El Pibe Del Barrio

Are you in jail again, right?
You think it's a game
But your mother cries and suffers

Sitting in there, he thinks about how to escape
Because in a trial he lost his freedom
He's a well-known guy, a thug from the hood
Sitting in there, he thinks about how to escape
Because in a trial he lost his freedom
He's my brother, and I sing to him

Tell me brother, tell me if you think it's fair
To make the mother who brought you into this world suffer
For borrowed money
Because the government charges you when you're locked up
When your mother comes to visit you
The pain in her soul tries to bear, why?
So you don't see her suffer
But when she gets home, you have to hear her
How she screams, and she throws herself on the floor to let out the pain
And how she cries, I ask Christ Jesus to give her strength and courage
Stop

Now listen to the advice I want to give you
I grew up in a deadly neighborhood
Since I didn't work, I started thinking
That I wanted to take over everything that wasn't mine
After that time, I received a lesson
And a bullet in my body changed my mind
On the way to the hospital, I heard a special voice
My son, everything comes to those who know how to wait
If I hadn't followed that advice from God
Today I wouldn't be singing this song

A shoutout to crazy tito and my buddy yogi
To renegade rene and colleague toki
To all those who are locked up and I can't mention
Because if not, this song will never end
In there, don't save a spot for me
Because that's one of the things I don't want to experience
Out here, I've seen guys who think they're tough
Oh God! In there, you see who's who