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's a concrete jungle
Y de fieras salvajes cómo no
And full of wild beasts, no doubt
Ya no hay quien salga loco de contento
Nobody goes out crazy happy anymore
Donde quiera te espera te espera lo peor
Anywhere you go, the worst waits for you
Donde te quiera tes espera lo peor
Wherever you try to be, the worst awaits you
Juanito Alimaña con mucha maña
Juanito Alimaña, crafty as hell
Llega al mostrador
He walks up to the counter
Saca su cuchillo sin preocupación
He pulls a knife without a worry
Dice que le entreguen la registradora
He tells them to hand over the register
Saca las billetes saca un pistolón, pum
He grabs the bills, whips out a big gun, bam
Sale como el viento
He bolts like the wind
En su disparada
In his getaway
Y aunque ya lo vieron
And even though they already saw him
Nadie ha visto nada
Nobody has seen a thing
Juanito Alimaña va'la fechoría
Juanito Alimaña goes to pull another job
Se toma su caña
He downs his rum
Fabrica su orgía
He sets up his orgy
La gente le teme
People fear him
Por que es de cuidado
‘Cause he’s dangerous
Pa' meterle mano
To lay a hand on him
Hay que ser un bravo
You gotta be brave
Si lo meten preso
If they lock him up
Sale al otro día
He’s out the next day
Porque un primo suyo
‘Cause he’s got a cousin
Está en la policía
Who’s on the police force
Juanito Alimaña
Juanito Alimaña
Si tiene maña es malicia viva
His every trick is pure malice
Y siempre se alinea
And he always lines up
Con el que está arriba
With whoever’s on top
Y aunque a medio mundo
And even though half the world
Le robó su plata
He stole their cash
Todos lo comentan
Everybody talks about it
Nadie lo delata
Nobody snitches on him
Y aunque a medio mundo
And even though half the world
Le llevó la plata
He took the money
Todos lo comentan
Everybody talks about it
Nadie lo delata
Nobody snitches on him
A la la ley ley ley ley
To the, the law, law, law, law
En su mundo
In his world
Mujeres, fumada, y cana
Women, smoke, and jail time
Atracando vive Juanito Alimana
Juanito Alimaña lives off stickups
Cuando el era muchachito
When he was a little kid
Las cositas te pedía
He’d ask you for small things
Y si tu no se la daba la mangaba
And if you didn’t give them he’d swipe them
Como quiera la cogia
He’d grab them anyway
En su mundo
In his world
Mujeres, fumada, y cana
Women, smoke, and jail time
Atracando vive juanito alimana
Juanito Alimaña lives off stickups
Ese, ese tumbao lo quiere
Yeah, he loves that swagger
Si lo ve mal cuesto
If he sees you slack
Anda cuida tu cartera
Watch your wallet
Ese si que sabe eso
That guy sure knows the hustle
En su mundo
In his world
Mujeres, fumada, y cana
Women, smoke, and jail time
Atracando vive Juanito Alimana
Juanito Alimaña lives off stickups
Si, el otro día le encontré
Yeah, I ran into him the other day
Y Guillermo el me decía
And Guillermo was telling me
Tumba kilo que tu quieras
Grab any kilo you want
Por mi primo es policía
‘Cause my cousin’s a cop
Oye, con que ya ve el diablo
Listen, even the devil can see it
Se tira su disparada
He makes his getaway
Y aunque la gente lo vieron
And though the people saw him
No lo ratean porque nadie ha visto nada
They don’t rat him out ‘cause nobody saw a thing
En su mundo
In his world
Mujeres, fumada, y cana
Women, smoke, and jail time
Atracando vive Juanito Alimana
Juanito Alimaña lives off stickups
El rey de la fechoría
The king of wrongdoing
Ayer me dijo facundo
Yesterday Facundo told me
Todo el mundo lo conoce
Everybody knows him
Oye ven al bajo mundo
Yeah, come to the underworld
En su mundo
In his world
Mujeres, fumada, y cana
Women, smoke, and jail time
Atracando vive Juanito Alimana
Juanito Alimaña lives off stickups
Mira mira le da mano
Look, look, they shake his hand
And ella no tiene un callito
And she doesn’t have a single callus
Ese nunca ha trabajado
He’s never worked a day
Y siempre anda bien bonito
Yet he’s always dressed sharp
En su mundo
In his world
Mujeres, fumada, y cana
Women, smoke, and jail time
Atracando vive Juanito Alimana
Juanito Alimaña lives off stickups
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