiatrist once a month
Por qué caminas como un zombie, siempre medicau'
Why you walk like a zombie, always medicated
Por qué dependes de pastillas y siempre pelau'
Why you depend on pills and are always broke
Te amamantaron con cupones y ahora nadie dobla el lomo
They breastfed you with coupons and now nobody bends their back
Y quizás terminas en Irak repartiendo plomo, yo
And maybe you end up in Iraq distributing lead, yo
Yo mientras tanto me controlo con balance
Meanwhile I control myself with balance
De tripas hago corazones, con lo que me alcance
From guts I make hearts, with whatever I have
Pues es cuesta arriba como luchar contra el cáncer
Because it's uphill like fighting cancer
Pero ready pa' sacarla 'el parque cuando llegue el chance
But ready to hit it out of the park when the chance comes
Ando en lo mío, en pocas personas confío
I'm doing my thing, I trust few people
El futuro se ve oscuro por eso siempre sonrío
The future looks dark, that's why I always smile
Y suelo ser optimista pues el límite es el cielo
And I tend to be optimistic because the limit is the sky
Desde donde me bendicen mi hermana, tía y abuelo
From where my sister, aunt, and grandfather bless me
Y voy pa' lante tranquilo y paciente
And I go forward calm and patient
Apuntando a las estrellas como el mismo Clemente, yo
Aiming for the stars like Clemente himself, yo
Desde Borinquen sacudimos el planeta
From Borinquen we shake the planet
Cuando el gran Carlos Arroyo sacudió su camiseta
When the great Carlos Arroyo shook his jersey
En frente de aquellos que nos pusieron el sello De inferiores
In front of those who put the stamp of inferiority on us
Y ese mismo día cogieron lo de ellos, yo
And that same day they got what was coming to them, yo
Hay que sacarlo todo limpio y fresco (fresco)
We have to get it all out clean and fresh (fresh)
Una canción despojo te ofrezco (uh)
I offer you a song of release (uh)
Pues no hay pretexto
Because there's no excuse
Para no hacer el intento
Not to make the attempt
Cambiar tu vida de contexto
To change your life's context
Que pa' sacarlo todo limpio y fresco
So we can get it all out clean and fresh
Una canción despojo te ofrezco
I offer you a song of release
Pues no hay pretexto (dile)
Because there's no excuse (tell them)
Para no hacer el intento (Willy)
Not to make the attempt (Willy)
(Pa' cambiar tu vida de contexto)
(To change your life's context)
Hay que sacarlo todo, todo
We have to get it all out, all of it
Limpio y fresco (sacarlo todo limpio y fresco)
Clean and fresh (get it all out clean and fresh)
Te ofrezco este texto travieso, mi verso (ah)
I offer you this mischievous text, my verse (ah)
Pa' ver si tu bregas con eso, mira
To see if you deal with that, look
Que pa' sacarlo todo limpio y fresco (ah-ah, ah-ah)
So we can get it all out clean and fresh (ah-ah, ah-ah)
No toma tanto esfuerzo
It doesn't take that much effort
Así de fácil te lo presento
That's how easy I present it to you
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despojo — stripping away / dispossession
Despojo literally means 'stripping away' or 'dispossession'. It's a strong and somewhat uncommon word that immediately grabs attention due to its intensity.
In the context of the song, Cultura Profética uses "canción despojo" to describe a song that aims to strip away all the material attachments, societal pressures, and superficial values that burden people. It's about shedding the unnecessary to find what's truly essential, making it a powerful and thought-provoking choice.
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