Ricardo Arjona
Me están jodiendo la vida lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1994
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 4:30
El contador y el servil
The accountant and the servant
El usurero y el transa
The usurer and the crooked dealer
Ese par de columnistas
That pair of columnists
El abogado y la suegra
The lawyer and the mother-in-law
El que me cobra la renta
The one who collects my rent
Y la que me representa
And the one who represents me
Los que viven de mordidas
Those who live off bribes
Cuando se van a acabar
When will it all come to an end
Con la basura a un lado
With the trash beside me
Me siento ese soldado
I feel like that soldier
Peleando contra todos
Fighting against everyone
Sin saber por qué
Without knowing why
Me están jodiendo la vida
They're messing up my life
Me están poniendo a pelear
They're putting me to fight
Me están jodiendo la vida
They're messing up my life
Yo solo quería cantar
I just wanted to sing
Con la basura a un lado
With the trash beside me
Me siento ese soldado
I feel like that soldier
Peleando contra todos
Fighting against everyone
Sin saber por qué
Without knowing why
Los criticones de oficio
The professional critics
Los yuppies de pacotilla
The worthless yuppies
La maldita economía
The damned economy
Y uno que otro policía
And one or two police officers
Ese montón de enemigos
That bunch of enemies
Que se disfrazan de amigos
Who disguise themselves as friends
Las que se creen puritanas
Those who think they're so pure
Y se quedan con las ganas
And are left wanting
Con la basura a un lado
With the trash beside me
Me siento ese soldado
I feel like that soldier
Peleando contra todos
Fighting against everyone
Sin saber por qué
Without knowing why
Me están jodiendo la vida
They're messing up my life
Me están poniendo a pelear
They're putting me to fight
Me están jodiendo la vida
They're messing up my life
Yo solo quería cantar
I just wanted to sing
Con la basura a un lado
With the trash beside me
Me siento ese soldado
I feel like that soldier
Peleando contra todos
Fighting against everyone
Sin saber por qué
Without knowing why
(Me están jodiendo)
(They are messing with me)
(Me están jodiendo)
(They are messing with me)
Me están jodiendo la vida
They are messing with my life
Me están poniendo a pelear
They are pushing me to fight
Me están jodiendo la vida
They are messing with my life
Yo solo quería cantar
I just wanted to sing
Me están jodiendo la vida
They are messing with my life
(Me están jodiendo la vida)
(They are messing with my life)
Me están poniendo a pelear
They are pushing me to fight
(Me están jodiendo la vida)
(They are messing with my life)
Me están jodiendo la vida
They're messing with my life
(Me están jodiendo la vida)
(They're messing with my life)
Yo solo quería cantar
I just wanted to sing
(Me están jodiendo la vida)
(They're messing with my life)
(Me están jodiendo la vida)
(They're messing with my life)
(Me están jodiendo la vida)
(They're messing with my life)
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Key vocabulary
- pelear
- fightA1
- policía
- policeA1
- solo
- onlyA1
- uno
- oneA1
- contador
- counterB2
- servil
- servileC1
- usurero
- usurer
- transa
- crook
- ese
- thatA1
- par
- pairB2
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About this song
Ricardo Arjona is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter and actor in the Latin pop and Latin ballad genres. He is known for the chart-topping hits “Mujeres” and “El Problema,” and for a long-running career with numerous Billboard Latin chart entries and honors, including induction into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.