Cuídate – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Morad, Gazo

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Se la están jugando, van de fuga a lo San Andreas

They're taking risks, they're on the run like in San Andreas

Me escuchan en tierra y los que curran en la marea

They hear me on land and those working on the high seas

Haciendo locuras que dirían: “Morad, no veas”

Doing crazy things that would make them say: "Morad, you wouldn't believe it"

Como dice el Cata: “Cuídate cuando estés en fea”

As Cata says: "Take care when you're in a tough spot"

Vendiendo lo tóxico

Selling the toxic stuff

Haciéndolo mágico

Making it magical

Abren todos el hocico

Everyone opens their mouths

Se convierte en tópico

It becomes a common topic

Sueno en todo el Atlántico

I'm heard across the whole Atlantic

Van con automático

They carry automatics

Trabajo muy práctico

Very practical work

Investiga la UDYCO

UDYCO investigates

Facturan sentados en un bajo y viven en un ático

They make money sitting in a ground-floor apartment and live in a penthouse

Todos son gente muy seria, ninguno lunático

They are all very serious people, none of them are crazy

Meten los fajos envasados en bolsas de plástico

They put the wads of cash packed in plastic bags

Te asaltan cuatro en tu casa vestidos de técnico

Four people assault you in your house dressed as technicians

Cuídate del que te dicen que es un canalla

Watch out for the one they tell you is a scoundrel

Muchos con cara de tonto han gana'o batallas

Many with a foolish face have won battles

Ningún enemigo nunca ha cruzado la raya

No enemy has ever crossed the line

Nadie en problemas de los míos a mí me falla

None of my people in trouble fail me

Cuídate del que te dicen que es un canalla

Watch out for the one they tell you is a scoundrel

Muchos con cara de tonto han gana'o batallas

Many with a foolish face have won battles

Ningún enemigo nunca ha cruzado la raya

No enemy has ever crossed the line

Nadie en problemas de los míos a mí me falla

None of my people in trouble fail me

Billet sur billet c'est jamais assez

Money on money, it's never enough

C'est pépé que je vendais ma C

I used to sell my 'C' to an old man

Je déclare un feu quand je me sens menacé

I start a fire when I feel threatened

Or blanc, c'est pas de l'acier

White gold, it's not steel

Dans ma tête je pense qu'au paper

In my head, I only think about paper

Que du te-shi, reprends ton vape

Only hash, take back your vape

Y a des pétards comme aux States

There are big guns like in the States

Toujours en pétard quand on fête

Always armed when we celebrate

Rappeur international (Barça Paris SG)

International rapper (Barça Paris SG)

Cali, pas médicinal (Non ça smoke pas les mêmes G)

Cali (weed), not medicinal (No, we don't smoke the same stuff)

Garde à vue, dépôt, tribunal (Becter, fallait manger)

Custody, remand, court (Had to eat, had to make a living)

Rappeur international (Barça Paris SG)

International rapper (Barça Paris SG)

Chérie est fâchée, tu sais que je pense à toi ma Bella

Darling is angry, you know I think of you, my beautiful

Je reste fort mais je peux être tenté par ces putas

I stay strong but I can be tempted by these bitches

C'est trop gang autour de moi, c'est Salvatrucha

It's too gangsta around me, it's like Salvatrucha

Je te mérite pas, des fois je me dis: qu'est-ce que tu fais là?

I don't deserve you, sometimes I tell myself: what are you doing here?

