¿Porque Te Tatuatis?

Oh, it can't be
I see it and I can't believe it

After five years
I thought he was long gone
My oldest son who was
Locked up up north

We went to the airport
To pick up our missing son
Who because of the gangs
Was running with the wrong crowd

We had a little party
Already set up at home
So when he arrived
He could really dig in

Because we were so happy
We couldn't believe
That my son after so long
Was about to come back

But when I saw my boy
Step off the plane
I didn't even recognize him
All scruffy and bald

But the worst was at home
When I saw him naked
Oh man, it hit me hard
Seeing him all tattooed

Why did you get tattooed?
(Just because)
Why did you get inked?
(Just because)
Why did you get marked?
(Just because)

You've really messed up
You stupid fat ass

On the back of his neck
An L and an A
And down on his throat
His mom's name

He had a cross painted
On one of his arms
With the name of a friend
Who got shot down

Then he has another tattoo
With two painted faces
One of them is crying
And the other is just laughing

On the other arm he has
A colorful flag
And a lady with a cowboy hat
And her tits hanging out

He's all inked up
From elbow to wrist
He's got a car, a skull
And an Aztec calendar

On his chest it says wetside
I think that's a neighborhood
And also two hands together
Holding a rosary

He's got some Chinese letters
And the head of a dragon
Some dice and flames
Around the sacred heart

On his stomach it says
Crazy dude
On his back my last name
And a tear in his eye

Why did you get tattooed?
(Just because)
Why did you get inked?
(Just because)
Why did you get marked?
(Just because)

You've really messed up
You stupid fat ass

(Ay! Ay! Ay!
That's why people get
Sick, from those shocks
Those pains they put us through
Look at my boy, he came back more marked up than a wall
From Los Angeles
And I'm scared that with all those tattoos
A cop might mistake him for a
For a cholo)

I asked him why he got inked
And he didn't say a thing
I feel like I want to bathe him
In pure hydrogen peroxide

I'm gonna soak him in bleach
And scrub him with soap
Look at all that ink
He looks like a chalkboard

And they pass him around
Those gossiping people
He's more marked up than a bathroom
At the bus station

Don't do that to your body
Come on, tell me what you think
Do you really think you look good
Covered in ink?

As much as I want to, kid
I just can't understand
It seems like you got tattooed
Even from over there

Why did you get tattooed?
(Just because)
Why did you get inked?
(Just because)
Why did you get marked?
(Just because)

You've really messed up
You stupid fat ass