Lila Downs
Black Magic Woman lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2008
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:11
They call me black magic woman
They call me black magic woman
Call me black magic woman got me so blind I can't see
If I'm a black magic woman
All they're tryin to make a devil out of me
Don't turn your back on me baby
Don't turn your back on me baby
Don't turn your back on me baby
Stop messin' around with your tricks
Don't turn your back on me baby
I just might pick up my magic stick
Levántate cabeza
Get up, head
Levántalo dolor
Lift up the pain
Levántate oxidiana
Get up, obsidian
Que levante su valor
Let it raise its value
Levántate montaña
Get up, mountain
Levántalo papá
Lift it up, dad
Que a mí no me compran
They can't buy me
Que a mí no me venden
They can't sell me
No me venden la verdad
They won't sell me the truth
Me acusan de brujería
They accuse me of witchcraft
Te acusan de brujería
They accuse you of witchcraft
Me hiciste tu brujería que a ciegas me hizo querer
You cast your spell on me that made me love you blindly
Te acusan de brujería y el mundo acusa sin pensar
They accuse you of witchcraft and the world judges without a thought
Got a black magic woman
I got a black magic woman
Got black magic woman got me so blind I can't see
Lets see some black magic woman
She's tryin' to make a devil out of me
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Key vocabulary
- i'm
- I amB1
- hizo
- didB1
- papá
- dadA2
- verdad
- truthA2
- cabeza
- headA1
- they're
- they areB2
- tryin
- trying
- messin
- mess
- pick
- choice
- levántate
- get up
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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.