Esto Es Así – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Louis BPM, Hanzel La H, Junior Caldera
• Album: Esto Es Así - Single

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw and authentic sound of "Esto Es Así" by Louis BPM, Hanzel La H, and Junior Caldera. This powerful trap track offers a vivid lyrical journey into urban realities, making it a compelling way to engage with Spanish through its direct language and poignant storytelling. Discover how the artists paint a picture of street life, loyalty, and the pursuit of freedom, all while experiencing the unique flows and vocal dynamics that make this song truly special.

[English]

This is how it is

This is how it is

This way, this way, this way, this way

I started hustling because school didn't want me

I curse the system, I want money

I can't make sense of my friends lying on the ground

Bring me a professor who can explain why they left

It's bad for a man to speak ill of another man

Talk trash about others, but for what reason?

I did stay quiet in court

Now in the isolation cell, yelling at the darkness

Water, I've longed for freedom for a while

I had to put down the high-caliber weapons

But don't think this is just talk

When I hit the streets, the magazines will be visible

In the car, the packages go in the back

Explicit and also sensitive content

You're not my friend, you're a rat

Lack of code is not reversible

We have the key from the streets

The codes you don't know, for which you'll never get the key

You have to pay a fare

If you pass through the block where the bandits are, there's a toll

Because this is how it is

Baby, this is how it is, the housing projects, the motorcycles

The money in the washing machine, the guns and the pistols

You burn in the asphalt, life evaporates for you

The street is a poem and I write it in my songs

This is problem after problem, I'm a system error

This part of the movie, they don't even see it in cinemas

They can't lock me up if my soul is free

But when you show up with high-caliber weapons

And the reversible jackets, I'm going to make you disappear

Sensitive content, there's no life available anymore

You're a character with paint and makeup

And if you pass by my spot, you have to pay a toll

You're not escaping this trip, we'll take your luggage

With camouflage rifles

Because this is how it is

We killed you at six, they found you at three

Enough time to hide, and everyone asks why

I left my fingerprints on the trigger

Now they're looking for me, and it was because he was a snitch that I detonated him

And I don't regret it, the snitch cried out to the winds on his knees

And the pavement was sparking

Whoever plays with my livelihood is playing with their life

You're not Chinese, so stop making things up

Because this is how it is, the street is like this

Problems are problems and they are pulled out by the root

Your friend is like a day of mine dealing with dengue

Get the VIP passes out, a new phenomenon is coming to your country

Together and with an icon, they didn't see it coming

But that's the scene, now they're calling

After they took me off the track, they have no dignity

A shout out to my people who are imprisoned, I miss them like I miss Venezuela

Zero Louis

I've longed for freedom for a while

I had to put down the high-caliber weapons

But don't think this is just talk

When I hit the streets, the magazines will be visible

In the car, the packages go in the back

Explicit and also sensitive content

You're not my friend, you're a rat

Lack of code is not reversible

Hey, tell me, Louis

Hanzel La H of the white eyes

Hey, tell me, Pa

Venezuela PR, you know, the direct route

Loyalty forever, like Kobe with the Lakers

[Spanish]

Esto es así

Esto es así

Así, así, así, así

Me puse a trapear porque la escuela no me quiso

Me cago en el sistema, yo quiero dinero

No me dan las restas de mis panas en el piso

Tráeme un profesor que me explique por qué se fueron

Qué mal un hombre que hable mal de otro hombre

Échale mierda a otro, pero ¿a son de qué?

