La Novela

I'm afraid of my boss
hoping he never comes back
waiting for the days for him to leave
this is being imprisoned
to avoid a beating I stay quiet
my brothers and I are marked
walking on tiptoes threatened
here in this house I'm useless
and I don't look at my boss in love.

He's a witness, only his eyes shine
she cries for how her little ones suffer
when she sees us at home she looks upset
but what did we do to deserve this
he created his destiny and imposed it on us
confused the hobby with abuse
if he doesn't want us, why doesn't he leave
and see who else life makes bitter

but I, blind with so much anger
I hit him almost to death
and I told him to leave
I'm not going to keep putting up with you

at night I can't sleep anymore
and my days become eternal
with this drama at two in the morning
I'm a kid and honestly I'm scared
my boss turns the neighborhood into hell
who would have thought that I, as a kid
would think of hitting him
he never gave us anything, not even a damn hug
he just left me with the beatings as a memory
he took out his anger on my mother
every night he tried to hit her
cowardly he blamed us
we were kids, just some damn brats
in the morning I have school
it's hard to focus because the guy rebels against me
walking, I encourage myself
because tonight we go back to the same.

there was my son lying there
he had died of hunger and cold
in his hands I found two coins
that he had to buy more wine.

Every Sunday I have an idea
for what my boss prays
we don't talk about it among us
but the feeling is the same among all the siblings
and no one helps us, faith is running out
instead of being responsible
he's getting drunk
we can't go on like this forever
and this has to end eventually

from Monday to Sunday
it's always the same to endure
the evil of the enemy
I see strange things, good and bad
I spend my time on the street to avoid battles
I go play with my friends, with wanderers
maybe they're going through the same
but I don't tell them anything, maybe at school
they laugh out loud.

because of being drunk I lost my son
and my wife whom I adored so much
I want to ask parents
not to harm their children.