HOLLYWOOD – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Peso Pluma, Estevan Plazola
• Album: EXODO

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic world of Corridos Tumbados with 'HOLLYWOOD'! This song is a perfect gateway to learning modern Mexican Spanish slang and the fast-paced, melodic cadence used in contemporary Regional Mexican music. Discover how urban influences meet traditional storytelling through its unique linguistic style.

[English]

I don't want to go to bed

I can't sleep - I can't finish

I can't give up - So many memories

Achievements I've lived through - I have plenty of reasons to survive

I don't want to go to bed - I can't sleep

I can't finish - I can't give up

So many memories - Achievements I've lived through

I have plenty of reasons to survive

Not everything is what it seems

Honestly, I'm living proof - Don't believe me? I'm telling you

Hold up - I live life at a fast pace

The artist's life - Drugs and women

Another one for the list - In the scene

With big names - Important meetings

Caviar and other fancy meals

Twenty thousand like it's nothing - Lots of designer clothes

All my ladies are a ten - Since before the fame

But let me start - Sit down, I'm going to tell you

What you didn't know about me - The whole truth

I was arrested at fifteen - For wanting to achieve all my dreams

They called my parents - They told them I was up to no good

Double pants to endure the belt lashes - When they kicked me out, I felt abandoned

These are the things one thinks about

Rolling a cigarette - Strolling through Hollywood

These are the things one thinks about

Rolling a cigarette - Strolling through Hollywood

I don't want to go to bed - I can't sleep

I don't want to end - I can't give up

So many memories - Achievements I've lived through

I have plenty of reasons to survive

Compa Peso

I acquire what I admire - Few know what I'm talking about

I take what I have because I signed with the devil - Our generation thinks differently

Look at the president - Just another one for the corrupt list

Absolute power - They live in pure luxury

While we're here struggling

But I will keep moving forward - But I will keep moving forward

These are the things one thinks about - Rolling a cigarette

Strolling through Hollywood - These are the things one thinks about

Rolling a cigarette - Strolling through Hollywood

I don't want to go to bed

I can't sleep - I can't finish

I can't give up - So many memories

Achievements I've lived through - I have plenty of reasons to survive

[Spanish]

No quiero acostarme 

No puedo dormir No puedo acabar 

No me puedo rendir Tanto recuerdos 

Logros que viví Razones me sobran para sobrevivir

No quiero acostarme No puedo dormir 

No puedo acabar No me puedo rendir 

Tanto recuerdos Logros que viví 

Razones me sobran para sobrevivir

No todo es como parece 

Neta yo soy prueba en vivo No me creen? yo se los digo

Hold up Vivo muy a prisa

La vida de artista Drogas y mujeres

Otra más para la lista En el ambiente 

Con figuras grandes Citas importantes 

Caviar y otras comidas elegantes

Veinte mil como si nada Mucha ropa que es de marca 

Puras dieces son mis damas Desde antes de la fama

Pero déjame empezar Siéntense les voy a contar 

Lo que no sabían de mí Toda la verdad

Me arrestaron a los quince años Por querer lograr todos mis sueños 

Le marcaron a mis jefes Les dijeron que no andaba en nada bueno

Doble pantalón para aguantar los cintarazos Cuando me corrieron yo me sentí abandonado

Son las cosas que uno va pensando 

Rolando un cigarro Paseando por Hollywood

Son las cosas que uno va pensando 

Rolando un cigarro Paseando por Hollywood

No quiero acostarme No puedo dormir 

No quiero acabar No me puedo rendir 

Tanto recuerdos Logros que viví 

Razones me sobran para sobrevivir

Compa Peso

Adquiero lo que yo admiro Pocos saben de lo que hablo 

Lo tomo como lo tengo porque firmé con el diablo Nuestra generación piensa diferente 

Mira al presidente Otro más para la lista de corruptos 

Poder absoluto Viven puro lujo 

Mientras que uno aquí valiendo

Pero yo seguiré avanzando Pero yo seguiré avanzando

Son las cosas que uno va pensando Rolando un cigarro 

Paseando por Hollywood Son las cosas que uno va pensando 

Rolando un cigarro Paseando por Hollywood

No quiero acostarme 

No puedo dormir No puedo acabar 

No me puedo rendir Tanto recuerdos 

Logros que viví Razones me sobran para sobrevivir

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
acostarse a-kos-tar-se A2	verbo - to go to bed
rendir ren-dir B1	verbo - to surrender
logros lo-gros B2	sustantivo - achievements
sobrevivir so-bre-vi-vir B1	verbo - to survive
neta ne-ta C1	adjetivo/sustantivo - truth / for real
prisa pri-sa A2	sustantivo - hurry
artista ar-tis-ta A1	sustantivo - artist
elegantes e-le-gan-tes A2	adjetivo - elegant
fama fa-ma A2	sustantivo - fame
arrestaron a-rres-ta-ron B1	verbo - to arrest
sueños sue-ños A1	sustantivo - dreams
abandonado a-ban-do-na-do B1	adjetivo - abandoned
adquiero ad-quie-ro B2	verbo - to acquire
corruptos co-rrup-tos B2	adjetivo - corrupt
lujo lu-jo B1	sustantivo - luxury

Key Grammar Structures

• No quiero acostarme

  ➔ Verbal periphrasis: 'Querer' + infinitive

  ➔ Used to express desire. Here, 'no quiero' denies the desire to 'acostarme' (go to bed).

• No todo es como parece

  ➔ Relative clause with 'como' (adverb of manner)

  ➔ The word ''como'' functions as a relative adverb meaning 'the way that' or 'as'.

• Me arrestaron a los quince años

  ➔ Impersonal 'se' / Indefinite subject

  ➔ The verb ''arrestaron'' is in the third-person plural, implying an indefinite agent (they/the police).

• Por querer lograr todos mis sueños

  ➔ Preposition 'por' + infinitive (Cause)

  ➔ Used to explain the reason or motive. ''Por'' + infinitive indicates the cause for the action.

• Son las cosas que uno va pensando

  ➔ Periphrastic progressive: 'Ir' + gerund

  ➔ ''Ir'' + gerund implies a gradual or progressive action over time (continuously thinking).

• Le marcaron a mis jefes

  ➔ Indirect object pronoun 'Le'

  ➔ ''Le'' replaces the indirect object ('a mis jefes'). Even though 'jefes' is plural, 'le' is often used in colloquial speech for the indirect object.

• Otro más para la lista de corruptos

  ➔ Indefinite pronoun 'Otro'

  ➔ ''Otro'' functions as a pronoun referring back to a previously mentioned category (corrupt people).

• Mientras que uno aquí valiendo

  ➔ Impersonal pronoun 'uno'

  ➔ ''Uno'' is used here to refer to oneself or people in general in a given situation.