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Contradicción – Kafu Banton

Kafu Banton

Contradicción lyrics with English translation

Language
Spanish
Level
Intermediate
Released
2004
Genre
Latin Pop, Rap, Reggaeton, Afrobeats, Hip-Hop
Length
3:36
  1. Dices que no quieres

    You say you don't want to

  2. Pero sé que por dentro te mueres

    But I know inside you're dying

  3. Dices que no quieres

    You say you don't want to

  4. Pero sé que es a mí quien prefieres

    But I know it's me you prefer

  5. Dices que no quieres

    You say you don't want to

  6. Pero sé que por dentro te mueres

    But I know inside you're dying

  7. Dices que no quieres

    You say you don't want to

  8. Pero sé que es a mí quien prefieres

    But I know it's me you prefer

  1. El amor que te di fue excepcional

    The love I gave you was exceptional

  2. Nunca había sentido algo igual

    I had never felt something like that

  3. ¿Quién diría que iba a pasar?

    Who would have said it was going to happen?

  4. Entregué lo que dentro de mí sentí

    I gave what I felt inside of me

  5. Lo que no tenía te ofrecí

    What I didn't have, I offered you

  6. Y casi siempre te cumplí

    And I almost always kept my promise to you

  7. Pero tú no pudiste comprender

    But you couldn't understand

  8. Tanto amor, ¿qué ibas a hacer?

    So much love, what were you going to do?

  9. Y lo dejaste sin correr

    And you left it without running away

  10. Pero tú no pudiste comprender

    But you couldn't understand

  11. Tanto amor, ¿qué ibas a hacer?

    So much love, what were you going to do?

  12. Y lo dejaste sin correr

    And you left it without running away

  13. Dices que no quieres

    You say you don't want to

  14. Pero sé que por dentro te mueres

    But I know that inside you're dying

  15. Dices que no quieres

    You say you don't want to

  16. Pero sé que es a mí quien prefieres

    But I know it's me you prefer

  17. Dices que no quieres

    You say you don't want to

  18. Pero sé que por dentro te mueres

    But I know that inside you're dying

  19. Dices que no quieres

    You say you don't want to

  20. Pero sé que es a mí quien prefieres

    But I know it's me you prefer

  21. No va funcionar nuestro amor

    Our love isn't going to work

  22. No va funcionar, no que no

    It's not going to work, no, it's not

  23. Porque sería como la Puerta de Alcalá, pero cerrada

    Because it would be like the Puerta de Alcalá, but closed

  24. O el Canal de Panamá, pero sin agua

    Or the Panama Canal, but without water

  25. O la Torre Eiffel quizá, pero acostada

    Or maybe the Eiffel Tower, but lying down

  26. O la Estatua de la Libertad bajo del agua

    Or the Statue of Liberty under the water

  27. Como la Puerta de Alcalá, pero cerrada

    Like the Puerta de Alcalá, but closed

  28. O el Canal de Panamá, pero sin agua

    Or the Panama Canal, but without water

  29. O la Torre Eiffel quizá, pero acostada

    Or maybe the Eiffel Tower, but lying down

  30. O la Estatua de la Libertad bajo del

    Or the Statue of Liberty underneath the

  31. No va funcionar nuestro amor

    Our love is not going to work

  32. No va funcionar, no que no

    It's not going to work, no, it's not

  33. Dices que no quieres

    You say you don't want to

  34. Pero sé que por dentro te mueres

    But I know deep down you're dying

  35. Dices que no quieres

    You say you don't want to

  36. Pero sé que es a mí quien prefieres

    But I know it's me that you prefer

  37. Dices que no quieres

    You say you don't want to

  38. Pero sé que por dentro te mueres

    But I know deep down you're dying

  39. Dices que no quieres

    You say you don't want to

  40. Pero sé que es a mí quien prefieres

    But I know it's me that you prefer

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Key vocabulary

correr
runA1
va
goesA2
cerrada
closedC2
bajo
lowA1
canal
channelB1
como
as; like; howB1
dejaste
leftB1
funcionar
functionB1
sería
would beB1
dentro
insideA2

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Contradicción

Dices que no quieres

You say you don't want to

Pero sé que por dentro te mueres

But I know inside you're dying

Dices que no quieres

You say you don't want to

Pero sé que es a mí quien prefieres

But I know it's me you prefer

Dices que no quieres

You say you don't want to

Pero sé que por dentro te mueres

But I know inside you're dying

Dices que no quieres

You say you don't want to

Pero sé que es a mí quien prefieres

But I know it's me you prefer

El amor que te di fue excepcional

The love I gave you was exceptional

Nunca había sentido algo igual

I had never felt something like that

¿Quién diría que iba a pasar?

Who would have said it was going to happen?

Entregué lo que dentro de mí sentí

I gave what I felt inside of me

Lo que no tenía te ofrecí

What I didn't have, I offered you

Y casi siempre te cumplí

And I almost always kept my promise to you

Pero tú no pudiste comprender

But you couldn't understand

Tanto amor, ¿qué ibas a hacer?

So much love, what were you going to do?

Y lo dejaste sin correr

And you left it without running away

Pero tú no pudiste comprender

But you couldn't understand

Tanto amor, ¿qué ibas a hacer?

So much love, what were you going to do?

Y lo dejaste sin correr

And you left it without running away

Dices que no quieres

You say you don't want to

Pero sé que por dentro te mueres

But I know that inside you're dying

Dices que no quieres

You say you don't want to

Pero sé que es a mí quien prefieres

But I know it's me you prefer

Dices que no quieres

You say you don't want to

Pero sé que por dentro te mueres

But I know that inside you're dying

Dices que no quieres

You say you don't want to

Pero sé que es a mí quien prefieres

But I know it's me you prefer

No va funcionar nuestro amor

Our love isn't going to work

No va funcionar, no que no

It's not going to work, no, it's not

Porque sería como la Puerta de Alcalá, pero cerrada

Because it would be like the Puerta de Alcalá, but closed

O el Canal de Panamá, pero sin agua

Or the Panama Canal, but without water

O la Torre Eiffel quizá, pero acostada

Or maybe the Eiffel Tower, but lying down

O la Estatua de la Libertad bajo del agua

Or the Statue of Liberty under the water

Como la Puerta de Alcalá, pero cerrada

Like the Puerta de Alcalá, but closed

O el Canal de Panamá, pero sin agua

Or the Panama Canal, but without water

O la Torre Eiffel quizá, pero acostada

Or maybe the Eiffel Tower, but lying down

O la Estatua de la Libertad bajo del

Or the Statue of Liberty underneath the

No va funcionar nuestro amor

Our love is not going to work

No va funcionar, no que no

It's not going to work, no, it's not

Dices que no quieres

You say you don't want to

Pero sé que por dentro te mueres

But I know deep down you're dying

Dices que no quieres

You say you don't want to

Pero sé que es a mí quien prefieres

But I know it's me that you prefer

Dices que no quieres

You say you don't want to

Pero sé que por dentro te mueres

But I know deep down you're dying

Dices que no quieres

You say you don't want to

Pero sé que es a mí quien prefieres

But I know it's me that you prefer