Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Habana by Maka from Spanish to English.
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Sobrino, ¿de dónde viene'?
Nephew, where does it come from?
De Santiago para, España
From Santiago to, Spain
¿Pa' dónde va'? ¿Pa' dónde va'?
Where are you going? Where are you going?
Sin que me importe lo que digan, soy feliz
No matter what they say, I'm happy
Tengo bastante con mi vida, yo no soy
I have enough with my life, I am not
Humano ni más que nadie, a mí me parió la calle
Human no more than anyone else, the street gave birth to me
Por muchos colores que hayan, al fin y al cabo somos to' iguales
No matter how many colors there are, at the end of the day we are all the same
No sabe de dónde vengo cuando se me está juzgando
You don't know where I come from when you're judging me
Me gustaría prestarte mis ojos y que andara' con mis dos zapatos
I would like to lend you my eyes and walk with my two shoes
Que veas lo que yo he vivido, para que pise donde yo he pisado
May you see what I have experienced, so that you can step where I have stepped
No todos tenemos un mismo camino
We don't all have the same path
Yo no vengo de La Habana, yo vengo del callejón
I don't come from Havana, I come from the alley
Del barrio de La Maya, donde reside el sabor
From the La Maya neighborhood, where the flavor resides
Yo no vengo de La Habana, yo vengo del callejón
I don't come from Havana, I come from the alley
Del barrio de La Maya, donde reside el sabor
From the La Maya neighborhood, where the flavor resides
Aunque seas de otro color, tú sigues siendo mi hermano
Even if you are a different color, you are still my brother
Tussi de cualquier sabor, cocina mi colombiano
Tussi of any flavor, cook my Colombian
Trabajamo' más que un negro, trabajamo' a lo haitiano
We work harder than a black man, we work Haitian style
Un abrazo para mi Yamel, mi negrito gitano
A hug for my Yamel, my little black gypsy
Me crié viendo al Vaquilla y escuchando a Los Chicho'
I grew up watching Vaquilla and listening to Los Chicho'
Cuando bajo para P.R. no ando con huelebicho'
When I go down to P.R. I don't hang out with bug-smelling
Tengo unas venezolana' que son como un capricho
I have some Venezuelan ones that are like a whim
Y del barrio que yo vengo no se aceptan hechizo'
And from the neighborhood I come from, spells are not accepted'
Escuchando Camarón, le di a tu paya sin condón
Listening to Camarón, I hit your paya without a condom
Mi hermanito se acostaba escuchando la canción
My little brother went to bed listening to the song
Que decía 'Madre mía, perdona por ser ladrón'
That she said 'My mother, forgive me for being a thief'
Pero el Gucci ya salió y ahora tenemos el control
But the Gucci is out and now we have control
Un saludo para mis jagua' moviendo el del marrón
Greetings to my jagua' moving the brown one
Un saludo para los flaite' que la roban de menor
Greetings to the flaite' who steal her as a minor
Para los que andan en Europa, lejos de la familia
For those who are in Europe, far from family
Les deseo libertad, salud y cero envidia
I wish you freedom, health and zero envy
Yo no vengo de La Habana, yo vengo del callejón
I don't come from Havana, I come from the alley
Del barrio de La Maya, donde reside el sabor
From the La Maya neighborhood, where the flavor resides
Yo no vengo de La Habana, yo vengo del callejón
I don't come from Havana, I come from the alley
Del barrio de La Maya, donde reside el sabor
From the La Maya neighborhood, where the flavor resides
Lailo-lailo, el Maka con el Pablo
Lailo-lailo, the Maka with the Pablo
Haciendo chelito sin venderno' al diablo
Making chelito without selling ourselves to the devil
Lailo-lailo, el Maka con el Pablo
Lailo-lailo, the Maka with the Pablo
El que es de la calle sabe De lo que hablo
He who is from the street knows what I'm talking about
Lailo-lailo, el Maka con el Pablo
Lailo-lailo, the Maka with the Pablo
Haciendo chelito sin venderno' al diablo
Making chelito without selling ourselves to the devil
Lailo-lailo, el Maka con el Pablo
Lailo-lailo, the Maka with the Pablo
El que es de la calle sabe De lo que hablo
He who is from the street knows what I'm talking about
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