MALA – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Peso Pluma, Ryan Castro
• Album: ÉXODO

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant sounds of Latin America with 'MALA'! This song is a perfect gateway to learning modern Spanish slang and understanding the rhythmic fusion of Mexican and Colombian urban cultures. Its catchy, repetitive hooks make it an excellent tool for practicing pronunciation and everyday conversational expressions used in nightlife and social settings.

[English]

Damn, this woman is something else

She’s working hard, she’s grinding like crazy

Making her own money

Chill, what is Peso saying? Without envying

anyone

She’s stunning, and now she’s riding in a Mercedes

At the beach, she is

Working hard, what a

Cool Mercedes SUV

[Music]

She bought a Mercedes

SUV

[Music]

With her, her parents used to think she

Woke up early to work but only earned a little

Every day, but she did it not out of

Necessity, her friends would tell her, "Don't you

Join a cartel?" She hit the streets, and

All the fans would ask for photos, but of her

Ass, now she lives in El Poblado, no longer riding on

A motorcycle like with her old friends, one after

Another, on the street they'd ask for photos

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

In El Poblado, no longer riding on a motorcycle like

With her old friends, one after

Another, with her, she's got that

SUV, if they play reggaeton, she lights up

Creepy

She dances, she bought it

She lives chill, she lives fancy, watch her

Tongue, she learned to speak English, she no longer

Worries about the monthly bills, she pulls out

The Mercedes and the three

Friends that work in the same

Profession get in, she who can, does, and she has the

Blessing, all those who criticize her don't

Know the deal, vacations in Europe,

Cancun, or Dubai, she hit the streets, and

All the fans would ask for photos, but of her

Ass, now she lives in El Poblado, no longer riding

On a motorcycle like with her old friends, one after

Another, on the street they'd ask for photos, all

The fans, but of her ass, now she lives in

El Poblado, no longer riding on a motorcycle like

With her old friends, one after

[Music]

Another, her SUV

[Music]

[Spanish]

chim qué chimb esta mujer está

trabajando está camellando dmo ran Te

gana lo deella

tranquila Qué dice peso sin envidiarle

nada a

nadie chimbita y ya se montó en Mercedes

la playita está

chambeando qué

gelera la Mercedes cuadr

[Música]

se compró la Mercedes

cuadrada

[Música]

conala sus padres pensaban que ella

madrugaba trabajar pero subía potico

todos los días F ella lo hacía por no

por necesidad sus amigas le decían no te

vas a Cartel salió para la calle le

pedían foto todos los fanátic pero de su

toto ya vive en el poblo ya no anda en

moto que los amigos de antes uno que

otro só para la calle le pedían fotos

todos los fantic pero de su toto ya vive

en el pobl ya no anda el Moto de los

amigos de antes uno que

otro con el se com laa de

cuadrada si le ponen regetón prende

creepy

bailab con el se compró

vive tranqui vive fres 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 salió para la calle le

pedían fotos todos los fanatic pero de

su toto ya vive en el pobla ya no anda

en moto de los amigos de antes uno que

otro para la calle pedían fotos todos

los fana pero de su to ya vive en el

pobla ya no anda en moto de los amigos

Un que

[Música]

ot mer cuadr

[Música]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Chimbita chimbita C2	noun - Young, attractive woman (Colombian slang).
Camellando kamellando C2	verb - Working hard (slang).
Envidiarle envidiarle B2	verb - To envy someone for something.
Madrugaba madrugaba B1	verb - To get up very early in the morning.
Necesidad necesidad A2	noun - Need or lack of something necessary.
Fanátic fanatik A2	noun - Enthusiastic follower of someone or something.
Critican kritikan B1	verb - To judge someone else's actions.
Bendición bendision B2	noun - Divine gift or favor.
Vacaciones bakasiones A1	noun - Period of rest from work or school.

Key Grammar Structures

• Sus padres pensaban que ella madrugaba trabajar

  ➔ Imperfect tense (Pretérito Imperfecto)

  ➔ The verb "pensaban" describes a past mental state or habitual thought over a period of time.

• Ella lo hacía por gusto, no por necesidad

  ➔ Direct Object Pronoun "lo"

  ➔ The pronoun "lo" replaces the action or the work she was doing mentioned previously.

• Salió para la calle le pedían fotos

  ➔ Preterite Tense (Pretérito Indefinido)

  ➔ The verb "salió" indicates a specific, completed action in the past.

• Ya vive en el poblado, ya no anda en moto

  ➔ Adverb "ya" (already / no longer)

  ➔ "Ya" is used here to indicate a change in status: from not having much to having status (already) and stopping a past habit (no longer).

• Aprendió a hablar inglés

  ➔ Periphrasis with "a" (verb + a + infinitive)

  ➔ Some verbs like "aprender" require the preposition "a" before an infinitive.

• La que puede, puede y tiene la bendición

  ➔ Relative clause with "La que" (The one who)

  ➔ "La que" acts as a noun phrase referring to the woman in this context, meaning 'the one who'.

• Todos los que la critican no saben la que hay

  ➔ Relative pronoun "que" with demonstrative

  ➔ The "que" links the noun "todos" to the action of criticizing, and "la que hay" is an idiomatic expression for 'the reality of the situation'.