Poli En Acción Lyrics in English by Damas Gratis
Tobillo means “ankle,” the joint connecting the lower leg and the foot. In the song, it appears in the vivid line “con un tiro en el tobillo” (“with a shot in the ankle”), making this uncommon body-part word especially memorable in the song’s chaotic action-filled context.
“Poli En Acción” (“Cops in Action”) throws us into a frantic street scene. The narrator says, “con un tiro en el tobillo voy corriendo hasta el pasillo” [with a shot in my ankle, I’m running to the hallway or passageway], then repeats that he is running while wounded. He mentions “la gorra” [the cap], people who “me quieren matar” [want to kill me], and “el 38” [a .38-caliber gun]. The details are blunt and breathless, like fragments of a chase rather than a neatly explained story.
The police keep returning in the chorus: “y sólo la policía” [and only the police], followed by references to “extranjero” [foreigner] and “sin pagar” [without paying]. Some lines in this version are unclear, so it is safest to stay with the images we can hear: police, a gun, a wounded runner, a passageway, and the threat of being killed. The slang-heavy wording and repetition give the song a darkly comic, street-level energy, while the title makes the police presence feel like an action scene that keeps starting again.
