Madre no llores

Mother, don't you cry
Don't you cry
Mother, don't you cry
Don't you cry
Don't you cry

When I feel like I'm sharing everything that's going on
And the times they've seen you crying to Jesus Christ
Praising me for changing
Why was what I admire being encouraged?
God was being held, listening to your prayers
My attitudes became songs
To bring awareness to many populations
I know what it's like to live in alleys, in the streets; to eat the song of an asshole
He was dumped near a throne
Rain and my little house of cardboard falls down
Sometimes I use my pillow, my pants and my addictions

I am dying inside
Inside, inside
I am dying (mother, don't you cry)
I'm a warrior, I'm a warrior
You can't go with me
I've suffered (mother, don't you cry), I've cried
But I'm going to overcome
I'm going to rise overcome, I'm going to overcome

It's how much hate I carry inside
Affirming the oath in the same center
Where knowledge is increased
And my growing courage
Ever since I plead guilty
My mother doesn't feel well anymore
Since her heart is not beating steadily
This world is good enough for me, mother
And the judge declares me guilty
When my attitude isn't very kind
Isn't very kind (listen!)
I nearly asked my mother
Vengeance will be mine and my father's
It will be mine and my father's, it will be mine and my father's

I am dying inside
Inside, inside
I am dying (mother, don't you cry)
I'm a warrior, I'm a warrior
You can't go with me
I've suffered, I've cried
But I'm going to overcome
I'm going to overcome, I'm going to overcome (mother, don't you cry)

I hope my kids' future will not be delayed
That they get good grades in their classes
That they learn to say nice phrases
That they become an instrument of the lord
Because that is what one is born for
Dear friend, whatever happens (hey!)
Your sons will be on the warpath
And although things can look ugly
I'll take the assignment to triumph in this life
What the jealous ones most wish for
And in his heart a vicious cycle is created
While the powerful gas
Makes me feel joy
When in his corruption, I destroy 
When in his corruption, I destroy 

Anyway, when then
He wants to feel a mother
Seeing one afternoon
They take their son prisoner
And they cannot even give the prisoners a kiss
I ask God and I pray (for the prisoners!) 
If I am going to be imprisoned
To take care of my family, my fans, the lunatics
You do the impossible to get out of horrible situations
Because they find they are in need of work
As are thousands, the majority male
What a pity that we human beings
Cannot be more understanding
This world continues terribly
I think that you can stop it

I am dying inside
Inside, inside
I am dying (mother, don't you cry)
I'm a warrior
I'm a warrior
You can't go with me