La tragedia de Bertín y Lalo

With the permission of those gathered here
We are going to sing this our song
We will always be grateful to you
For allowing us your precious attention
We want to take advantage of these moments
Bertín and Lalo will tell you what happened

Some people hired the duet
To go play in Matamoros
They deceived us because what they wanted
Was to transport through our names
Over 300 kilos of marijuana
That they were going to pay a very good price for

Without any setbacks we passed the checkpoints
The PGR allowed us to continue
But a little before reaching Matamoros
A federal patrol signaled us to stop
They asked us what we were transporting
We told them it was the musical equipment

They asked the driver for the truck's papers
And very nervously he replied
Look, boss, I don't have any more papers
I only have the registration card
As suspects, they took us into custody
We are going to do a thorough search

The federal commander told us
With 20,000 dollars I can let you go
If we had it, we would never give it to them
Our innocence marks a good future for us
They locked us up without any guilt
God is witness and we cannot lie to Him

Corruption in the Mexican government
They savor it like a good dish
If you are guilty and the money is in your hands
You will be a miraculous saint to them
But if you don't have money to buy them
They torment you and send you to jail
And here, gentlemen, our song ends