Lamento de Pobre

I live off odd jobs and work that wears me out
I can't take it anymore, I'm almost desperate
I thought about leaving this place I call home
Because the company went bankrupt and now I'm unemployed

Damn crisis is what betrays me in this struggle
I'm going crazy, I don't know what to do
And misery is lurking around us
If the president doesn't change, I might just die

I'm thinner than a starving dog
Without a job and no money, I can't afford groceries
And my credit's been maxed out for a while now
My pot's rusted, they won't sell me anything on credit anymore

My old rickety bed shakes worse than a hammock
It's falling apart, the Santa Fe's rotting
I look up, all I see is the sky as my shelter
And my angry woman is mad at me for not having bread for breakfast

And the kids are suffering, desperate
Going crazy for not eating almost anything
They don't play anymore, half of them cry
And the rest are scratching from some damn itch

I'm thinner than a starving dog
Without a job and no money, I can't afford groceries
And my credit's been maxed out for a while now
My pot's rusted, they won't sell me anything on credit anymore

My stomach growls from being empty
At noon, when I lie down to take a nap
I fall on the bed and think about staying calm
But a damn flea infestation won't let me rest

When I lie down, it's worse than a rat's nest
There's hardly any bedding, I get cold and tangled up
I lose sleep, tossing and turning until early morning
And when the fleas calm down, the damn mosquitoes suck my blood

I'm thinner than a starving dog
Without a job and no money, I can't afford groceries
And my credit's been maxed out for a while now
My pot's rusted, they won't sell me anything on credit anymore

I pray to God that something is left for me
My fancy rooster died from the plague
Without a fridge, summer's coming again
I'm so hot down there that everything's almost rotting

My dog sees the prey but can't catch it
She's too weak, she doesn't bark at anyone
And a skinny mutt, these days, he collapses
He even bites the shadow from being so hungry

I'm thinner than a starving dog
Without a job and no money, I can't afford groceries
And my credit's been maxed out for a while now
My pot's rusted, they won't sell me anything on credit anymore