Gato Que Avanza, Perro Que Ladra
Calle 13
Advancing Cat, Barking Dog
I'm not a musician nor do I sing, I just rap
But I say more than you, with your theory and solfeggio
I am the one who breaks the harmony
If words were notes
My verses were symphonies
There are no pretensions in my work
I'm what skaters listen to while doing maneuvers
I am not square, I am multilateral
I am what boxers listen to
Before entering the ring
We are the fusion
We are a different combination that provokes discussion
To give you a general definition
13th Street is transgender
It is the mixture of more than one musical genre
Where our literary format aims
Make short stories in rap form
That everyone understands
Some get offended
Because I go beyond their stupid faces
I reflect what mirrors do not reflect
I see critics with optimism
They dedicate more time to my life
Than their own
They have slow brains
His intellectual movement is like a sailboat without wind
With just a play on words divided like Frida Kahlo
Deep in their resentful lives
Because my rhymes are like a movie
And great things
But divided into syllables they can be dangerous
If you knew what I think of you
You would speak worse of me
Good or bad, it doesn't matter, it doesn't suit them anyway
Cat moving forward, dog barking
Cat moving forward, dog barking
If you knew what I think of you
You would speak worse of me
Good or bad, it doesn't matter, it doesn't suit them anyway
Cat moving forward, dog barking
Cat moving forward, dog barking
Some psychopaths have me court-martialed
According to the rules of the Social Music Association
I'm supposed to grow a long beard, my wife is supposed to be ugly
Let him sell crafts and live in a village
I'm supposed to give up my passport
And that all the things I buy come from North Korea
I once recorded in Miami, but I'm not supposed to go back
I have to record the music for my album from the jungle
I can't use the internet, at least that's what I assume
I'm supposed to communicate by smoke signals
If I fight for the poor, economically those at the bottom
I can't charge for my work
I can't have money in my hands
And if I collect something, I have to exchange it for Cuban pesos
And when I go to pay for my house in installments
I can't because in my neighborhood they only accept dollars, idiot!
What is the script?
If I fight for those who are uneducated
Do I have to be illiterate?
That's why I'm a multi-trillionaire, I'm such a millionaire
I just bought the whole fucking alphabet
It's hard to find the muse out there
Because now all the letters work for me
Thanks to this, there is a literary shipwreck
I am the one to blame for Bob Dylan being accused of plagiarism
If you knew what I think of you
You would speak worse of me
Good or bad, it doesn't matter, it doesn't suit them anyway
Cat moving forward, dog barking
Cat moving forward, dog barking
I want to fight the Vietnam War as it explodes
And like Lennon, protest in New York from the Dakota
I also want to do like Pope Francis
While I talk about the poor, I collect the tithe with my records
Or like Bob Marley, when he left his land
And he recorded his most famous album with his settlers in England
I want to be like them, to be financially well off
And in the eyes of the people, continue to be consistent
If you knew what I think of you
You would speak worse of me
Good or bad, it doesn't matter, it doesn't suit them anyway
Cat moving forward, dog barking
Cat moving forward, dog barking
If you knew what I think of you
You would speak worse of me
Good or bad, it doesn't matter, it doesn't suit them anyway
Cat moving forward, dog barking
Cat moving forward, dog barking