Por Qué La Envidia Lyrics in English Yeison Jimenez

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Por Qué La Envidia by Yeison Jimenez from Spanish to English.
That they come to tell me that they want to criticize me
Understand that I'm not God and I can make mistakes
It's very easy for them to slander without caring about anything
They only care about talking when they don't know anything
If they had seen
How many nights on my knees there in front of my bed
I begged God and pleaded with Him so that He would help me
With my eyes closed
But envy
That humiliates and bothers them, and they stay quiet
When they see that a humble soul triumphs everywhere
They're just scared
Nobody came to give me anything, I was born from nothing
And I had to fight a lot, quit the bullsh*t
Because instead of just talking they don't use their time well
A poor man can't move forward, it causes them suffering
That if I arrived too late yesterday, or if I got drunk
That if I bought something expensive it was because I stole it
If they had seen
How many nights on my knees there in front of my bed
I begged God and pleaded with Him so that He would help me
With my eyes closed
But envy
That humiliates and bothers them, and they stay quiet
When they see that a humble soul triumphs everywhere
They're just scared
They're just scared
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SONG MEANING

Por Qué La Envidia invites us into Yeison Jiménez’s shoes, where the spotlight feels as bright as the judgment it attracts. Over a lively Colombian regional beat, the singer confronts gossipers who love to talk but know nothing of the countless nights he spent on his knees, eyes shut, begging God for a chance. Jiménez flips the script on his critics: instead of bending under their rumors, he turns their envy into proof of how far a humble dreamer can rise.

At its core, the song is a pep-talk for anyone who started with nothing and had to hustle for every win. Jiménez celebrates honest hard work, calls out the bitterness of those who can’t stand a poor man’s success, and reminds us that faith plus perseverance beats idle chatter every time. It’s a bold anthem of resilience, gratitude, and above all, the sweet victory of shining on your own terms while the envious look on in stunned silence.

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