Yo sí me quedé callado en la corte

Ahora en la celda de aislamiento a la oscuridad gritándole

Agua, hace rato que anhelo la libertad

Tuve que bajarme del alto calibre

Pero no te creas que esto es bla bla bla

Cuando coja calle los peines visibles

En el carro los paquetes van atrás

Contenido explícito y también sensible

Tú no eres mi amigo, tú eres ratata

La falta de código no es reversible

De la calle tenemos la clave

Los códigos que no sabes de los cuales nunca obtendrás la llave

Tú tienes que pagar pasaje

Si pasas por el bloque donde están los bandidos hay un peaje

Porque esto es así

Baby, esto es así, el caserío, las motoras

Los chavos en la lavadora, los palos y las pistolas

Tú te quemas en la brea, la vida se te evapora

La calle es un poema y yo la redacto en mis temas

Esto es problema tras problema, soy un error del sistema

Esta parte de la movie no la ven ni en los cinemas

No pueden encerrarme si yo tengo el alma libre

Pero cuando te presentes con armas de alto calibre

Y los jackets reversible, voy a aplicarte el invisible

Contenido sensible, ya no hay vida disponible

Tú eres un personaje con pintura y maquillaje

Y si pasas por mi canto, tienes que pagar peaje

Tú no vuelas de este viaje, te quitamos el equipaje

Con rifles de camuflaje

Porque esto es así

Te matamos a las seis, te encontraron a las tres

Suficiente pa' esconderme y todos preguntan por qué

Las huellas dactilares en el gatillo dejé

Ahora me buscan y por chota fue que yo lo detoné

Y no me arrepiento, arrodillado el sapo gritaba a los vientos

Y echaba chispas el pavimento

Al que juegue con mi comida está jugando con su vida

Usted no es chino, así que deje sus inventos

Porque esto es así, la calle es así

Los problemas son problemas y se sacan de la raíz

Tu friend es un día mío con dengue

Saquen la VIP papel que llega un nuevo fenómeno a tu país

Junto y con ícono, no lo vieron venir

Pero así es la escena, ahora sí están llamando

Después que me bajaron del tema, no tienen dignidad

Un saludo para los míos que están presos, los extraño como extraño a Venezuela

Cero Louis

Hace rato que anhelo la libertad

Tuve que bajarme del alto calibre

Pero no te creas que esto es bla bla bla

Cuando coja calle los peines visibles

En el carro los paquetes van atrás

Contenido explícito y también sensible

Tú no eres mi amigo, tú eres ratata

La falta de código no es reversible

Mera, dime Louis

Hanzel La H de los ojos blancos

Mera, dime, Pa

Venezuela PR, tú sabes, la ruta directa

Loyalty forever, como Kobe con los Lakers

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sistema /sisˈtema/ A2	noun - system
dinero /diˈneɾo/ A1	noun - money
libertad /liβeɾˈtað/ B1	noun - freedom, liberty
calle /ˈkaʎe/ A1	noun - street, road noun - street life, illicit or informal activities associated with urban environments
código /ˈkoðiɣo/ B1	noun - code (system of rules, principles, or laws)
peaje /peˈaxe/ B1	noun - toll (fee for using a road, bridge, etc.)
bandido /banˈdiðo/ B2	noun - bandit, outlaw
pistola /pisˈtola/ B1	noun - pistol, handgun
problema /proˈβlema/ A1	noun - problem, issue
calibre /kaˈliβɾe/ B2	noun - caliber (of a firearm); quality, importance
sensible /senˈsiβle/ B2	adjective - sensitive (easily affected or perceiving keenly); perceptible
reversible /reβeɾˈsiβle/ B2	adjective - reversible (able to be turned the other way; capable of being reversed)
equipaje /ekiˈpaxe/ B1	noun - luggage, baggage
chota /ˈtʃota/ C1	noun - informer, snitch (colloquial, especially Caribbean Spanish)
sapo /ˈsapo/ C1	noun - toad (amphibian) noun - informer, snitch (colloquial, especially in criminal contexts)
dignidad /diɣniˈðað/ B2	noun - dignity, self-respect
preso /ˈpɾeso/ B1	adjective - imprisoned, captive noun - prisoner, inmate
anhelar /anheˈlaɾ/ B2	verb - to long for, to yearn for, to crave
detonar /detoˈnaɾ/ B2	verb - to detonate, to trigger, to set off
caserío /kaseˈɾio/ B2	noun - hamlet, small group of houses; (Puerto Rico, colloquial) housing project, ghetto

Key Grammar Structures

• Me puse a trapear porque la escuela no me quiso

  ➔ Ponerse a + infinitive & Querer (to want/accept) in preterite

  ➔ "Ponerse a + infinitive" means "to start doing something." "No me quiso" uses "querer" in the preterite, meaning "did not want/accept me."

• Qué mal un hombre que hable mal de otro hombre

  ➔ Exclamatory "Qué + adjective" + Subjunctive in relative clauses with indefinite antecedent

  ➔ "Qué + adjective" is an exclamatory expression. The subjunctive "hable" (from "hablar") is used in the relative clause "que hable mal" because the antecedent "un hombre" is indefinite and expresses an opinion or a general statement.

• Hace rato que anhelo la libertad

  ➔ "Hace + time + que + verb" construction

  ➔ The structure "Hace + time + que + verb in present tense" is used to express how long an action has been happening or how long ago something happened. "Hace rato" means "a while ago" or "for a while."

• Cuando coja calle los peines visibles

  ➔ "Cuando + subjunctive" for future actions

  ➔ "Cuando + subjunctive" ("coja" from "coger") is used when referring to a future action that is not yet certain or is hypothetical. The action (getting out on the street) will happen in the future, so the subjunctive is required.

• De los cuales nunca obtendrás la llave

  ➔ Relative pronoun "de los cuales" (of which/from which)

  ➔ "De los cuales" is a relative pronoun that means "of which" or "from which." It refers back to a previously mentioned noun phrase and indicates origin, possession, or a part of a larger group.

• Tú te quemas en la brea, la vida se te evapora

  ➔ Pronominal verbs (reflexive/non-reflexive use of "se") and indirect object pronoun for emphasis/result

  ➔ "Te quemas" is a reflexive verb, meaning "you burn yourself." "Se te evapora" uses "se" as part of a pronominal verb (evaporarse, to evaporate) and "te" as an indirect object pronoun, indicating that the action happens *to you* or *affecting you*, often implying an unexpected or undesired event, similar to the "accidental se."

• No pueden encerrarme si yo tengo el alma libre

  ➔ "Poder + infinitive" and Conditional "si" clause

  ➔ "Poder + infinitive" (pueden encerrarme) means "they can/are able to lock me up." The "si" clause introduces a condition: "if I have a free soul." It's a Type 1 conditional (present indicative in both clauses), expressing a real or likely condition.

• Al que juegue con mi comida está jugando con su vida

  ➔ "Al que + subjunctive" for general conditional statements. "Estar + gerundio" (present continuous)

  ➔ "Al que + subjunctive" ("juegue" from "jugar") is a common construction meaning "to whoever" or "anyone who." It functions as a general conditional statement, implying a warning. "Está jugando" is the present continuous tense, indicating an ongoing action.

• Los extraño como extraño a Venezuela

  ➔ "Extrañar a alguien/algo" (to miss someone/something) with the personal "a"

  ➔ The verb "extrañar" (to miss) is followed by the personal "a" when its direct object is a person or, as in this case, a beloved place (Venezuela) that is personified or treated with strong affection. "Los" is the direct object pronoun referring to "los míos" (my people).