El Coco

Sergio Vega
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Sacó una bolsa de nylon bien repleta de perico

He took out a well-stuffed nylon bag full of cocaine

Y puso sobre la mesa varias líneas de polvito

And placed several lines of powder on the table

Y los que andaban con él como le sorbían bonito.

And those who were with him, how they snorted so nicely


A mi me llaman El Coco que nombre tan apropiado

They call me El Coco, such an appropriate name

Desde que yo era un escuincle de polvo me han tarrajado

Since I was a kid, they've tagged me with dust

me perdonan mi franqueza así es como yo me he criado.

Excuse my frankness, that's how I've been raised


Porqué se asustan mirones, el miedo no es para tanto

Why are onlookers scared? Fear is not that much

Parece que ven al diablo cuando ven el polvo blanco

It seems they see the devil when they see the white powder

Y eso que no han visto nada si no se mueren de espanto.

And they haven't seen anything yet, or they'd die of fright


La gente que anda conmigo es pura gente exclusiva

The people with me are exclusive people

Son cocodrilos graduados con diploma de suicidas

They are graduated crocodiles with a suicide diploma

Antes que ser prisioneros prefieren perder la vida.

Before being prisoners, they prefer to lose their lives


Yo no se hacer otra cosa jamás me entraron las letras

I don't know how to do anything else; the letters never got to me

Pues yo me crié entre la hierba, pistolas y metralletas

Because I grew up among grass, guns, and machine guns

Por eso es que más les vale que conmigo no se metan.

That's why it's better for them not to mess with me


Algunos en el gobierno me miran con malos modos

Some in the government look at me with bad manners

para otros soy la gallina que pone los huevos de oro

For others, I'm the hen that lays the golden eggs

el que me falla lo pierdo o se le acaba el tesoro.

Anyone who fails me loses or runs out of treasure


El Coco ya se despide, se va feliz de la vida

El Coco says goodbye, leaving happily

si a alguno le caigo gordo nomás que se abra y que diga

If I bother anyone, just speak up and say

porque el que torea la fiera es pa' aguantarle las mordidas.

Because the one who bullfights the beast does it to endure its bites

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Tegucigalpa, Honduras May 26, 2025
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