La calle

Another morning
I have to wake up without any desire
To get up again
I don't want to hear the news that always play
In my neighborhood at breakfast
'Did you hear that they killed Mr. So-and-so's son? It was
a while that something like that was being sought'
and he found it

My heart hurts and my voice fades
crying to see how my generation is lost
those I saw grow up, those I played with
the friends I had in school and loved so much
when I converted they said I was crazy
that this life must be enjoyed because there is no other

[Chorus]
The street is like a bank that can lend you
and then charge you a very high interest
It's not about money, and then you won't be able to pay
while it charges you, it will take away the best
The street knows that you have potential
that God has something special for your life
but the street comes and offers you vanity
making you believe you can't escape
but it's not true

I remember that time
it was a Tuesday 16th, the attempted robbery
I did with José, it seemed like everything would
be fine, we were leaving after collecting the money
who would have thought that from a lady's purse
two shots from a gun could come out?
and it hit us

and 15 days later was when I woke up
I was on the brink of death but I survived
God allowed me to be born again
I took full advantage of that chance I had
I asked about José when he came back to my mind
someone told me 'he didn't make it.. the bullet was in his forehead'

[Chorus]
The street is like a bank that can lend you
and then charge you a very high interest
It's not about money, and then you won't be able to pay
while it charges you, it will take away the best
The street knows that you have potential
that God has something special for your life
but the street comes and offers you vanity
making you believe you can't escape
but it's not true

You can escape
You can escape