Sorpresa Rubén Blades (English Translation) Lyrics

The drunk stopped singing and started counting his good fortune, the neighborhood was asleep; the moon was shining brightly. Suddenly, a robber splattered in neon, jumped like a tiger from the alley and put a “Magnum” in front of the drunk’s face; and said to him, -“Give everything away, or I’ll shoot”…
The trembling drunk handed over to the robber what he had just found, a “Smith & Wesson”, some pesos, and a dagger; the surprised robber asked him, -“And what are you doing with all this?”… you better tell me the whole story;
and hopefully the smoke won’t affect your memory”…

Sometimes speaking is essential, but other times it is better to be silent because sometimes speaking is a deadly mistake.

With the information that the drunk gave him, three blocks to the north
the thief found the bodies of a woman and a man in a gabardine coat, lying on the sidewalk in a fetal position. The thief kicked the woman with his foot, to see if she reacted;
how nothing happened, he bent down and searched her to see if he found something and found nothing …
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The thief directed his attention towards the body of the man in the gabardine coat.
He bent over him and recognized him by the gold tooth he was wearing; -“Oh, but if it’s old Pedro Navaja”-; and began to make fun of him
while searching him.
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Sometimes speaking is essential, but other times it is better to be silent
because sometimes speaking is a deadly mistake.

Like a lightning bolt, the knife entered searching inside his body for
the soul; the thief felt the moon burning in his gut; And he saw the greatest miracle of his life: -He died seeing the sun come out of a laughing mouth!
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Pedro took his identity card and put it in the thief’s back pocket of his pants
to confuse the investigation. Pedro, shot and wounded, picked up his other dagger, he always carries two, when he goes out to work; and from the neighborhood to the moon his laughter shone brightly;
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Life gives you surprises, listen buddy!
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These rookies, what do they think?, this is my neighborhood, man!