Por Tu Mala Maña
Rubén Blades
Because of Your Bad Habit
Be careful in the neighborhood
Be careful on the sidewalk
Be careful on the street
Be careful wherever
They are looking for you
Chorus: because of your bad habit of leaving without paying (repeat)
Soloist: I told you Canayon
Chorus: it was going to cost you
Soloist: everyone already knows your story
Chorus: the whole neighborhood knows the truth
Soloist: you played with money and lost
Chorus: and you left without paying first
Chorus: Be careful in the neighborhood
Be careful on the sidewalk
Be careful on the street
Be careful wherever
They are looking for you
Chorus: Because of your bad habit of leaving without paying (repeat)
Chorus: because of your bad habit of leaving without paying
You have violated the rule
the barrel is wooden
bad boy, and now
today they will punish you
Chorus: because of your bad habit of leaving without paying
They are looking for you in a black car
with a long antenna full of people and dark lenses:
the security guards
Chorus: because of your bad habit of leaving without paying
There are some guys looking for you
whose mothers didn't want them as children
and now as adults they go around slapping people
Chorus: because of your bad habit of leaving without paying
You stole some money
and turned out to be a bad player
and now with blood
they will collect from you
Chorus: because of your bad habit
Smell of man
there's a stench of man
in Salsipuedes street
because of you, buddy
Instrumental chorus: because of your bad habit of leaving without paying
They are looking for you
to tie you to a chair
Pour cold water on you
and give you a bit of electricity
Chorus: because of your bad habit of leaving without paying
because of your bad habit
you've made the neighborhood corner so hot
that now one can't even stand there
Chorus: because of your bad habit of leaving without paying
If the government comes pushing citizens
and asking for identification
Chorus: because of your bad habit of leaving without paying
Because of you, buddy
Madanka la Lu' told me
that something bad was going to happen
Chorus: because of your bad habit of leaving without paying
Once again slowly
the black car passes through the neighborhood looking for you:
the security guards.