La Recompensa Lyrics in English Don Omar , Gallego
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Recompensa by Don Omar from Spanish to English.
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La recompenza es basta
Reward is enough
Y la vida una sola
And life one
Vivir hora tras hora
Live hour after hour
Para morir y ser yo
To die and be me
La recompenza basta
Reward is enough
Y la vida una sola
And life one
Vivir hora tras hora
Live hour after hour
Para morir y ser yo
To die and be me
(Eliel)
(Eliel)
Aveces uno se pregunta si la vida es justa
Sometimes one wonders if life is fair
Porque mi vieja se tuvo que morir de cancer
Because my old lady had to die of cancer
Y no estar aqui conmigo viendome triunfar
And not being here with me watching me succeed
Porque mataron a Georgie, a Charlie, a Tony
Because they killed Georgie, Charlie, Tony
A Carmelo y a su primo Michael
Carmelo and his cousin Michael
Porque los mataron y los dejaron irreconocibles
Because they killed them and left them unrecognizable
Y los tuvimos que enterrar
And we had to bury them
Y llorarlos
And mourn them
Y hasta olvidarlos
And even forget them
Aveces uno se pregunta si la vida vale la pena, socio
Sometimes you wonder if life is worth it, partner
Porque la vida en el caserio
Because life in the farmhouse
No es igual a la vida en una urbanizacion cerrada
It is not equal to life in a gated community
Porque Victor Fajardo se robo el dinero
Because Victor Fajardo stole the money
Que era pa' que nuestros chamaquitos estudiaran
That it was for our chamaquitos to study
Y salieran del barrio con un diploma
And they left the neighborhood with a diploma
En vez de un tiro
Instead of a shot
Porque a Pedro Rosello jamas lo pudieron vincular con el palo del pueblo
Because Pedro Rosello could never be linked to the stick of the people
Porque hay falsos profetas alfrente de una iglesia
Because there are false prophets in front of a church
Y hasta les permiten tener programas de television
And they even allow them to have TV shows.
Porque sigue la guerra en el caserio
Because the war continues in the farmhouse
Y las AK-47, como lobos de una fucking noche interminable
And the AK-47s, like wolves of an endless fucking night
Porque, señora gobernadora, el gobierno nos roba la fe
Because, Madam Governor, the government steals our faith
Y mata nuestras esperanzas
And it kills our hopes
Porque hay que seguir viviendo encontrando tantas dificultados
Because you have to continue living encountering so many difficulties
Porque los domingos en mi barrio no son los mismos que en Torrimar
Because Sundays in my neighborhood are not the same as in Torrimar
Porque Norberto Nieves pudo salir a la graduacion de su hijo
Because Norberto Nieves was able to leave for his son's graduation
Cuando a miles de preso no se les permite
When thousands of prisoners are not allowed
Porque Buzo esta cumpliendo en su casa
Because Diver is fulfilling at home
Y a nuestro hermanito Tempo lo tienen cumpliendo en la Federal
And our little brother Tempo is being fulfilled in the Federal
Porque hay guerra entre Estados Unidos y el Medio Oriente
Because there is war between the United States and the Middle East
Porque hay que seguir viendo mas odio, mas ira, mas ratings
Because you have to keep seeing more hate, more anger, more ratings
Mas carceles, mas masacres, mas sueños rotos, mas lagrimas
More jails, more massacres, more broken dreams, more tears
Mas historias de superacion, de fabricacion de cargos
More stories of overcoming, of fabrication of charges
Porque vivir, mi hermano?
Why live, my brother?
Sientate, que te voy a decir
Sit down, I'm going to tell you
Vivimos, porque la recompenza es estar vivo, papi
We live, because the reward is to be alive, daddy
Me aferre de la verdad
I clung to the truth
Y adopte la realidad
And embrace reality
Por que vivir no es por vivir
Why living is not about living
Si no vivir pa' superar
If not live to overcome
Y me aferre de la verdad
And hold on to the truth
Y adopte la realidad
And embrace reality
Por que vivir no es por vivir
Why living is not about living
Si no vivir pa' superar
If not live to overcome
Yo me aferre a que mi viejo me amara
I clung to my old man loving me
Sin embargo, Edwin Otero lanzo su hija al vacio
However, Edwin Otero threw his daughter into the void.
Yo me aferre a creer en Dios
I cling to believing in God
Cuando sus representantes en la tierra cometian lascivia
When their representatives on earth committed lasciviousness
Yo me aferre a creer en la lealtad
I cling to believing in loyalty
Sim embargo en mi barrio hasta los primos se tiran trambos
Sim embargo in my neighborhood even the cousins are thrown trambos
Yo me aferre a que el gobierno fuera algo verdadero
I clung to government being a real thing
Sin embargo, el gobierno resulto ser una total mentira
However, the government turned out to be a total lie.
Yo me aferre a creer en la paz
I cling to believe in peace
Cuando miles de puertorriqueños son llamadas al field de la guerra
When thousands of Puerto Ricans are called to the field of war
Y mueren por gotas de petroleo
And they die from drops of oil.
Yo me aferre a creer que el matrimonio, segun la iglesia catolica
I cling to believe that marriage, according to the Catholic church
Es hasta que la muerte nos separe
It is until death do us part.
Y sin embargo, viene nuestra gobernadora y se nos divorcia
And yet, our governor comes and divorces us.
Yo me aferre a que los jodedores de la calle no chotean
I cling to the fact that the street don't crash
Y pal de cocorotes panas mias hicieron valvula en la Federal
And pal of cocorotes corduroys mias made valve in the Federal
Y a que se habran aferrao' los dos chamaquitos que salieron de la Grabiela Mistral
And what will have clung to 'the two chamaquitos who left the Grabiela Mistral
Sin saber que esa tarde morian en el Cerro Maravilla
Without knowing that that afternoon they died in Cerro Maravilla
Brother, yo me aferre al amor
Brother, I cling to love
Y estoy vivo
And I'm alive
Este es mi testimonio
This is my testimony
Gallego
Galician
Don Omar
Don Omar
Me aferre de la verdad
I clung to the truth
Y adopte la realidad
And embrace reality
Por que vivir no es por vivir
Why living is not about living
Si no vivir pa' superar
If not live to overcome
Y me aferre de la verdad
And hold on to the truth
Y adopte la realidad
And embrace reality
Por que vivir no es por vivir
Why living is not about living
Si no vivir pa' superar
If not live to overcome
La recompenza es basta
Reward is enough
Y la vida una sola
And life one
Vivir hora tras hora
Live hour after hour
Para morir y ser yo
To die and be me
La recompenza es basta
Reward is enough
Y la vida una sola
And life one
Vivir hora tras hora
Live hour after hour
Para morir y ser yo
To die and be me
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