
Café Tacvba
Chilanga banda lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1996
- Genre
- Indie Pop
- Length
- 3:33
¡Ya chole, chango chilango!
Enough already, you city monkey!
Que chafa chamba te chutas
What a lousy job you're putting up with
No checa andar de tacuche
It doesn't suit you to be all dressed up
Y chale con la charola
And come on with that badge
Tan choncho como una chinche
As chunky as a bedbug
Más chueco que la fayuca
More crooked than stolen goods
Con fusca y con cachiporra
With a gun and a club
Te paso andar de guarura
I might as well be your bodyguard
Mejor yo me echo una chela
I’d rather have a beer
Y chance enchufo una chava
And maybe I’ll hook up with a girl
Chambeando de chafirete
Working hard like a hustler
Me sobra chupe y pachanga
I've got plenty of booze and fun
Si choco saco chipote
If I crash, I'll take the hit
La chota no es muy molacha
The cops aren't too friendly
Chiveando a los que machucan
Teasing those who mess up
Se va a morder su talacha
He's going to regret his actions
De noche caigo al congal
At night I’ll hit the hangout
"¡No manches!" dice la Changa
"No way!" says Changa
Al chorro del teporocho
At the buzz of the drunkard
En chifla pasa la pacha
The party rolls on with laughter
Pachucos, cholos y chundos
Pachucos, cholos, and chundos
Chinchinflas y malafachas
Chinchinflas and malafachas
Acá los chómpiras rifan
Here the chómpiras roll
Y bailan tibiritábara
And they dance tibiritábara
Pachucos, cholos y chundos
Pachucos, cholos, and chundos
Chinchinflas y malafachas
Chinchinflas and malafachas
Acá los chómpiras rifan
Here the chómpiras roll
Y bailan tibiritábara
And they dance tibiritábara
Y bailan tibiritábara
And they dance tibiritábara
Y bailan tibiritábara
And they dance tibiritábara
Mejor yo me echo una chela
I might as well grab a beer
Y chance enchufo una chava
And maybe I'll hook up with a girl
Chambeando de chafirete
Working as a cab driver
Me sobra chupe y pachanga
I've got plenty of booze and party
Mi ñero mata la vacha
My buddy takes down the cow
Y canta la cucaracha
And sings the cockroach song
Su choya vive de chochos
His girl lives on snacks
De chemo, churro y garnachas
On weed, joints, and street food
Pachucos, cholos y chundos
Pachucos, cholos, and hoodlums
Chinchinflas y malafachas
Clowns and bad girls
Acá los chómpiras rifan
Here the chómpiras shine
Y bailan tibiritábara
And dance tibiritábara
Pachucos, cholos y chundos
Pachucos, cholos, and chundos
Chinchinflas y malafachas
Chinchinflas and malafachas
Acá los chómpiras rifan
Here the chómpiras shine
Y bailan tibiritábara
And dance tibiritábara
Y bailan tibiritábara
And dance tibiritábara
Y bailan tibiritábara
And dance tibiritábara
Transando de arriba abajo
Trading top to bottom
Ahí va la chilanga banda
There goes the chilanga band
Chinchín si me la recuerdan
Chinchín if they remind me of it
Carcacha y se les retacha
Rustbucket and it gets bounced back
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Key vocabulary
- ya
- alreadyA2
- chole
- maiden
- chango
- kid
- chilango
- CMX resident
- chafa
- shoddy
- noche
- nightA1
- andar
- walkA2
- tan
- soA2
- chamba
- job
- chutas
- shots
About this song
Café Tacvba are a Mexican rock en español band. Formed in Mexico City in the late 1980s, they are known for blending alternative rock with Mexican folk and other genres across acclaimed albums such as Re (1994) and their later genre-hopping releases.