4 Camionetas
Beto Quintanilla
Lyrics
Translation
1980 es el año ke acontese
1980 is the year that happens
La judicial federal a
The federal judiciary
Roberto se aparece
Appears to Roberto
Sabemos ke mueves hierba
We know you move weed
Con tus tios y tu jefe
With your uncles and your boss
Roberto les contesto
Roberto replied to them
La mota ni la conosco
I don't even know weed
Por la familia gonzales
For the Gonzalez family
Por cada uno yo respondo si algun
For each one, I vouch if someone
Soplon nos tiene envidia
A snitch envies us
Porke no le sale al toro
Because he can't catch the bull
Se presento luis gonzales
Luis Gonzalez appeared
A hablar con el comandante
To talk with the commander
Yo le doy medio millon
I'll give him half a million
Pa ke a beto bien lo trate
So that Beto is treated well
Somos hombres de negosios
We are businessmen
No emos sido traficantes
We haven't been traffickers
Le contesto el federal
The federal replied
Dobleme la cantidad
Double the amount for me
Deme 50 mil dollar
Give me 50 thousand dollars
Pa dejarlo en libertad
To set him free
Y las 4 camionetas o se keda
And the 4 trucks or he stays
Donde esta
Where it is
Llego una orden de arriba
An order came from above
Al penal de matamoros
To the Matamoros prison
Ke soltaran a roberto
To release Roberto
Ke le devolvieran todo
To give him back everything
Decian los federales
The federals were saying
Se nos desamarro el toro
The bull got away from us
Contra todos los gonsalez
Against all the Gonzalezes
Abia orden de aprencion
There was an arrest warrant
Pero no fueron por elllos
But they didn't go for them
Por falta de desision
For lack of decision
Sabian ke pra aprenderlos
They knew that to catch them
Habia clientes para el panteon.
There were customers for the cemetery