Porque los Ricos Lyrics in English Los Prisioneros
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Porque los Ricos by Los Prisioneros from Spanish to English.
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Van a sus colegios a jugar
They go to their schools to play
Con los curas con las monjas
With the priests with the nuns
De la caridad
Of charity
Con sus cuerpos llenos de comida
With their bodies full of food
Crecen como europeos
They grow as Europeans
Rubios y robustos
Blonde and robust
Nos quitan el camino a la universidad
They take away our way to college
Llenan sus libretas de notas sin igual
They fill their notebooks with peerless
Sus cabezas saben todo lo que hay
Their heads know everything there is
Que responder
What to answer
Tienen las escuelas numeradas
They have numbered schools
Nos enseñan humildad y resignación
They teach us humility and resignation
Nos explican de que esta de más
They explain that this one is too much
Intentar pensar siquiera en ser profesional
Trying to even think about being professional
Tu educación es una porquería
Your education is crap
Yo con esas notas, ni siquiera trataría
With those notes, I wouldn't even try
Dedícate a ladrón, a vago o esclavo
Dedicate yourself to thief, lazy or slave
Y nunca trates de entender
And never try to understand
Por qué, por qué los ricos
Why, why the rich
Por qué, por qué los ricos
Why, why the rich
Tienen derecho a pasarlo tan bien
They have the right to have such a good time
Tienen derecho a pasarlo tan bien
They have the right to have such a good time
Por qué, por qué los ricos
Why, why the rich
Por qué, por qué los ricos
Why, why the rich
Tienen derecho a pasarlo tan bien
They have the right to have such a good time
Si son tan imbéciles como los pobres
If they are as imbeciles as the poor
Allí van cruzando su ciudad
There they cross their city
Taquillando en sus autos
Locking in your cars
O en el de su papá
Or his dad's
Disfrutando de la juventud
Enjoying youth
Del derecho de herederos
The right of heirs
De los dueños de América del Sur
From the owners of South America
A veces unos tienen ganas de igualar
Sometimes some feel like equalizing
Forman entidades, juegan a luchar
They form entities, play to fight
De exclusos o reclusos
Excluded or inmates
Y de intelectual
And intellectual
Y todo sigue tan igual
And everything remains so same
Tan igual
So equal
Por qué, por qué los ricos
Why, why the rich
Por qué, por qué los ricos
Why, why the rich
Tienen derecho a pasarlo tan bien
They have the right to have such a good time
Tienen derecho a pasarlo tan bien
They have the right to have such a good time
Por qué, por qué los ricos
Why, why the rich
Por qué, por qué los ricos
Why, why the rich
Tienen derecho a pasarlo tan bien
They have the right to have such a good time
Si son tan imbéciles
If they are such
Si son tan imbéciles
If they are such
Si son tan imbéciles
If they are such
Y los de arriba siguen
And those at the top follow
Y los de abajo siguen
And those at the bottom continue
Y nadie tiene ganas de ver un final
And no one wants to see an ending
Si los de abajo creen
If those below believe
Lo que de arriba dicen
What they say above
En quién voy a confiar
Who will I trust
Quizá al final me de igual
Maybe in the end I'll be the same
Dime por qué
Tell me why
Tantos Mercedes tanta comida
So many Mercedes so much food
Tantas palabras, tantas mentiras
So many words, so many lies
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