MALA – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Peso Pluma, Ryan Castro

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of modern Latin music with 'MALA'. This track is a perfect gateway to learning Spanish as it blends Colombian and Mexican slang, offering a unique glimpse into the linguistic diversity and rhythmic energy of two different cultures in one song.

[English]

She's working, she's grinding hard

She earns her own money

Don't worry, Peso says, without envying her at all

Yeah

She's hot, and now she's riding in a Mercedes

Chando gelera

With the cash, she bought the Mercedes

Square, if they play reggaeton, it gets creepy

She bought the Mercedes

[Music]

Square, her parents thought she

Was waking up early for work, but every

Day she was making it happen, not out of necessity, her friends

Told her, "You're going to be stuck in the streets," they

Asked for photos, all the fans, but of

Her body, now she lives in El Poblado, no longer riding

On a motorcycle with her old friends, one after

Another, she went out to the street, they asked for photos

All the fans, but of her body, now she lives

In El Poblado, no longer riding on the

Motorcycle with her old friends, one after

Another, with him she's...

Square, if they play reggaeton, it gets creepy

With him she...

Now she lives easy, lives fresh

Handling it, she even learned to speak

English, she doesn't worry about the monthly

Bills anymore, she takes out the Mercedes and the

Three of them get in, her three friends who work in the

Same profession, she who can, does, and

Has blessings, all those who

Criticize her don't know what's up, vacations

In Europe, Cancun, or Dubai, just out in the streets

They asked for photos, all the fans, but

Of her body, now she lives in El Poblado, no longer

Riding on a motorcycle with her old friends, one after

Another, she went out to the street, they asked

For photos, all the fans, but of her body

Now she lives in El Poblado, no longer riding on a motorcycle

With her old friends, one after

Another, with

[Music]

If they play reggaeton

[Music]

She bought the Mercedes

[Music]

Square, i

[Spanish]

muer está trabajando está camellando dmo

gana lo de ella

tranquila dice peso sin envidiarle nada

a

nadie chimbita y ya se montó Mercedes

chando gelera

con el LoL F se compró la Mercedes

cuadrada si le ponen reg creepy

bail se compró la Mercedes

[Música]

cuadrada sus padres pensaban que ella

madrugaba trabajar pero subía todos los

dí lo ha ap no por necesidad sus amigos

le decí no te vas a cel la calle le

pedían fotos todos los fanátic pero de

su toto ya vive en el pobla ya no anda

en moto de los amigos de antes uno que

otro salió para la calle le pedían fotos

todos los fanátic pero de su to ya vive

en el pobl ya no anda el Moto de los

amigos de antes uno que

otro con el se com

cuadrada si le ponen reget prende creepy

con el se de

cu ahora vive tranqui vive Fresh

manejando la lengua aprendió hablar

inglés ya no se preocupa por las cuentas

del mes saca la Mercedes y se montan las

tres tres amigas que trabajan en la

misma profesión la que puede puede y

tiene la bendición todos los que la

critican no saben la que hay vacaciones

en Europa Cancún o Dubai só en la calle

le pedían fotos todos los fanatis pero

de su toto ya vive en el pobla ya no

anda en moto los amigos de antes uno que

otro salió para la calle Les pedían

fotos todos los fanatis pero de su toto

ya vive en el pobla ya no anda en moto

de los amigos de antes uno que

otro con

[Música]

el si le p reg

[Música]

el compró La Merced

[Música]

cuada i

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
trabajando tɾaβaˈxando A1	verbo - working
camellando kameˈʝando B2	verbo - working hard (colloquial, Colombia)
chimbita tʃimˈbita C2	sustantivo - pretty girl (Colombian slang)
fanáticos faˈnatikos B1	sustantivo - fans / fanatics
necesidad neseθiˈðað A2	sustantivo - need / necessity
bendición bendiˈθjon B2	sustantivo - blessing
tranquila tɾaŋˈkila A1	adjetivo - calm / chill
profesión pɾofeˈθjon A2	sustantivo - profession / occupation
vacaciones bakaˈθjones A1	sustantivo - vacation / holidays
critican kɾitiˈkan B1	verbo - to criticize
preocupa pɾeoˈkupa A2	verbo - to worry
cuentas ˈkwentas A2	sustantivo - bills / accounts
aprende aˈpɾende A1	verbo - to learn
amigas aˈmiɣas A1	sustantivo - friends
madrugaba maðɾuˈɣaβa B2	verbo - to wake up early

Key Grammar Structures

• Está camellando

  ➔ Present Continuous (Estar + Gerund)

  ➔ Used to describe an action happening right now. "Camellar" is Colombian slang for working.

• Se compró la Mercedes

  ➔ Preterite Tense (Reflexive usage)

  ➔ The "se" here is 'aspectual', emphasizing the completion of the purchase for oneself.

• Si le ponen reguetón

  ➔ First Conditional (Si + Present Indicative)

  ➔ Used to describe a likely condition and its immediate result.

• No te vas a creer

  ➔ Near Future (Ir + a + Infinitive)

  ➔ Used here to express something the listener won't be able to believe soon.

• Ya no anda en moto

  ➔ Adverb of time with negation (Ya no)

  ➔ "Ya no" indicates that a previous habit or state has stopped.

• Aprendió a hablar inglés

  ➔ Prepositional Verb (Verb + a + Infinitive)

  ➔ Certain verbs like 'aprender' require 'a' before an infinitive.

• La que puede, puede

  ➔ Relative Pronoun (La que = The one who)

  ➔ Using the definite article + 'que' to create a noun phrase referring to a person.

• Todos los que la critican

  ➔ Plural Relative Clause

  ➔ 'Todos los que' means 'all those who', using the masculine plural.