Mi Vicio Lyrics in English by Santa Fe Klan

Retumba comes from retumbar, meaning “to resound” or “to echo” with a deep, powerful sound. In the song, it describes how the gunshot and the sounds of the neighborhood reverberate through the dark alley, making the word feel vivid and cinematic.

“Mi Vicio” (“My Addiction”) mixes devotion, street life, music, and marijuana imagery. The repeated line “Te convertiste en mi vicio” [You became my addiction] addresses something the singer cannot leave behind. It could point to a person, the high described later, or the music itself. He calls it “medicina” [medicine] that eases pain “como una espina” [like a thorn], then says he writes rhymes “con mucho amor a la calle” [with great love for the street]. The song treats hip-hop as both a passion and a way to survive: “Hip-hop en mi ADN” [Hip-hop is in my DNA].

The verses take us through Santa Fe and the neighborhood at night, where police trouble, weapons, hunger, money, graffiti, and music share the same streets. “La calle está caliente y la noche está fría” [The street is hot and the night is cold] is a sharp contrast between danger and loneliness. Slang such as “caile” means “come over,” “la lleca” means “the street,” and “un cuajo” refers to a chunk or amount of marijuana. He describes rolling through the block with red eyes, dry mouth, smoke in his lungs, and music in his veins, while his mother lights a candle by his photograph and he asks God to protect him from death. Still, the song is not only bleak: “Después de la tormenta volverá a salir el sol” [After the storm, the sun will come out again]. Santa Fe Klan’s voice here is proud, cautious, and loyal to his barrio, with the blunt warning that every road eventually ends at a funeral.