Si el Norte Fuera el Sur Lyrics in English Ricardo Arjona
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Si el Norte Fuera el Sur by Ricardo Arjona from Spanish to English.
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El Norte y sus McDonald's basketball y rock'n roll
The North and its McDonald's basketball and rock'n roll
Sus topless sus Madonas y el abdomen de Stallone
His topless his Madonnas and Stallone's abdomen
Intelectuales del bronceado, eruditos del supermercado
Tan intellectuals, supermarket scholars
Tienen todo pero nada lo han pagado
They have everything but they have paid nothing
Con 18 eres un niño para un trago en algun bar
With 18 you are a child for a drink in some bar
Pero ya eres todo un hombre para la guerra y para matar
But you are already a man for war and for killing
Viva Vietnam y que viva Forrest Gump
Long live Vietnam and long live Forrest Gump
Viva Wall Street y que viva Donald Trump
Long live Wall Street and long live Donald Trump
Viva el Seven Eleven
Long live the Seven Eleven
Polvean su nariz y usan jeringa en los bolsillos
They dust their nose and use a syringe in their pockets
Viajan con marihuana para entender la situacion
They travel with marijuana to understand the situation
De este juez del planeta que lanza una invitacion
Of this judge of the planet who throws an invitation
Cortaselo a tu marido y ganaras reputacion
Cut it off your husband and you'll gain a reputation
Las barras y las estrellas se adueñan de mi bandera
The stars and stripes take over my flag
Y nuestra libertad no es otra cosa que una ramera
And our freedom is nothing but a whore
Y si la deuda externa nos robo la primavera
And if the foreign debt stole the spring from us
Al diablo la geografia se acabaron las fronteras
To hell with geography, borders are over
Si el Norte fuera el Sur
If the north were the south
Serian los Sioux los marjinados
The Sioux would be the outcasts
Ser moreno y chaparrito seria el look mas cotizado
Being dark and short would be the most sought-after look
Marcos seria el Rambo Mexicano
Marcos would be the Mexican Rambo
Y Cindy Crawford la Menchu de mis paisanos
And Cindy Crawford the Menchu of my countrymen
Reagan seria Somoza
Reagan would be Somoza
Fidel seria un atleta corriendo bolsas por Wall Street
Fidel would be an athlete running bags down Wall Street
Y el Che haria hamburguesas al estilo double meat
And Che would make double meat style hamburgers
Los Yankees de mojados a Tijuana
The Yankees from wet to Tijuana
Y las balsas de Miami a la Habana, si el Norte fuera el Sur
And the rafts from Miami to Havana, if the North were the South
Seriamos igual o tal vez un poco peor
We would be the same or maybe a little worse
Con las Malvinas por Groenlandia
With the Falklands for Greenland
Y en Guatemala un Disneylandia
And in Guatemala a Disneyland
Y un Simon Bolivar rompiendo su secreto
And a Simon Bolivar breaking his secret
Ahi les va el 187, fuera los Yankees por decreto
There goes 187, out the Yankees by decree
Las barras y las estrellas se adueñan de mi bandera
The stars and stripes take over my flag
Y nuestra libertad no es otra cosa que una ramera
And our freedom is nothing but a whore
Y si la deuda externa nos robo la primavera
And if the foreign debt stole the spring from us
Al diablo la geografia se acabaron las fronteras
To hell with geography, borders are over
Si el Norte fuera el Sur, seria la misma porqueria
If the North were the South, it would be the same shit
Yo cantaria un rap y esta cancion no existiria
I would sing a rap and this song would not exist
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