El Sapo Lyrics in English by El Halcon De La Sierra

Get ready to meet "El Sapo" [The Toad]! This song by El Halcon De La Sierra introduces us to a tough character who calls himself "el feo y matón" [the ugly and a killer]. He's not messing around, claiming to have sent "nueve cabezales de mandar al panteón" [nine heads to the cemetery]! He's a respected (or feared!) figure on "Las Islas Marías," a former penal colony, where everyone respects him. He thinks it might be because of "errores que les causa mi careta" [mistakes my mask causes them], hinting at a fearsome reputation. He even says that anyone who crosses him "siempre la muerte La encuentras" [always finds death].

But there's a twist! The local priest gets through to him, telling him, "zapa andan mal Ya salte del mal camino" [Toad, you're going down the wrong path, get out of it]. The priest offers forgiveness if he repents, and El Sapo swears "ante Cristo jamás volver a matar" [before Christ, never to kill again]. He's serious about not disappointing them. The song then shifts to a sad story: El Sapo's father is killed by two criminals with a machete. Before dying, his father asks to be buried with El Sapo. The song ends with El Sapo, now a lawyer, carrying the two saddest things: "la del cura y la del sapo" [the priest's (advice) and the toad's (his father's request)], implying he's trying to uphold his promise while dealing with this tragedy.