Juanito Alimaña Lyrics in English Willie Colón , Héctor Lavoe
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Juanito Alimaña by Willie Colón from Spanish to English.
La calle es una selva de cemento
The street is a concrete jungle
Y de fieras salvajes cómo no
And with wild beasts, of course
Ya no hay quien salga loco de contento
No one leaves crazy with happiness anymore
Donde quiera te espera te espera lo peor
Wherever you go, the worst awaits you
Donde te quiera tes espera lo peor
Wherever you go, the worst awaits you
Juanito Alimaña con mucha maña llega al mostrador
Juanito Alimaña, with a lot of cunning, arrives at the counter
Saca su cuchillo sin preocupación
He takes out his knife without worry
Dice que le entreguen la registradora
He says to hand over the cash register
Saca las billetes saca un pistolón, pum
He takes out the bills, takes out a big gun, boom
Sale como el viento
He runs away like the wind
En su disparada
In his escape
Y aunque ya lo vieron
And even though they saw him
Nadie ha visto nada
No one saw anything
Juanito Alimaña va'la fechoría
Juanito Alimaña goes for the mischief
Se toma su caña
He drinks his rum
Fabrica su orgía
He creates his orgy
La gente le teme
People fear him
Por que es de cuidado
Because he's dangerous
Para meterle mano
To mess with him
Hay que ser un bravo
You have to be tough
Si lo meten preso
If they arrest him
Sale al otro día
He's out the next day
Porque un primo suyo
Because his cousin
Está en la policía
Is in the police force
Juanito Alimaña
Juanito Alimaña
Si tiene maña es malicia viva
If he has cunning, it's pure malice
Y siempre se alinea
And he always aligns himself
Con el que está arriba
With those in power
Y aunque a medio mundo
And even though he stole
Le robó su plata
Half the world's money
Todos lo comentan
Everyone talks about it
Nadie lo delata
No one exposes him
Y aunque a medio mundo
And even though he stole
Le robó la plata
Half the world's money
Todos lo comentan
Everyone talks about it
Nadie lo delata
No one exposes him
A la la ley ley ley le
In his world
En su mundo
Women, smoking, and rum
Mujeres, fumada, y caña
Juanito Alimaña lives by robbing
Atracando vive Juanito Alimaña
When he was a little boy
Cuando el era muchachito
He would ask for little things
Las cositas te pedía
And if you didn't give it to him, he'd steal it
Y si tú no se la daba la mangaba
He'd take it anyway
Como quiera la cogia
In his world
En su mundo
Women, smoking, and rum
Mujeres, fumada, y caña
Juanito Alimaña lives by robbing
Atracando vive Juanito Alimaña
That swagger, look at it
Ese, ese tumbao lo que ve
If you see him acting suspiciously
Si lo ve mal puesto
Be careful with your wallet
Anda cuida tu cartera
He knows all about that
Ese si que sabe de eso
In his world
En su mundo
Women, smoking, and rum
Mujeres, fumada, y caña
Juanito Alimaña lives by robbing
Atracando vive Juanito Alimaña
Yes, the other day I ran into him
Si, el otro día le encontré
And Guillermo told me
Y Guillermo él me decía
Steal whatever you want
Tumba kilo que tu quieras
Because my cousin is a cop
Por mi primo es policía
In his world
En su mundo
Women, smoking, and rum
Mujeres, fumada, y caña
Juanito Alimaña lives by robbing
Atracando vive Juanito Alimaña
Listen, when the devil sees him
Oye, con que ya ve el diablo
He makes his escape
Se tira su disparada
And even though people saw him
Y aunque la gente lo vieron
They don't rat him out because no one saw anything
No lo ratean porque nadie ha visto nada
In his world
En su mundo
Women, smoking, and rum
Mujeres, fumada, y caña
Juanito Alimaña lives by robbing
Atracando vive Juanito Alimana
The king of mischief
El rey de la fechoría
Facundo told me yesterday
Ayer me dijo Facundo
Everyone knows him
Todo el mundo lo conoce
Hey, come to the underworld
Oye ven al bajo mundo
In
En su mundo
In your world
Mujeres, fumada, y caña
Women, smoked, and cane
Atracando vive Juanito Alimaña
Robbing lives Juanito Alimaña
Mira mira le da mano
Look, look, give him a hand
En ella no tiene un callito
It does not have a callito
Ese nunca ha trabajado
That has never worked
Y siempre anda bien bonito
And he is always very pretty
En su mundo
In your world
Mujeres, fumada, y caña
Women, smoked, and cane
Atracando vive Juanito Alimaña
Robbing lives Juanito Alimaña
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