El Centenario

The Centenary

El Centenario

If you are poor, people humiliate youSi eres pobre te humilla la gente
If you are rich, they treat you very wellSi eres rico te tratan muy bien
A friend got into the mafiaUn amigo se metio a la mafia
Because he didn't want to be poor anymorePor que pobre ya no quizo ser
Now he has plenty of moneyAhora tiene dinero de sobra
They pay him by the sackful each monthPor costales le pagan al mes

Everyone calls him the centenaryTodos le dicen el centenario
For the jewel that shines on his chestPor la joya que brilla en su pecho

Now everyone sees him differentlyAhora todos lo ven diferente
All his despises are overSe acabaron todos sus desprecios
Just because he drives a new carNomas por que trai carro del año
They see him with the peso signYa lo ven con el signo de pesos
The gringo government is after himLo persigue el govierno gabacho
But he doesn't stop workingPero el no deja de trabajar
He goes to Los Angeles all the timeA los angeles va cada rato
And comes back with a lot of moneyY regresa con un dineral
He receives orders from aboveEl recibe ordenes desde arriba
And fulfills them no matter whatY las cumple como de lugar
He's gotten used to dangerAl peligro ya se acostumbro
And that's why he fears nothingY por eso no le temia a nada

He cruises calmly in a CorvetteEn un corvette se pasea tranquilo
Through Tijuana and GuadalajaraPor Tijuana y Guadalajara
Through Los Angeles and San FranciscoPor los angeles y san Francisco
And also through Las Vegas, NevadaY tambien por las vegas Nevada
With the mafia he makes moneyCon la mafia se gana dinero
But it takes couragePero se necesita valor
Because here there is no family tiesPor que aqui no hay ningun parentesco
No mistakes are allowedNo se permite ningun error
You're always risking your skinSiempre te andas rifando el pellejo
With the laws or with the bossCon las leyes o con el patron