SE VOLVIERON LOCOS – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Kane Rodriguez

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of modern Latin urban music with 'SE VOLVIERON LOCOS'. This song is a fantastic tool for learners to pick up colloquial Spanish expressions, rhythmic phrasing, and the energetic slang common in today's dance clubs.

[English]

They went crazy

when they saw that even a crazy guy like me

did well.

Just as simple

only with me and a lot of

faith.

The little dollars started rolling in,

my little business was growing. I also

took a ride

through the legal streets.

Well, for the parties I bring some powder

and for a quick thrill,

I jump right in. My neighborhood's mark is

tattooed on my skin

and in an SRT

burning rubber, they'll see me

spinning my tires with a joint in the

passenger seat, a hot girl,

even though things are going very well for us now.

I'm still the same person I was yesterday.

The kid is still humble,

just with a little more money.

[música]

They went crazy

buddy Rodríguez. Let's go.

[música]

How did we do it? That's the question

[música]

the envious people ask themselves

because they see nothing but brand new cars

that they've never seen before.

If there are business deals,

let me know, and if there are girls, I'll

be there in five. But first, of course,

the money. After that, we'll see

how things go.

In an SRT

burning rubber, they'll see me

spinning my tires with a joint in the passenger seat,

a hot girl, and even though things are going

very well for us now, I'm still the same person

I was yesterday.

The kid is still humble.

Just with a little more money.

Ah.

[música]

[Spanish]

Se [canto][música] volvieron locos

cuando vieron que hasta loco le fue

bien.

Igual [música] de [canto] sencillo

solamente más conmigo y [música] mucha

fe.

[música] Iban llegando los dolaritos,

iba creciendo [canto] mi negocito. Va

agarre también [música]

por las calles de ley.

Pues para las fiestas traigo un polvito

y para [música][canto] un tiro en

caliente brinco. barrio tire también

[música] marcada está en mi piel

y en una [canto] SRT

[música] quemando me han de ver la

llantita y un gallito de [música]

copiloto, un culito,

aunque ahora nos va muy [canto] bien.

Soy el [música] mismo que era ayer.

Humilde el chamaquito,

no más con dinerito. [canto]

[música]

Se volvieron locos

compita Rodríguez. Ánimo.

[música]

¿Cómo le hicimos? Esa es la pregunta

[música]

que se preguntan los envidiosos [canto]

que [música] porque ven puros carros del

año que por cme vieron.

Si hay negocios [música]

me echan el grito y si hay morritas les

caigo en cinco. Pero primero claro lo

que deja. [música] Ya después vemos cómo

está la vuelta.

En [canto] una SRT

quemando [música] me han de ver la

llantita y un gallito de copiloto

[música] un culito y aunque ahora nos va

muy bien, soy el mismo [música] que era

ayer.

Humilde el chamaquito.

Soy con dinerito. [música]

Ah.

[música]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
locos lo-kos A2	adjective - crazy, insane
sencillo sen-si-yo A2	adjective - simple, humble
negocito ne-go-si-to B1	noun - small business
caliente ka-lien-te A1	adjective - hot
humilde u-mil-de B1	adjective - humble
dinerito di-ne-ri-to A1	noun - money (diminutive)
envidiosos en-bi-djo-sos B2	noun - envious people
brinco brin-ko B1	verb - to jump
copiloto ko-pi-lo-to B2	noun - co-pilot
preguntan pre-gun-tan A1	verb - to ask
quemando ke-man-do A2	verb - burning
ayer a-yer A1	noun - yesterday
piel pyel A2	noun - skin
creciendo kre-sien-do A2	verb - growing
llantita yan-ti-ta B2	noun - little tire (car wheel)

Key Grammar Structures

• Se volvieron locos cuando vieron que hasta loco le fue bien.

  ➔ Reflexive verb usage and preterite tense

  ➔ "Se volvieron" is the reflexive form of 'volver' (to become), used here to describe a change in state.

• Iban llegando los dolaritos, iba creciendo mi negocito.

  ➔ Periphrastic construction (Ir + gerund)

  ➔ "Iban llegando" indicates a progressive, gradual action in the past.

• quemando me han de ver la llantita

  ➔ Periphrastic construction (Haber de + infinitive)

  ➔ "Han de ver" expresses probability or a future certainty (supposition).

• aunque ahora nos va muy bien, soy el mismo que era ayer.

  ➔ Imperfect tense for description in the past

  ➔ "Era" is in the imperfect, describing a continuous state or characteristic in the past.

• que se preguntan los envidiosos

  ➔ Passive 'se' or impersonal reflexive

  ➔ "Se preguntan" is used here to indicate a common or general action performed by the subject.

• si hay negocios me echan el grito

  ➔ Conditional or hypothetical 'si' clause

  ➔ "Si hay negocios" establishes a condition required for the action "echan el grito" to happen.

• ya después vemos cómo está la vuelta

  ➔ Interrogative structure in indirect speech

  ➔ "Cómo está la vuelta" acts as an indirect question embedded in the sentence.

• por eso me vieron

  ➔ Preterite of 'ver' (to see)

  ➔ "Vieron" is the third-person plural preterite of 'ver', used to describe a completed action in the past.