Parao! (On My Feet)

Rubén Blades

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Rubén Blades

Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (Spanish pronunciation: [ruˈβen ˈbleðz]; born July 16, 1948) professionally known as Rubén Blades is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, actor, Latin jazz musician, and activist, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres. As songwriter, Blades brought the lyrical sophistication of Central American nueva canción and Cuban nueva trova as well as experimental tempos and politically inspired Nuyorican salsa to his music, creating thinking persons' (salsa) dance music. Blades has composed dozens of musical hits, the most famous of which is "Pedro Navaja," a song about a neighborhood thug who appears to die during a robbery (his song "Sorpresas" continues the story), inspired by "Mack the Knife." He also… more »


Year:
2002
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Hay quien ve la luz al final de su túnel
Y construye un nuevo túnel, pa' no ver
Y se queda entre lo oscuro, y se consume
Lamentando lo que nunca llegó a ser

Yo no fui el mejor ejemplo y te lo admito
Fácil es juzgar la noche al otro día
Pero fui sincero, y eso sí lo grito
Que yo nunca he hipotecado al alma mía

Si yo he vivido parao
Ay que me entierren parao
¡Si pagué el precio que paga
El que no vive arrodillao!

La vida me ha restregao
Pero jamás me ha planchao
¡En la buena y en la mala
Voy con los dientes pelaos!
¡Sonriendo y de pie, siempre parao!

Las desgracias hacen fuerte al sentimiento
Si asimila cada golpe que ha aguantao
La memoria se convierte en un sustento
Celebrando cada río que se ha cruzao

Me pregunto, cómo puede creerse vivo
¿El que existe pa' culpar a los demás?
Que se calle y que se salga del camino
¡Y que deje al resto del mundo caminar!

A mí me entierran parao
¡Ay, que me entierren parao!
Ahí te dejo mi sonrisa
Y todo lo que me han quitao

Lo que perdí no he llorao
Si yo he vivido sobrao
Dando gracias por las cosas
Que en la ruta me he encontrao

Sumo y resto en carne propia
De mi conciencia abrazao

¡Parao! aunque me haya equivocao
Aunque me hayan señalao
Parao! en agua de luna mojao

Disfrutando la memoria
De los ríos que he cruzao
Aunque casi me haya ahogao
Sigo ¡parao! ¡parao!

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