El Demagogo Lyrics in English Lila Downs
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Demagogo by Lila Downs from Spanish to English.
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En la orilla de un sueño
On the shore of a dream
Donde cruza la línea
Where the line crosses
Crece un odio de envidia
An envy hatred grows
Porque somos más
Because we are more
Hay un diablo blanco que se cree rey del mundo
There is a white devil who believes is king of the world
Compra y vende el odio
Buy and sell hate
Para su negocio
For your business
Últimamente, y tú quién te crees
Lately, and you who believe yourself
Nos echas a pelear y que es que ni cuenta te das
You put us to fight and what you don't even tell you
Parece un juego, pero esto es real
It looks like a game, but this is real
Y le rezo a los ancestros
And I pray to the ancestors
Que no se dejen engañar
Do not be fooled
Despertó la vez que a otra vez en este momento
Woke up the time at the moment
Esclavitud, cadenas arrastrando
Slavery, chains dragging
Él es un merólico, ambulante, charlatán
He is a merical, traveling, charlatan
Arrastrado del pasado
Dragged from the past
Que no debemos ser
That we should not be
Musolini, Adolf Hitler, Pinochet
Musolini, Adolf Hitler, Pinochet
La tierra tiembla cuando recuerda
The Earth trembles when it remembers
No respeta a la mujer
Does not respect women
No respeta razas
It does not respect races
No respeta vida
It does not respect life
Toda la humanidad
All humanity
Pero a mí no me compra mi alma
But my soul doesn't buy me
No hay seguro
There is no insurance
Voy colmando el odio
I'm filling hatred
Voy sembrando amor
I'm sowing love
No hay seguro
There is no insurance
De la explotación
Of exploitation
Pero es mi casa
But it's my house
No hay seguro
There is no insurance
La luz de la mañana
The morning light
El lugar de mis ancestros
The place of my ancestors
Las flores del desierto
Desert flowers
No hay seguro
There is no insurance
El amor es más grande
Love is bigger
Es más fuerte que el odio
Is stronger than hate
A los cuatro vientos
To the four winds
Yo le pido aquí
I ask you here
Yo levanto mi canto
I raise my song
Mi destino lo cambió
My destiny changed it
Mucho tiempo he aguantado
I have endured a long time
Ahora sí voy pa' lante
Now I'm going to pay
Ahora sí voy pa' lante
Now I'm going to pay
Ahora sí voy pa' lante
Now I'm going to pay
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