Je peux blesser

I can hurt

Ma Bella

My beautiful

Tenter

Tempt

Trop de putas

Too many bitches

Fêter

Celebrate

En pétard

Armed

Péter

To fire

Mon pétard

My gun

Tú no eres malo

You're not bad

Más tú lo quisieras

Though you wish you were

A ti te dieron al palo

They messed you up

Y te fuiste en lloradera

And you started crying

Cuídate del que te dicen que es un canalla

Watch out for the one they tell you is a scoundrel

Muchos con cara de tonto han gana'o batallas

Many with a foolish face have won battles

Ningún enemigo nunca ha cruzado la raya

No enemy has ever crossed the line

Nadie en problemas de los míos a mí me falla

None of my people in trouble fail me

Cuídate del que te dicen que es un canalla

Watch out for the one they tell you is a scoundrel

Muchos con cara de tonto han gana'o batallas

Many with a foolish face have won battles

Ningún enemigo nunca ha cruzado la raya

No enemy has ever crossed the line

Nadie en problemas de los míos a mí me falla

None of my people in trouble fail me

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cuídate /kwiˈða.te/ B1	verb (imperative, reflexive) - take care (of yourself), watch out, be careful
fuga /ˈfu.ɣa/ B1	noun - escape, flight, leak
currar /kuˈrrar/ C1	verb - to work hard (colloquial, Spain), to slave away
locura /loˈku.ɾa/ B1	noun - madness, folly, crazy act
tóxico /ˈtok.si.ko/ B1	adjective - toxic, poisonous
hocico /oˈsi.ko/ B2	noun - snout, muzzle (of an animal) idiomatic (from 'abrir el hocico') - (colloquial) to talk a lot, to complain, to be nosy
tópico /ˈto.pi.ko/ B2	noun - topic, theme, cliché, common place adjective - topical, commonplace, clichéd
facturar /fak.tuˈɾaɾ/ B2	verb - to invoice, to check in (luggage) verb (colloquial, context here) - to make money, to earn (often illicitly)
ático /ˈa.ti.ko/ B1	noun - penthouse, attic
lunático /luˈna.ti.ko/ B2	adjective - lunatic, crazy, moody
fajo /ˈfa.xo/ B2	noun - bundle, wad (of money)
asaltar /a.salˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to assault, to raid, to rob
canalla /kaˈna.ʎa/ B2	noun - scoundrel, rogue, villain adjective - despicable, villainous
batalla /baˈta.ʎa/ B1	noun - battle, fight, struggle
raya /ˈra.ʝa/ B2	noun - line, stripe, streak idiomatic (from 'cruzar la raya') - (idiom) limit, boundary (to cross the line)
fallar /faˈʎaɾ/ B1	verb - to fail, to disappoint, to miss (a target)

Key Grammar Structures

• Se la están jugando, van de fuga a lo San Andreas

  ➔ Reflexive Verb in Present Progressive & Idiomatic Phrase

  ➔ The structure "se la están jugando" combines a reflexive verb ("jugar-se", to risk/play for oneself) with the present progressive ("estar + gerund"), indicating an ongoing action where the subject is also the indirect object. "a lo" means "in the style of" or "like".

• Haciendo locuras que dirían: “Morad, no veas”

  ➔ Conditional Tense for Hypothetical Statements & Idiomatic Expression

  ➔ The conditional tense "dirían" (they would say) is used here to express a hypothetical or indirect statement. "no veas" is an idiomatic expression in Spanish, meaning "you wouldn't believe" or "it's incredible".

• Cuídate cuando estés en fea

  ➔ Imperative with Reflexive Pronoun & Subjunctive in Temporal Clause

  ➔ "Cuídate" is an imperative form of the reflexive verb "cuidarse" (to take care of oneself). The subjunctive "estés" (from "estar") is used after "cuando" because it refers to a future, uncertain, or hypothetical situation.

• Vendiendo lo tóxico

  ➔ Neutral Article 'lo' with Adjective

  ➔ The neutral article "lo" combined with an adjective, such as "tóxico" (toxic), refers to a general concept, quality, or idea, translating to "the toxic thing" or "what is toxic".

• Cuídate del que te dicen que es un canalla

  ➔ Preposition + Relative Pronoun 'del que'

  ➔ "Del que" is a contraction of "de + el + que" (of + the one + who/that). It acts as a relative pronoun phrase meaning "of the one who" or "from the one that".

• Muchos con cara de tonto han gana'o batallas

  ➔ Idiomatic Expression & Colloquial Contraction

  ➔ "Con cara de tonto" is an idiomatic expression meaning "with a foolish/silly face" or appearing to be dumb. "gana'o" is a colloquial contraction of "ganado", the past participle of "ganar" (to win), common in spoken Spanish.

• C'est pépé que je vendais ma C

  ➔ Cleft Sentence for Emphasis

  ➔ This is a cleft sentence ("C'est X que Y..."), used to emphasize "pépé" (grandpa/old man). The structure brings the emphasized element to the front, making it the focus of the sentence.

• Dans ma tête je pense qu'au paper

  ➔ Restrictive Negation 'ne... que' (only)

  ➔ The structure "ne... que" is a restrictive negation in French, meaning "only" or "nothing but". It indicates that the action or thought is limited to a single element. "qu'au" is a contraction of "que à le".

• Más tú lo quisieras

  ➔ Imperfect Subjunctive for Hypothetical Desires/Wishes

  ➔ The imperfect subjunctive "quisieras" (from "querer", to want) is used here to express a hypothetical wish, a desire that is unlikely to be fulfilled, or a polite suggestion, similar to "you wish" or "you would want that".

• A ti te dieron al palo

  ➔ Redundant Object Pronoun for Emphasis & Idiomatic Expression

  ➔ The repetition of the object pronoun "te" with the prepositional phrase "a ti" creates emphasis (redundant object pronoun). "Dar al palo" is an idiom, literally "to hit the post" (in sports), but here it means to be given a hard time, to fail, or to suffer a setback.