Gloria Bendita Lyrics in English by Maka

"Gloria Bendita" (Blessed Glory) is Maka handing out a blessing to everyone who grinds through life without hurting anyone. The chorus keeps aiming it at the same people: "para el que sufre" (for the one who suffers), "para el que lucha, día a día" (for the one who fights, day after day), and the one who "hace todo por su familia" (does everything for their family). It sounds like a prayer you could sing on a street corner.

Then the verses get personal, and a lot heavier. He says "nadie sabe lo que yo sufrí en la vida" (nobody knows what I suffered in life) and that he comes "de donde nadie te quiere" (from where nobody loves you), a place where "solo te curas las heridas" (you only heal your own wounds). His comfort is "un ángel que me cuida" (an angel who looks after me) with black hair and a clean soul. The line that hits hardest is "Quédate to' lo que tengo, y devuélveme a mi mamá" (Keep all I have, and give me back my mom). Note the "to'", a clipped "todo" (everything) you hear all the time in Spanish street music. By the end he admits "mi vida no vale nada" (my life is worth nothing), which is blunt, and then asks God for strength to keep going anyway.