El Momento Lyrics in English by DrefQuila
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Momento by DrefQuila from Spanish to English.
Yo me paso la vida escribiéndole al amor
I spend my life writing to love
Y para no sufrir me hice amigo del dolor
And to not suffer I became friends with pain
Siempre soñé con esto, nunca me vi de doctor
I always dreamed of this, I never saw myself as a doctor
No es quien lo hace primero, es quien lo hace mejor
It's not who does it first, it's who does it best
Ya no quiero tres millones, ahora voy por todo
I don't want three million anymore, now I'm going for everything
Pero pa' eso hay que ensuciar el traje con lodo
But for that you have to get the suit dirty with mud
Quiero una mesa llena donde descansen mis codos
I want a full table where my elbows can rest
Yeah, sin modales ni protocolos
Yeah, without manners or protocols
Yo no tengo amigos, tengo hermanos
I don't have friends, I have brothers
Que escribirían por mí si me cortaran las manos
Who would write for me if they cut off my hands
Que están en el invierno, no tan solo en el verano
Who are there in winter, not just in summer
Que han estado si pierdo, y ahora están mientras ganó
Who have been there if I lose, and now are there while I win
Yo me dedico a escribir barras
I dedicate myself to writing bars
A escribir todo lo que nunca copié de la pizarra
To writing everything I never copied from the blackboard
Porque mientras el profesor hablaba
Because while the teacher spoke
Pensaba en transformar en oro la chatarra
I thought about transforming junk into gold
Ahora hay mucho amigo fake
Now there are many fake friends
Que envidian la corona pero no entienden el peso de ser rey
Who envy the crown but don't understand the weight of being king
Y cuando ya no le den a esto play
And when they no longer play this
Estarán al lado los de siempre como desde el primer day
The usual ones will be by my side like from the first day
Sé que pronto va a ser el momento, ma'
I know it's going to be the moment soon, babe
Y si no fue ayer pronto lo será
And if it wasn't yesterday, it will be soon
Sé que pronto va a ser el momento, ma'
I know it's going to be the moment soon, babe
Cumpliendo mi deber, entregarte más, ah-ah
Fulfilling my duty, to give you more, ah-ah
La música es libre, no me gusta encasillarla
Music is free, I don't like to pigeonhole it
Solo la tiro al aire pa' quien quiera respirarla
I just throw it in the air for whoever wants to breathe it
Si no tienes opciones entonces sale a buscarlas
If you don't have options then go out and look for them
Si no tienes cojones cuida muy bien tus palabras
If you don't have balls, take good care of your words
Soy distraído, casi todo se me olvida
I'm distracted, I forget almost everything
Excepto ese detallito de ser feliz en la vida
Except that little detail of being happy in life
Sé que estoy bendecido y que de arriba me cuidan
I know I'm blessed and that they watch over me from above
Para hacer lo que amo y no lo que un jefe pida
To do what I love and not what a boss asks for
Mami yo lado tuyo, o tú arriba mío
Babe, me by your side, or you on top of me
Hacemos que el infierno parezca frío
We make hell seem cold
No te preocupes si me tiran en sus temas
Don't worry if they diss me in their songs
Porque son como fuego que no quema
Because they're like fire that doesn't burn
Toda la vida compartiendo como corresponde
All my life sharing as it should be
Comiendo bien, rapeando bien, sin importar donde
Eating well, rapping well, no matter where
A mí me enseñaron que el respeto hace un hombre
They taught me that respect makes a man
Te ensucias solo tú el querer ensuciar mi nombre
You only get yourself dirty by wanting to tarnish my name
Deja de odiar y preocuparte por lo que hace el otro
Stop hating and worrying about what the other does
Que la envidia al final solo te vuelve loco
That envy in the end only drives you crazy
Mejor preocúpate de actuar, que te escucho poco
Better worry about acting, 'cause I hear little from you
Y yo haciendo casi nada el panorama exploto
And me doing almost nothing, the scene blew up
Sé que pronto va a ser el momento, ma'
I know it's going to be the moment soon, babe
Y si no fue ayer pronto lo será
And if it wasn't yesterday, it will be soon
Sé que pronto va a ser el momento, ma'
I know it's going to be the moment soon, babe
Cumpliendo mi deber, entregarte más, ah-ah
Fulfilling my duty, to give you more, ah-ah
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Claudio Ignacio Montano Ceura, Jorge Dante Munoz Lizana
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chatarra — scrap metal / junk
Chatarra literally means "scrap metal" or "junk". It's an interesting word because it's not commonly found in song lyrics, especially in a metaphorical sense.
In this song, DrefQuila uses it to represent something of little value or potential. He sings about thinking "en transformar en oro la chatarra" (of transforming the junk into gold), symbolizing his ambition to take something seemingly worthless and turn it into something incredibly valuable through his music and effort. This powerful metaphor makes the word stand out.
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