Lila Downs
Balas y chocolate lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:31
Cincuenta jícaras para Motecuhzoma
Fifty cups for Motecuhzoma
En orillas del Orinoco
On the banks of the Orinoco
Al Cerro Manatí
To Mount Manatí
Ocinchán, Tabasco
Hay balas que van volando
There are bullets flying
Por el mundo, por el mundo
Through the world, through the world
Hay quienes que las esquivan
There are those who dodge them
Por el suelo, por el suelo
On the ground, on the ground
Dame ma' mi chocolate
Give me my chocolate
Mi mezcal pa'l chocolate
My mezcal for the chocolate
Dame ma' mi chocolate
Give me more of my chocolate
Que tú eres mi chocolate
Because you are my chocolate
Honduras, Soconusco, Chontalpa
Mi vida, mi dulce
My life, my sweet
Voy a bailar mi suerte
I'm going to dance my fortune
Mi sol y la luna
My sun and the moon
Contigo hasta la muerte
With you until death
Mi vida, mi dulce
My life, my sweet
Te quiero chocolate
I love you, chocolate
Mi sol y la luna
My sun and the moon
Te quiero chocolate, late, late
I love you chocolate, beat, beat
No hay balas que penetren
There are no bullets that can penetrate
La fuerza de este amor
The strength of this love
No hay balas que penetren
There are no bullets that can penetrate
La fuerza de este amor
The strength of this love
No hay balas que penetren
There are no bullets that can penetrate
La fuerza de este amor
The strength of this love
No hay balas que penetren
There are no bullets that can penetrate
La fuerza de este amor
The strength of this love
Si no me mata un balazo
If a bullet doesn't kill me
Secuestro o asalto
Kidnapping or assault
Si no me ahogo en ceniza de volcán
If I don't drown in volcanic ash
Diabetes, cirrosis
Diabetes, cirrhosis
Neurosis, psicosis
Neurosis, psychosis
Necrosis, por sobredosis
Necrosis, from an overdose
Si no me mata alcoholismo
If alcoholism doesn't kill me
Egoísmo, pendejismo
Egoism, foolishness
Partidismo o un sismo
Partisanship or an earthquake
De espanto por la telenovela
In horror from the soap opera
Me voy pa'l carajo y me tuesto mi cacao
I'm going to hell and toasting my cocoa
El Salvador, Perú, Parinaud, Venezuela, Chuao
Ese cacao mexicano
That Mexican cacao
Hay sueños que van naciendo
There are dreams that are being born
Por el pueblo, por el pueblo
For the people, for the people
Hay quienes que sí lo viven
There are those who truly live it
Cada día, cada día
Every day, every day
Yo voy a cambiar mi vida
I’m going to change my life
Si tú vas siempre conmigo
If you’re always with me
Yo voy a cambiar mi vida
I’m going to change my life
Si tú vas siempre conmigo
If you’re always with me
Y seguimos la Ruta del Cacao
And we continue on the Route of Cacao
América
America
Mi vida, mi dulce
My life, my sweet
Voy a bailar mi suerte
I'm going to dance my luck
Mi sol y la luna
My sun and the moon
Contigo hasta la muerte
With you until death
Mi vida, mi dulce
My life, my sweet
Te quiero chocolate
I love you, chocolate
Mi sol y la luna
My sun and the moon
Te quiero chocolate
I love you, chocolate
Mi vida, mi dulce
My life, my sweet
Voy a bailar mi suerte
I'm going to dance my luck
Mi sol y la luna
My sun and the moon
Contigo hasta la muerte
With you until death
Mi vida, mi dulce
My life, my sweet
Te quiero chocolate
I love you, chocolate
Mi sol y la luna
My sun and the moon
Te quiero chocolate, late, late
I love you, chocolate, beat, beat
No hay balas que penetren
There are no bullets that penetrate
La fuerza de este amor
The strength of this love
No hay balas que penetren
There are no bullets that can penetrate
La fuerza de este amor
The strength of this love
No hay balas que penetren
There are no bullets that can penetrate
La fuerza de este amor
The strength of this love
No hay balas que penetren
There are no bullets that can penetrate
La fuerza de este amor
The strength of this love
Dame mi chocolate
Give me my chocolate
Quiero mi chocolate
I want my chocolate
Dame mi chocolate, late, late, late (late, late, late)
Give me my chocolate, beat, beat, beat (beat, beat, beat)
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Key vocabulary
- jícaras
- gourd
- motecuhzoma
- ruler
- amor
- loveB1
- ocinchán
- place
- tabasco
- sauceA1
- volando
- flying
- mundo
- worldA2
- esquivan
- evade
- suelo
- floorA2
- ma
- mom
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About this song
Lila Downs is a Mexican-born singer-songwriter and performer. She makes Indigenous Mexican-rooted music that blends North American jazz and Latin American folk, and is known for albums such as Ofrenda and for receiving Grammy and Latin Grammy awards.