BANDIDA – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Mora

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Quizás fue la mala costumbre (Costumbre)

Maybe it was a bad habit (Habit)

De que siempre solía ser el malo

That I was always the bad guy

Ese que por amor no sufre (Sufre)

The one who doesn't suffer for love (Suffers)

Pero tú me tiene' en la mala

But you've got me in a bad spot

De la mano caminando con la incertidumbre (—dumbre)

Hand in hand walking with uncertainty

El camino está oscuro, sigo esperando a que se alumbre (Alumbre)

The path is dark, I'm still waiting for it to light up (Light up)

Esa careta ya no te cubre

That mask no longer covers you

Aunque mientes tan bien, que parece verda'

Although you lie so well, it seems like the truth

Mami, a ti se te olvida que yo puedo ser igual

Mami, you forget that I can be the same

Y es que tú no ere' mala, ma', tú ere' la malda'

And it's that you're not bad, ma', you are evil itself

Me hiciste perder tiempo y un par de cosa' má'

You made me waste time and a couple of other things

Pa' darme cuenta que tú eras una bandida

To realize that you were a bandit

Tú sí sabía' lo que hacía', yo en la mía

You knew what you were doing, I was doing my own thing

Y así poco a poco me envolvía

And little by little, I got caught up

Pasé de ser el más buscado

I went from being the most wanted

A preguntarme dónde carajo tú estás metía'

To wondering where the hell you are

Y quizá' me lo merecía, porque nunca les creía cuando me decían

And maybe I deserved it, because I never believed them when they told me

Que tú eras una bandida

That you were a bandit

Tú sí sabía' lo que hacía', yo en la mía

You knew what you were doing, I was doing my own thing

Y así poco a poco me envolvía

And little by little, I got caught up

Pasé de ser el más buscado

I went from being the most wanted

A preguntarme dónde carajo tú estás metía', ah-ah-ah-ah

To wondering where the hell you are, ah-ah-ah-ah

Y quizá' me lo merecía

And maybe I deserved it

Y al karma le estoy pagando to' lo que le debía

And I'm paying karma everything I owed it

Yo juraba que era buena, pero resultó

I swore she was good, but it turned out

Que no ha perdío' una desde que debutó

That she hasn't lost once since she debuted

Tiene un corillo de amiguita' que la' educó

She has a crew of girlfriends that she trained

Y ya no carga su consciencia, hace rato que la sepultó

And she doesn't carry her conscience anymore, she buried it a long time ago

Está to' claro, puede' quitarte el disfra'

It's all clear, you can take off your disguise

Y ahorrarte lagrimita' de cristal

And save yourself those crystal tears

No me llame', no me busque', no vo' a contestar

Don't call me, don't look for me, I won't answer

Mentira, eso no sé, pero por evitar

Lie, I don't know about that, but to avoid it

No vaya a ser que me tropiece

So I don't stumble

Que me juzgue Dios, yo soborno a los juece'

Let God judge me, I bribe judges

Te daría una vez má', aunque no te lo merece'

I'd give you one more chance, even though you don't deserve it

Mami, te lo juro, que te olvido si pudiese

Mami, I swear to you, I'd forget you if I could

Y yo contigo me puse hasta romántico

And with you, I even got romantic

El sexo no era normal, era mágico

The sex wasn't normal, it was magic

Pero ese corazón pa' mí que es de plástico

But that heart, to me, is plastic

Te crees que sabes, pero falla' en lo básico (Básico)

You think you know, but you fail at the basics (Basics)

Sí (Sí), tú te crees que sabes, pero fallas en lo básico (Básico)

Yes (Yes), you think you know, but you fail at the basics (Basics)

Siempre falla' en lo básico

You always fail at the basics

Porque ere' una bandida

Because you're a bandit

Tú sí sabía' lo que hacía', yo en la mía

You knew what you were doing, I was doing my own thing

Y así poco a poco me envolvía

And little by little, I got caught up

Pasé de ser el más buscado a preguntarme dónde carajo tú estás metía'

I went from being the most wanted to wondering where the hell you are

Y quizá' me lo merecía, porque nunca les creía cuando me decían

And maybe I deserved it, because I never believed them when they told me

Que tú eras una bandida

That you were a bandit

Tú sí sabía' lo que hacía', yo en la mía

You knew what you were doing, I was doing my own thing

Y así poco a poco me envolvía

And little by little, I got caught up

Pasé de ser el más buscado

I went from being the most wanted

A preguntarme dónde carajo tú estás metía', ah-ah-ah-ah

To wondering where the hell you are, ah-ah-ah-ah

Y quizá' me lo merecía

And maybe I deserved it

Y al karma le estoy pagando to' lo que le debía (Debía)

And I'm paying karma everything I owed it (Owed it)

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
costumbre /kostoˈɾumbre/ B1	noun - custom, habit
malo /ˈmalo/ A2	adjective - bad
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
sufre /suˈfɾe/ B1	verb - suffer
mala /ˈmala/ A2	adjective - bad, evil
miente /ˈmjente/ B1	verb - to lie
duda /ˈduda/ A2	noun - doubt
camino /kaˈmi.no/ A2	noun - path, way, road
oscuro /osˈkuɾo/ B1	adjective - dark
esperando /espeˈɾando/ B1	verb - waiting
alumbre /alumˈbɾe/ C1	verb - to illuminate, to light up
mentiras /menˈtiɾas/ B2	noun - lies
igual /iˈɣwal/ A2	adjective - equal
perder /peˈðeɾ/ A2	verb - to lose

Key Grammar Structures

• De que siempre solía ser el malo

  ➔ Use of the phrase "de que" to introduce a subordinate clause expressing a reason or explanation.

  ➔ "De que" functions similarly to "because" or "since" in English, introducing the reason for the previous statement.

• Yo juraba que era buena

  ➔ Imperfect tense "juraba" to indicate a repeated or ongoing past action or belief.

  ➔ The imperfect tense expresses habitual or ongoing actions in the past, often reflecting beliefs or repeated states.

• Y así poco a poco me envolvía

  ➔ Use of the imperfect tense "envolvía" to describe a gradual, ongoing process in the past.

  ➔ The imperfect tense describes ongoing or gradual actions in the past, emphasizing the process rather than completion.

• Porque ere' una bandida

  ➔ Use of the present indicative "ere'" (colloquial form of "eres") to describe a current state or characteristic.

  ➔ The colloquial contraction "ere'" is a familiar form of "eres", used in informal speech to state a characteristic or identity.

• Tú sí sabía' lo que hacía'

  ➔ Use of the present indicative "sabía'" (colloquial and lyrical form of "sabías") to emphasize knowledge or awareness.

  ➔ The use of colloquial "sabía'" emphasizes an informal or emotional tone in the lyrics, indicating knowledge or awareness.

• Siempre falla' en lo básico

  ➔ Use of the present indicative "falla'" (colloquial form of "fallas") to express a habitual or general failure.

  ➔ The colloquial form "falla'" is used to describe habitual or recurring mistakes in a general, informal context.

• Y al karma le estoy pagando

  ➔ Use of present continuous tense "estoy pagando" to express an ongoing action.

  ➔ The present tense with "estoy" + gerund indicates an action that is happening currently or ongoing in the present.