Tendido – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Tito Doble P, Gabito Ballesteros
• Album: Incómodo

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the Spanish language of modern Mexican corridos with "TENDIDO" by Tito Double P and Gabito Ballesteros. This track offers a vivid glimpse into contemporary regional Mexican storytelling, blending intense lyrical narrative with the distinctive sounds of the genre, making it a rich piece for understanding modern cultural expressions in Spanish.

[English]

I light up and blaze the poison

I hop in the car and put on a good corrido

I’m remembering the friends who left

It was their turn or they fell asleep, but that’s how it is

Tinted windows, you can’t see anything inside

Got the Glock out and some cash on me

I’ve got a piece; if they pull me over I ditch it on the spot

If they’re water (cops) I don’t try to find out, I just speed up

The phone rings, my girl calls—I invited her for a drink

She’s bored and her boyfriend’s on the other side

There goes mine, I’m free right now

I fell flat without realizing it was a .44

Uh!

Hey Tito!

Hang tight, bro

Floor the pedal, hitting over 200

Two stops: the pharmacy and then the corner store

Smoothly tuned, the stereo blasting loud

I turn off the radio and call in sick to work

The phone rings, my girl calls—she’s waiting for me

She’s ready and the boyfriend hasn’t even shown up

Here I go, babe

Actually, I’m just getting here

I was laying low, but as soon as I arrived they gunned me down

...

[Spanish]

Saco la lumbre y fuego le doy al veneno

Me monto al carro y me pongo un corrido que esté bueno

Voy recordando compañeros que se fueron

Ya les tocaba o se les durmió, pero así es esto

Polarizado, no se ve nada pa adentro

Abierto el clavo con la Glock más algo de dinero

Traigo charola, si me paran me los quito en seco

Si son del agua no averiguo, mejor le acelero

Y suena, me marca la morra, que le invité un trago

Que está aburrida y el novio para el otro lado

Ahí va la mía, ahorita ando desocupado

Me fui tendido sin imaginar que era un cuatro

¡Uh!

¡Compa Tito!

Jálese, viejo

Pedal a fondo, marca arriba de 200

Con dos paradas, la farmacia y luego pa'l expendio

Bien entonado, recio sonando el estéreo

Apago el radio y pa la empresa me reporto enfermo

Y suena, me marca la morra que me está esperando

Que ya está lista y el novio ni se ha reportado

Ahí voy, chiquita

Es más, aquí vengo llegando

Quedé tendido, pues llegando me fusilaron

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
lumbre /ˈlumbɾe/ B1	noun - fire or flame
veneno /beˈneno/ B1	noun - poison
corrido /koˈriðo/ B2	noun - Mexican folk ballad
compañero /kompaˈɲeɾo/ A2	noun - companion or colleague
polarizado /polaɾiˈsaðo/ C1	adjective - tinted or polarized (usually for car windows)
Glock /ɡlɔk/ B2	noun - brand of pistol
charola /tʃaˈɾola/ C1	noun - badge or tray (slang for police credentials)
dinero /diˈneɾo/ A2	noun - money
pedal /peˈðal/ B2	noun - pedal of a vehicle
farmacia /faɾˈmasja/ A2	noun - pharmacy
expendio /eksˈpendjo/ C1	noun - shop or stand that sells something (often alcohol)
estéreo /esˈteɾeo/ B1	noun - stereo system
empresa /emˈpɾesa/ B1	noun - company or business
tendido /tenˈdido/ B2	adjective - lying or stretched out
fusilar /fusiˈlaɾ/ C1	verb - to shoot or execute by firearm
acelerar /aθeleˈɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to accelerate or speed up

Key Grammar Structures

• Saco la lumbre y fuego le doy al veneno

  ➔ Double object structure with indirect and direct object pronouns

  ➔ The word "le doy al veneno" shows an indirect object (le) and a direct object (al veneno), meaning 'I give fire to the poison.'

• Voy recordando compañeros que se fueron

  ➔ Progressive aspect with gerund + relative clause

  ➔ The phrase "Voy recordando" shows an action in progress while "que se fueron" adds a defining clause about 'compañeros.'

• Polarizado, no se ve nada pa’ dentro

  ➔ Passive reflexive construction with 'se'

  ➔ The structure "no se ve nada" means 'nothing can be seen', expressing passive meaning using 'se.'

• Traigo charola, si me paran me los quito en seco

  ➔ Conditional clause with present indicative + reflexive pronoun

  ➔ The clause "si me paran" (if they stop me) uses present indicative in a real condition; "me los quito" adds a reflexive pronoun to indicate personal action.

• Le invité un trago

  ➔ Past tense (preterite) with indirect object pronoun

  ➔ "Le invité" means 'I invited her/him,' where 'le' indicates an indirect object (to someone).

• Pedal a fondo, marca arriba de 200

  ➔ Prepositional phrase as adverbial modifier

  ➔ "A fondo" means 'to the fullest' and modifies the verb 'pedal', describing intensity of the action.

• Apago el radio y pa la empresa me reporto enfermo

  ➔ Reflexive verb with expression of state

  ➔ "Me reporto enfermo" uses a reflexive form meaning 'I report myself as sick'.

• Quedé tendido, pues llegando me fusilaron

  ➔ Preterite tense + temporal gerund clause

  ➔ "Llegando" indicates a simultaneous action in time, meaning 'upon arriving'; "me fusilaron" uses preterite to mark completed past action.