El De Arriba Lyrics in English Voz de Mando

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El De Arriba by Voz de Mando from Spanish to English.

What I have earned with sweat, I have earned it

I walk slow, at a very honorable pace

I don't walk with a tray showing off to people what doesn't belong to me

There is no need to dirty my hands

Although many say that cheating is progress

I know how to earn every peso with balls without selling my soul to the devil

Everyone chooses their hells in life

I chose to be one of the good ones

But there are many fools who confuse that

And label you as a fool, they do wrong

But I don't feel complex

I walk

Straight like my mother taught me, with purpose in life

What is the use of being a badass if you f*cked several to be on top?

Badasses are those who without overshadowing

Anyone, always shine

I walk

Straight like my father taught me, without backing down on the way up

Never let another carry your backpack

Or show you another way out

Fight hard with courage and without doubt

That the reward will always come

The one above never fails

There is no need to dirty my hands

Although many say that cheating is progress

I know how to earn every peso with balls without selling my soul to the devil

Everyone chooses their hells in life

I chose to be one of the good ones

But there are many fools who confuse that

And label you as a fool, they do wrong

But I don't feel complex

I walk

Straight like my mother taught me, with purpose in life

What is the use of being a badass if you f*cked several to be on top?

Badasses are those who without overshadowing

Anyone, always shine

I walk

Straight like my father taught me, without backing down on the way up

Never let another carry your backpack

Or show you another way out

Fight hard with courage and without doubt

That the reward will always come

The one above never fails

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SONG MEANING

“El De Arriba” is a proud anthem of integrity and hard-earned success. Voz de Mando’s narrator reminds us that real greatness is built con sudor (with sweat): he walks “derechito,” guided by mom and dad’s lessons, never cutting corners, never selling his soul. While others brag, cheat, or step on people to climb higher, he chooses the tougher but cleaner road, trusting that El de Arriba—the one above—will reward honest effort.

The song flips the idea of being chingón (a badass). True chingones, he says, rise without dimming anyone else’s light. With catchy corrido energy, the lyrics celebrate self-reliance, resilience, and faith: carry your own backpack, fight with courage, and ignore the fools who mistake goodness for weakness. In the end, patience and honor win because “nunca falla el de arriba.”

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Voz de Mando El De Arriba Lyrics