ZAPATA – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Peso Pluma
• Album: GÉNESIS

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the powerful narrative of Peso Pluma's "Zapata" to connect with the historical and cultural depth of Mexican music. This corrido offers a window into revolutionary history and modern musical expression, making it a special entry point for understanding the contemporary evolution of corridos.

[English]

Collectible weapons

Jewelry and a flashy Super stand out

That’s a limited edition

Doing the job

I started back at the border

Then I got into the life

Everywhere I go, Emiliano Zapata

Everything’s changed

I move in the fire and I’m still not burned

My face? Few have seen it

I ain’t playing around

Light up one of the green to de-stress

To be clear, we’re men, not clowns

...

And that’s how the double P sounds, friend Tito

Right next to Parka!

Here I got my grind on

Now pure fine clothes like a rich kid

In the Urus, I’m really stoned

Offices in L.A.

The bags used to be twenty a piece

And now they’re a hundred a piece

As soon as they come, I spend them

Everything’s changed

I wasn’t good at school, but with gadgets

I actually graduated in that

Now we’ve made it to the top

Light up another green one to de-stress

Because MZ keeps working

...

[Spanish]

Armas de colección

Joyas y resalta un Superón

Que es edición limitada

Haciendo la labor

Comencé allá en la frontera

Luego agarré viada

Pa cada lado, Emiliano Zapata

Todo ha cambiado

Me muevo en la lumbre y todavía no me he quemado

Mi rostro, pocos los que lo han mirado

No ando jugando

Préndase uno de la verde pa desestresarnos

Aclaro, somos hombres, no payasos

Y así suena la doble P, compa Tito

¡Junto a Parka!

Aquí yo la perreé

Ahora pura ropa fina como niño bien

En la Urus voy bien marihuano

Oficinas en L.A.

Las bolsas eran de a veinte

Y ahora los de a cien

A como llegan me los gasto

Todo ha cambiado

No fui bueno pa la escuela, pero en aparatos

En eso sí que hasta salí graduado

Ya coronamos

Préndase otro de la verde pa desestresarnos

Que el MZ sigue laborando

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
arma /ˈaɾma/ A2	noun - weapon
colección /kolekˈsjon/ B1	noun - collection
joya /ˈxoʝa/ B2	noun - jewel
edición /ediˈsjon/ B2	noun - edition
labor /laˈβor/ B2	noun - work, labor
frontera /fɾonˈteɾa/ B1	noun - border
lumbre /ˈlumbre/ C1	noun - fire, flame
rostro /ˈɾostɾo/ B2	noun - face
prender /pɾɛnˈdeɾ/ B1	verb - to light (a cigarette), to turn on
desestresar /desestresar/ C1	verb - to de-stress
sonar /soˈnaɾ/ A2	verb - to sound, to ring
doble /ˈdoβle/ A2	adjective - double
perrear /perˈrear/ C2	verb - to dance reggaeton sensually
ropa /ˈropa/ A1	noun - clothes
fina /ˈfina/ B2	adjective - fine, high quality
marihuano /mariˈwana/ C2	noun - marijuana user, high on marijuana
oficina /ofiˈsina/ A2	noun - office
bolsa /ˈbolsa/ A2	noun - bag
gastar /gasˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to spend (money)
graduado /ɡɾaðwaˈðo/ B2	adjective - graduated

Key Grammar Structures

• Comencé allá en la frontera

  ➔ Preterite tense of 'comenzar' used to describe a completed past action.

  ➔ "Comencé" shows the speaker started something in the past and completed it.

• Todo ha cambiado

  ➔ Present perfect tense used to express change that occurred and still has relevance.

  ➔ "Ha cambiado" highlights that the change started before now but continues to matter.

• Me muevo en la lumbre y todavía no me he quemado

  ➔ Reflexive verb 'moverse' and present perfect 'he quemado' with reflexive pronoun 'me'.

  ➔ "Me muevo" means 'I move myself,' emphasizing personal action; "me he quemado" means 'I have burned myself.'

• Mi rostro, pocos los que lo han mirado

  ➔ Present perfect of 'mirar' with direct object pronoun 'lo'.

  ➔ "Lo han mirado" means 'they have looked at it/him,' referring back to 'mi rostro' (my face).

• Préndase uno de la verde pa desestresarnos

  ➔ Imperative 'préndase' in reflexive form; use of colloquial 'pa' (short for 'para').

  ➔ "Préndase" gives a command ('light up') to another person; 'pa desestresarnos' means 'to relax ourselves.'

• Aclaro, somos hombres, no payasos

  ➔ Simple present tense for statements of fact; contrast with 'no' for negation.

  ➔ "Somos hombres" means 'we are men,' while 'no payasos' contrasts as 'not clowns.'

• Oficinas en L.A.

  ➔ Elliptical phrase—subject and verb implied, common in colloquial Spanish.

  ➔ Full meaning implies something like 'I have offices in L.A.'

• No fui bueno pa la escuela, pero en aparatos

  ➔ Preterite 'fui' (from 'ser') + 'pero' contrastive conjunction.

  ➔ "No fui bueno" means 'I wasn’t good' (at school), and 'pero' introduces a contrast ('but with devices...').

• Ya coronamos

  ➔ Preterite of 'coronar' with 'ya' for emphasis of completion.

  ➔ "Ya coronamos" means 'we already succeeded/completed it,' often used in slang for achieving a goal.