LA MENTIRA – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Nathy Peluso
• Album: GRASA

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the Spanish language through Nathy Peluso's “LA MENTIRA,” a song that masterfully blends sharp social commentary with rich cultural references. This track offers a unique opportunity to learn colloquial expressions and understand a critical perspective on contemporary life, all wrapped in a fiery hip-hop beat. Its clever wordplay and direct address make it a compelling and educational listen for any language learner.

[English]

Too much noise

So many people shooting at me hard with their machine guns

Too pure, babe, I swear

They corner me if I stand still

Anger stings, it stings a lot

Mosquitoes sting

They sting like sriracha

Anger stings, they don’t know how to scratch

The rage this bad girl gives them

Eyes like Bowie

One black, the other blue

When I get sad

They change my color completely

Butter like Biggie

I add some jam

What you see is what I am

I don’t owe anyone anything

Don’t let the noise confuse you

Keep your chain safe with its case

Not everything weighing on your neck is gold

Not everyone takes care of their treasure

The lie dresses up as a packaged bitch

Silky hair, perky breasts

Luxury lips

Coke envelope

Silver tooth

High heels

The devil saw you last night

With your face buried

Screaming into the pillow

Purity in the soul comes at a high price

Lose money, gain cash

This is Latin America

Get it, damn it, little doll

The lie travels in business class

On a plane with Gucci flip-flops

It dominates television

It acts like a Fiorucci angel

Funy Valentine plays

Nothing’s completely fine

But I’ve got Espidifen

In my Balmain bag

Funy Valentine plays

Nothing’s completely fine

But I’ve got Espidifen

In my Balmain bag

I don’t lose my pride

Cash, cash, cash

I’m messed up but I make it look easy

It’s called a lie

I don’t produce serotonin

So the microdose will have to do it for me

X-ray on the corner

From the back with the camera flash

I can paint a Picasso

While smoking a joint

With the mascara brush

Today I got an email saying

That the lie will kill me

If something’s broken, it’s not fixed like before

Just with Scotch tape

You spent all night looking for solutions

On the Macintosh

I look into the cat’s eyes, babe, I look and I know it’s lying

The lie doped it, doped it, doped it, and it forgot everything

Your treasure is sacred, and sacred is holy

Like Maradona’s cleats

I cry salty, I cry a lot

Like Madonna used to cry

Don’t give yourself away like that, ‘che’

Don’t regret it

When your mom asks if you’re happy

I beg you, don’t lie to her

Don’t let the noise confuse you

Keep your chain safe with its case

Not everything weighing on your neck is gold

Not everyone takes care of their treasure

[Spanish]

Demasiado ruido

Mucha gente me dispara duro con la metralleta

Demasiado puro nena, te lo juro

Me acorralan si me quedo quieta

Pica rabia pica mucho

Pican los mosquitos

Pican como la sriracha

Pica la rabia no saben rascar

La bronca que les da esta guacha

Los ojitos como Bowie

Uno negro y otro azul

Cuando me pongo triste

Me cambian de color a full

La manteca como Biggie

Yo le pongo mermelada

Lo que ves es lo que soy

No le debo a nadie nada

No dejes que el ruido te confunda

Guarda tu cadena con la funda

No todo lo que te pesa en el cuello es oro

No todo el mundo cuida su tesoro

La mentira se disfraza de perra empaquetada

Pelo sedoso, tetas paradas

Labio de lujo

Sobre de coca

Diente de plata

Tomate tacón

El diablo te vio a la noche

Con la cara metida hundida

Gritando contra el almohadón

Pureza en el alma sale caro

Pierde money gana guita

Esto es latinoamérica

Entérate carajo, muñequita

La mentira viaja en business

En avión con las ojotas de Gucci

Domina la Televisión

Va de angelito Fiorucci

Suena Funy Valentine

Nada está del todo fine

Pero tengo Espidifen

En la cartera de Balmain

Suena Funy Valentine

Nada está del todo fine

Pero tengo Espidifen

En la cartera de Balmain

No se me caen los anillos

Cash, cash, cash

Estoy jodida pero yo hago que se vea sencillo

Se llama mentira

No fabrico serotonina

Así que la microdosis me la fabricará

Radiografía en la esquina

Del back con el flash de la cámara

Puedo pintar un Picasso

Fumándome un faso

Con el cepillo de la máscara

Hoy recibí un e-mail que decía

Que la mentira a mí me matará

Si algo no funciona no se arregla como antes

Solo con la cinta Scotch

Te pasaste toda la noche buscando soluciones

En la Macintosh

Miro a los ojos del gato nena lo miro y sé que me miente

La mentira lo dopó, lo dopó, lo dopó y no se acordaba de niente

Tu tesoro es sagrado y lo sagrado es holy

Como los botines de Maradona

Lloro salado, lloro una bocha lloro

Como lloraba la Madonna

No te regales así ‘che’

