Juanito Alimana
Willie Colon/Hector Lavoe Lyrics

La calle es una selva de cemento
The streets are like a concrete jungle

Y de fieras salvajes cómo no
Where wild beasts roam freely

Ya no hay quien salga loco de contento
There's no one left who can be truly happy

Donde quiera te espera te espera lo peor
Danger lurks everywhere you go

Juanito Alimaña con mucha maña llega al mostrador
Juanito Alimaña, a cunning man, approaches the counter

Saca su cuchillo sin preocupación
He pulls out his knife with no hesitation

Dice que le entreguen la registradora
He demands the cash register

Saca las billetes saca un pistolón, pum
He takes the money and grabs his gun - bam

Sale como el viento
He runs away like the wind

En su disparada
In his escape

Y aunque ya lo vieron
Although he was seen

Nadie ha visto nada
No one saw anything

Juanito Alimaña va'la fechoría
Juanito Alimaña is up to no good

Se toma su caña
He drinks his rum

Fabrica su orgía
He creates his own party

La gente le teme
People are afraid of him

Por que es de cuidado
Because he's dangerous

Pa' meterle mano
To lay a hand on him

Hay que ser un bravo
You have to be tough

Si lo meten preso
If he gets caught

Sale al otro día
He'll be out the next day

Porque un primo suyo está en la policía
Because his cousin is a cop

Si tiene maña es malicia viva
If he has skill, it's pure malice

Y siempre se alinea con el que está arriba
He always sides with those in power

Y aunque a medio mundo le robó su plata
Although he stole from many

Todos lo comentan
Everyone talks about him

Nadie lo delata
No one turns him in

En su mundo Mujeres, fumada, y caña
In his world: women, smoking, and rum

Atracando vive Juanito Alimaña
Juanito Alimaña lives off robbery

Cuando el era muchachito
When he was just a boy

Las cositas te pedía
He would ask you for things

Y si tú no se la daba la mangaba
And if you didn't give it to him, he'd take it anyway

Ese, ese tumbao lo que ve
That swagger, that's what you see

Si lo ve mal puesto
If you see him looking suspicious

Anda cuida tu cartera
Be careful with your wallet

Si, el otro día le encontré
Yes, I ran into him the other day

Y Guillermo él me decía
And Guillermo was telling me

Tumba kilo que tu quieras
Take as much as you want

Por mi primo es policía
Because my cousin is a cop

Oye, con que ya ve el diablo
Listen, when the devil shows himself

Se tira su disparada
He takes off running

Y aunque la gente lo vieron
And even though people saw him

No lo ratean porque nadie ha visto nada
They won't report him because no one saw anything

El rey de la fechoría
The king of mischief

Ayer me dijo Facundo
Facundo told me yesterday

Todo el mundo lo conoce
Everyone knows him

Oye ven al bajo mundo
Come down to the underworld

Mira mira le da mano
Look, look at him shake hands

En ella no tiene un callito
Not a blemish on his hand

Ese nunca ha trabajado
He's never worked a day in his life

Y siempre anda bien bonito
And he always looks good