Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Mandinga Times by Rita Indiana from Spanish to English.
Ya los panitas Nostradamus nos dijeron
The homies Nostradamus already told us
Que lo que viene papi es fuerte pa' tu cuero
That what is coming, babe, is strong for your skin
Terror de noche y por el día revolucione'
Terror at night and during the day I revolved
Parece que papa dios cogio vacaciones
It seems that daddy God took a vacation
No hay capicua pa' e'te domino
There is no capicúa for this domino
Son las trompeta' de otro genito
It's the trumpets of another genito
E'to caballos no caben en jeringa
These horses don't fit in a syringe
Recoje, que llega'n los tiempos de Mandinga
Pick up, that the times of Mandinga are coming
No te deje
Don't let yourself
No te deje
Don't let yourself
No te deje
Don't let yourself
Aprendí a vivi'
I learned to live
Y a sobrevivi'
And to survive
Aprendí a vivi'
I learned to live
No te deje
Don't let yourself
Tengo una banderita roja en el cerebro
I have a little red flag in my brain
Cuando se muere un hijo de puta lo celebro
When a son of a b*tch dies, I celebrate
Voy navegando un mar de odio y pomocione'
I'm sailing a sea of hate and promotions
Ya en Filipina comenza'n las ejecucione'
In the Philippines, the executions are starting
En la frontera te venden de to'
At the border, they sell you everything
Un niño en jaula y una 22
A child in a cage and a .22
No hay happy ending pa'l que jode con la gringa
There is no happy ending for those who mess with the gringa
Yo sin papeles en e'to tiempo de Mandinga
I'm without papers in this time of Mandinga
No te deje
Don't let yourself
No te deje
Don't let yourself
No te deje
Don't let yourself
Aprendí a vivi'
I learned to live
Y a sobrevivi'
And to survive
Aprendí a vivi'
I learned to live
No te deje
Don't let yourself
Se coge fuego por abajo y por arriba
It catches fire from below and above
El Amazona ya más tarde te motiva
The Amazon will motivate you later
Y e'to maldito nada más piensan en lo cuarto
And these damn ones only think about the money
Y en como es que van a tumba', estamos jarto
And how they are going to fall, we are fed up
Cuando se quema viene el chicharron
When it burns, the chicharrón comes
Tendrán que comerse su Louis Vuitton
They will have to eat their Louis Vuitton
Esos Supreme, manito, están de pinga
Those Supremes, bro, are f*cking great
Úsalo' pa' corre' cuando llegue Mandinga
Use them to run when Mandinga arrives
Mira, llego Mandinga
Look, Mandinga has arrived
Mira, llego Mandinga
Look, Mandinga has arrived
El mundo está asutao', y aquí nada ha pasado
The world is scared, and here nothing has happened
Mírale la cara, 'tan todito' cagao'
Look at their faces, they are all sh*tting themselves
¿Donde están lo que a mí me han desafiao'?
Where are those who have challenged me?
Mandinga los tiene frutrao'
Mandinga has them frutao'
Si el mundo entero
If the whole world
Lo que es primero y los del punto cero
What is first and those from point zero
Cambiamos el rumbo de nuestro crucero
We change the course of our cruise
En ve' del fin del mundo, pa' uno nuevo
Instead of the end of the world, for a new one
Y pa' la rosa no baje el telón
And for the rose, don't lower the curtain
La madre tierra nos dara el perdón
Mother Earth will give us forgiveness
Nueva alianza, mar y cielo
New alliance, sea and sky
Sol de iniciación
Sun of initiation
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