Translation of the song Suba artist Ana Tijoux
Suba
Sube
Ho! Oouuh! What?
Ho! Ouuuh! What?
En sus marcas, apuntar las ideas
On your marks, aim for the ideas,
Escribir de todo lo que vives, lo que veas,
Writing about every thing you live, every thing you see,
Aprietar del gatillo y entonar lo que se crea,
Pull the trigger and see what you create
Su-sube! Siempre sera noble la tarea.
Su-sube! The task will always be noble!
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Nuestro articulo primero es totalmente inamovible,
Our first article is totally imovable
No queremos migajas queremos sentirnos libres.
We don't want crumbs, we want to feel free
Todo cambio tendra por resultado consecuencia,
Any change will result in a consequential result
En pie de guerra, estamos en resistencia.
On the warpath, we are in resistance
Nuestras visiones no merecen objeciones,
Our visions deserve no objection.
Por lo tanto seguiremos con las mismas condiciones.
Therefore we all continue with the same conditions.
Nuestro bando apunta a todos los objetivos,
Our side aims for all targets
Ustedes corporativos, nosotros caja de ritmo.
You're corporate, we're a drum machine
Reaccionamos porque nos sentimos vivos
We react because we feel alive
Ante la belleza de un ser más activo.
Before the beauty of being more active.
Nuestra tonada es agresiva y relajada
Our tune is aggressive and relaxed
Como la melodía que en realidad nadie miraba.
Like the melody no one really looked at
Y antes de la nada en la cancha daremos todo,
And before nowhere in the court we will give everything
Nuestra postura intransable incluso ante los lobos.
We're untouchable even in the face of wolves
No le tememos a los toros por eso damos los votos,
We are not afraid of the bulls thats why we give the votes,
Los poros, poros los codos no queremos de sus tronos.
The poors, the poors, the elbows we don't want from our thrones
En sus marcas, apuntar las ideas
On your marks, aim for the ideas,
Escribir de todo lo que vives, lo que veas,
Writing about everything you live, everything you see
Aprietar del gatillo y entonar lo que se crea,
Pull the trigger and see what you will create
Su-sube! Siempre sera noble la tarea.
Su-sube! The task will always be noble!
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[Invincible:]
[Invincible:]
To go high you first got to dig the depths of the Earth.
To go high you first got to dig the depths of the Earth.
We dug the roots of evilness like the hex of a curse.
We dug the roots of evilness like the hex of a curse.
Plant the seeds in the fertile soil of resistance.
Plant the seeds in the fertile soil of resistance.
If there's a fruit, eat it so we return blessed to the dirt.
If there's a fruit, eat it so we return blessed to the dirt.
Except for this work
Except for this work
Do know what you love
Do know what you love
Yeah the tears, sweat and blood.
Yeah the tears, sweat and blood.
Simultaneous death and the birth.
Simultaneous death and the birth.
Full cycle like a merry-go-round
Full cycle like a merry-go-round
All descend from wearing a crown to the burial ground
All descend from wearing a crown to the burial ground
From the bottom up we're horizontal.
From the bottom up we're horizontal.
They top down, hit them like a million raindrops.
They top down, hit them like a million raindrops.
Hit them with a Poncho.
Hit them with a Poncho.
More than organized form the rivers ocean ponds flow
More than organized form the rivers ocean ponds flow
They try to shit on us, we turned them into composts
They try to shit on us, we turned them into composts
Tried to beef with us, they turned into pot-roast
Tried to beef with us, they turned into pot-roast
Crisis type of opportunity timeless like life's broke
Crisis type of opportunity timeless like life's broke
In a flash they could crash like a stock market
In a flash they could crash like a stock market
Hot garbage, trash, we the cream of the crop harvest
Hot garbage, trash, we the cream of the crop harvest
En sus marcas, apuntar las ideas
On your marks aim for the ideas
Escribir de todo lo que vives, lo que veas,
Writing about everything you live, everything you see
Aprietar del gatillo y entonar lo que se crea,
Pull the trigger and see what you will create
Su-sube! Siempre sera noble la tarea.
Su-sube! The task will always be noble.
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