CICLO DE VIDA Lyrics in English by Farruko
Cabrón is a versatile and strong slang term in Spanish. While it can literally mean 'goat', it's most commonly used informally to mean 'badass', 'dude', or, as in this context, 'messed up' or 'really difficult'.
Farruko uses it to express the intensity of his emotions and the harsh realities of life, saying, "En verdad está cabrón, perdona la expresión" (It's truly messed up, excuse the expression). This word captures the raw, unfiltered emotion of the song, making it memorable and impactful.
Farruko wrote "CICLO DE VIDA" as a eulogy that keeps widening until it takes in everyone. It opens flatly — “Unos nacen y otros mueren” [Some are born and others die] — and the first verse is a roll call of friends he has buried: “Rip a los brothers caído' que no sé si están en el cielo” [RIP to the fallen brothers, I don't know if they're in heaven]. He admits he cannot keep his composure about it.
The middle of the song is about what changed after he became a Christian. The invitations stopped: “desde que dije que ahora soy cristiano, ninguno me llama” [since I said I'm a Christian now, nobody calls me], and the people who did call turn out to have been there for the VIP list. He calls them “panas del artista” [the artist's buddies] rather than his own.
The chorus is the line the whole track is built to deliver: “No tengas miedo a morir, teme a vivir sin soñar” [Don't be afraid to die, be afraid of living without dreaming], followed by “nadie se va sin pagar” [nobody leaves without paying].
The last verse turns outward — school shootings, violence on the basketball courts, everyone posturing online — and he stops himself before starting on the music industry. The closing instruction is to talk less and pray more. The track ends with the tag of the album it belongs to, “Mission: CVRBOM VRMOR”, and then runs on for half a minute of instrumental outro.