No te arrepientas

Cuando tu vieja te pregunte si sos feliz

Te pido que no le mientas

No dejes que el ruido te confunda

Guarda tu cadena con la funda

No todo lo que te pesa en el cuello es oro

No todo el mundo cuida su tesoro

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
mentira /miˈn̪tɾa/ A2	noun - lie, false statement
ruido /ˈri.ðo/ A2	noun - noise, sound
gente /ˈxen̪.te/ A2	noun - people, folk
disparar /dis.paˈɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to shoot (a weapon)
acorralar /a.kor.raˈlaɾ/ B2	verb - to corner, trap
rabia /ˈraβja/ B1	noun - rage, fury
bronca /ˈbɾonka/ B1	noun - anger, quarrel
cadena /kaˈðe.na/ A2	noun - chain, necklace
oro /ˈoɾo/ A2	noun - gold (metal)
tesoro /teˈsoɾo/ B1	noun - treasure, valuable thing
sedoso /seˈðoso/ B2	adjective - silky, smooth like silk
perra /ˈpe.ra/ B1	noun - female dog; vulgar slang for a contemptible woman
microdosis /mi.kɾoˈdos.is/ C1	noun - micro‑dose, a very small dose of a substance
serotonina /seɾ.oˈni.na/ C1	noun - serotonin, a neurotransmitter
radiografía /ɾaðiɣɾaˈfi.a/ C1	noun - X‑ray, radiograph
pintar /pinˈtaɾ/ A2	verb - to paint, to colour
mentir /menˈtiɾ/ A2	verb - to lie, to tell an untruth
cambiar /kamˈβjaɾ/ A2	verb - to change, to exchange
color /koˈloɾ/ A2	noun - color, hue
triste /ˈtɾiste/ A2	adjective - sad, unhappy

Key Grammar Structures

• No le debo <u>nada</u> a nadie.

  ➔ Negative simple present with indirect object pronoun

  ➔ The verb debo is in the present tense and the particle no makes it negative; le is the indirect object pronoun referring to “to whom”.

• No todo lo que <u>te pesa</u> en el cuello es oro.

  ➔ Relative clause with que + present indicative

  ➔ The verb pesa is in the present indicative, introducing a relative clause that describes “what weighs on you”.

• Si <u>algo no funciona</u> no se arregla como antes.

  ➔ First‑type conditional (if + present, result + present)

  ➔ The clause algo no funciona uses the present tense to express a real possibility; the main clause no se arregla also stays in the present.

• Estoy <u>jodida</u> pero yo <u>hago que se vea</u> sencillo.

  ➔ Present progressive + verbo que + subjunctive

  ➔ Estoy jodida uses the present progressive to describe a current state; hago que se vea introduces a subordinate clause with the subjunctive se vea after “que”.

• No <u>se me caen</u> los anillos.

  ➔ Reflexive construction with indirect object pronoun

  ➔ Se me caen uses the reflexive pronoun se plus the indirect object pronoun me to indicate that the rings fall off “on me”.

• Puedo <u>pintar</u> un Picasso.

  ➔ Modal verb + infinitive

  ➔ Puedo is a modal verb expressing ability, and it is followed by the infinitive pintar.

• No dejes que el ruido <u>te confunda</u>.

  ➔ Imperative + subordinate clause with subjunctive

  ➔ The verb dejes is an imperative form (negative “no”) and it triggers the subjunctive confunda in the clause “que el ruido te confunda”.

• Guarda tu cadena <u>con la funda</u>.

  ➔ Imperative sentence

  ➔ Guarda is the second‑person singular imperative of “guardar”, giving a direct command: “keep your chain with the case”.

• La mentira <u>lo dopó</u>, lo dopó, lo dopó y no se acordó de <u>niente</u>.

  ➔ Preterite tense (simple past)

  ➔ Both dopó and se acordó are in the preterite, indicating completed actions in the past: “the lie doped him, and he didn’t remember anything”.