El Inmigrante

Apenas tenia 17

Just 17 years old

Cuando cruce la frontera

When I crossed the border

Se lo prometi a mi viejesita

I promised my little old lady

Sacarla de la pobresa

To lift her out of poverty

Me quemaban las noches de frio

The cold nights burned me

Por poquito me hogaba en el rio

I almost drowned in the river

Y aquellos que sufrieron lo mismo

And those who suffered the same

Les dedico este corrido...

I dedicate this ballad to them...

Soy uno de tantos mexicanos

I'm one of many Mexicans

Que trabajan dia con dia

Who work day by day

Para darle futuro a mis hijos

To give a future to my children

Y ayudar a mi familia

And help my family

Como extraño mi rancho querido

How I miss my dear ranch

Mis amigos que no los olvido

My friends, I haven't forgotten them

Y a mis viejos que hace varios años

And my parents, whom I haven't seen

Que no los he visto...

For several years...

Piensan que por que brinque la linea

They think that because I crossed the line

Soy un narcotraficante

I'm a drug trafficker

Ya basta de mil humillaciones

Enough of a thousand humiliations

Nomas por ser "inmigrante"

Just for being an "immigrant"

Estoy cantando por toda mi gente

I'm singing for all my people

No lo olviden tenganlo presente

Don't forget, keep it in mind

Que aquellos a los que no querian

That those they didn't want

Hoy los hacen presidentes...

Today they make them presidents...

(Y haunque les duela a muchos

(And even if it hurts many

Somos mayoria

We are the majority

Puro calibre 50 oiga)

Pure caliber 50, listen)

El trabajo aqui ha sido muy duro

The work here has been very hard

Pero nunca me he rajado

But I've never backed down

Y las cosas que yo he conseguido

And the things I've achieved

Con esfuerzo me he ganado

I've earned with effort

Y aquel que se fue pal otro lado

And those who went to the other side

Y dejo en su pais su pasado

And left their past in their country

Quien pensaba de aquel muchachito

Who thought of that little boy

Y miren lo que a logrado...

And look at what he's achieved...

Nos han prometido tantas cosas

They've promised us so many things

Y no nos han dado nada

And they haven't given us anything

Igualdad, respeto, y tolerancia

Equality, respect, and tolerance

Es lo que pide mi raza

That's what my race asks for

Estoy cantando por toda mi gente

I'm singing for all my people

No lo olviden tenganlo presente

Don't forget, keep it in mind

Y aquellos a los que no querian

And those they didn't want

Hoy los hacen presidentes.

Today they make them presidents.