Plata o Plomo
Pato Machete Lyrics

Plata o plomo
Choose between money or bullets as a way of life

Por gloria y patria
For the sake of glory and the country

Hombro y lomo
Shoulder and back, implying hard work

Por ignorancia (re, re, re)
Due to ignorance

Recuerdo aquel tiempo, incluso el momento
I remember that time, even the moment

Se escuchaba el mambo dentro del radio de abuelo
Mambo music used to be played on grandpa's radio

Y el firmamento brillaba eterno
The sky was always shining brightly

Sería la inocencia, la impaciencia o sentimiento
It could have been innocence, impatience, or feelings

Fieles caballeros, distinguidas damas
Faithful knights, distinguished ladies

Bandas de palabras, abiertas moradas
Groups of words, open dwellings

Ideas ventiladas, estrechas miradas
Ventilated ideas, narrow looks

Guardias y veladas de la nada armadas
Unarmed guards and watches

Sí que era distinto, pintaba a un pinto
It was truly different, painted like a pinto

Instancias y ahínco grande, el culto extinto
Great instances and effort, the worship extinct

Sí, es que era lindo fluya ese limbo
Yes, it was beautiful when that limbo flowed

Un horizonte limpio dialogo acuerdo y jugo
A clean horizon full of dialogue, agreement, and juice

Secaron las flores pero aunque hay rocío
The flowers dried out, but there's still some dew

A unos míos propio de que nos han sido
Their own people have betrayed them

Calma y quietud para saltar al vacío
Calm and stillness to jump into the void

Tanta fortaleza si se atravesaba un lío
So much strength if you go through trouble

Cuando se apreciaba y fomentaba realidad
When reality was appreciated and encouraged

Cuando la mentira era opacada por verdad
When lies were overshadowed by truth

Tenía sentido cívico una sociedad
Society had civic sense

Cuando diferencia resultaba afinidad
When differences resulted in affinity

Cuando retumbaba del el salón el son
When the music echoed through the room

Cuando se alimentaba la emoción
When emotions were fed

Cuando los puños eran protección
When fists were protection

Cuando era sincera la afición
When the hobby was sincere

Si que eran claras esas las caras
Those faces were clear

Espanta y a las regular malas
They scare off the bad ones

Sinceras ganas subidas sanas
True desires rising healthily

Bajadas planas, tupidas ramas
Plain descents, dense branches

Cuando el esfuerzo resultaba travieso
When effort was seen as mischievous

Cuando el verso resultaba intenso
When the verse was intense

Cuando la pasión resultaba en porción
When passion was present in abundance

Cuando travisio era educación
When mischief was seen as education

Identidad víctima de una aristocracia
Identity is a victim of aristocracy

Estado fallido, pintado de democracia
A failed state, painted as a democracy

Necesidad impuesta debajo de elegancia
Necessity imposed beneath elegance

Siempre es aire es lo que antes fuera fragancia
Now, there is only air where there used to be fragrance

Plata o plomo
Choose between money or bullets as a way of life

Por gloria y patria
For the sake of glory and the country

Hombro y lomo
Shoulder and back, implying hard work

Por ignorancia
Due to ignorance