
Alcolirykoz
Medellificación lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2024
- Genre
- Rap, Hip-Hop
- Length
- 3:52
¿Y por qué me dijiste que me querías?
And why did you tell me that you loved me?
¿Yo? Ja, yo nunca dije que te quería
Me? Ha, I never said I loved you.
Simplemente, dije que me gustabas
I simply said that I liked you.
Ah, pero no importa, la venganza es dulce, ¿sabes?
Ah, but it doesn't matter, revenge is sweet, you know?
Muy dulce (¡hey!)
Very sweet (hey!)
El sonido, sonido
The sound, the sound
El sonido de la gentrificación
The sound of gentrification
Por amor
For love
Los de Rappi explotados, sentados
The Rappi workers exploited, sitting
En un jardín se comen las papas de tu hamburguesa
In a garden they eat the fries from your burger
La burguesía dice que es una injusticia
The bourgeoisie says it's an injustice
Otros lo llaman el impuesto a la pobreza
Others call it the tax on poverty
Esa doña acaba de salir de misa
That lady just left mass
Y celebra la paliza que le están dando a un chamo
And celebrates the beating they're giving to a kid
Ella grita que lo maten, porque si se trata de malandros
She screams for them to kill him, because when it comes to thugs
Ella los prefiere colombianos (por amor)
She prefers them Colombian (for love)
Xenofobia selectiva
Selective xenophobia
Turismo sexual, todo por la economía
Sex tourism, all for the economy
Conciertos gratis para empoderados
Free concerts for the empowered
Amigos del alcalde disfrazados de proletariado
Friends of the mayor disguised as the proletariat
A Gilmer le pidieron su apartamento
Gilmer was asked for his apartment
Pa subirle un millón de pesos al arriendo
To raise the rent by a million pesos
Volverlo un Airbnb y alquilarlo a un gringo
Turn it into an Airbnb and rent it to a gringo
Pa luego llamarlo emprendimiento
Then call it entrepreneurship
Por amor
For love
Todo está muy caro
Everything is very expensive
Recolonizados por avaros
Recolonized by the greedy
No importa vivir endeudados
It doesn't matter to live in debt
Mi nuevo barrio se llama Sobrepoblados
My new neighborhood is called Overpopulated
Por amor
For love
Todo está muy caro
Everything is very expensive
Recolonizados por avaros
Recolonized by the greedy
No importa vivir endeudados
It doesn't matter to live in debt
Tu bella patria se llama Narco Estado
Your beautiful homeland is called Narco State
Por amor
For love
Aquí todos se creen bravos
Here, everyone thinks they're tough
Ustedes no son amables, son interesados
You're not kind, you're self-interested
Llevan años viendo Betty, la fea
They've been watching Betty, the ugly one for years
Venden ropa de segunda y te la cobran como nueva
They sell second-hand clothes and charge you like it's new
Te cancelan si dices mucho
They cancel you if you say too much
Si dijiste poco, si no dijiste nada
If you said little, if you said nothing at all
Luego publicas un video llorando
Then you post a video crying
Y lástima que la disculpa no se haga viral como la cagada (por amor)
And it’s a shame the apology doesn’t go viral like the mess (for love)
Somos demasiado complacientes
We’re way too complacent
Aquí no hay habitantes, solo clientes
Here there are no inhabitants, only customers
Eliges a tus presidentes (¿cómo?)
You choose your presidents (how?)
Como si fueran tus pretendientes (el uno)
As if they were your suitors (the one)
El uno por ciento dice que la pobreza es mental
The one percent says that poverty is a mindset
Que los sueños sí se cumplen, que todos somos iguales
That dreams do come true, that we are all the same
Nacieron ricos y huyen a zonas rurales
They were born rich and flee to rural areas
Pa estar lejos de nosotros y ser súper espirituales
To be far from us and be super spiritual
Por amor
For love
Todo está muy caro
Everything is so expensive
Recolonizados por avaros
Recolonized by the greedy
No importa vivir endeudados
It doesn't matter living in debt
Mi nuevo barrio se llama Sobrepoblados
My new neighborhood is called Overpopulated
Por amor
For love
Todo está muy caro
Everything is so expensive
Recolonizados por avaros
Recolonized by the greedy
No importa vivir endeudados
It doesn't matter living in debt
Tu bella patria se llama Narco Estado
Your beautiful homeland is called Narco State
Por amor
For love
Han llorado mis ojos
My eyes have cried
Tantos años en guerra
So many years at war
Sigo aquí, aferrado a tus brazos
I'm still here, clinging to your arms
Aunque ya no me quieras
Even if you no longer want me
Por amor
For love
Han llorado mis ojos
My eyes have cried
Tantos años en guerra
So many years at war
Sigo aquí, aferrado a tus brazos
I'm still here, clinging to your arms
Aunque ya no me quieras
Even if you no longer love me
Por amor
For love
Todo está muy caro
Everything is way too expensive
Todo está muy caro
Everything is way too expensive
Todo está muy caro
Everything is way too expensive
Todo está muy caro
Everything is way too expensive
No utilices nuestra música
Don't use our music
Pa promocionar tu podrida campaña política
To promote your rotten political campaign
Que a ninguno le creemos
That none of us believe in
Al fútbol callejero es al único partido al que pertenecemos
Street football is the only match we belong to
Motherfucker
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Key vocabulary
- dijiste
- you saidB1
- viendo
- seeingB2
- apartamento
- apartmentA1
- amables
- kindA2
- brazos
- armsA2
- nunca
- neverA1
- dije
- saidB2
- simplemente
- simplyB2
- dulce
- sweetB1
- sabes
- knowA1
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