La Lokerona – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Natanael Cano, Nata Montana
• Album: Nata Montana

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of modern Mexican youth culture through 'La Lokerona.' This song is a perfect gateway to learning colloquial Mexican Spanish and 'slang' used in the urban scene, all while experiencing the unique fusion of acoustic instruments and street-style rhythms.

[English]

[Music]

honestly, they say it's better to keep your mouth shut

I haven't trusted the things that were once

told to me

[Music]

I want to get high, everyone knows me well enough

I live my life exactly how I

want

[Music]

living life fast, I'll take on whatever comes

the price is no issue, I handle my business well

I've got the key to living life large, the girls

bless me with peace, it's my fault they

prefer me

I'm out driving fast, the highway smells like nothing but

good weed, they want to see me fail but they

can't touch me

[Music]

I come lighting up, that's how I stay, the

brand never fades, and I've changed for the sake of

love

[Music]

a party of women, they show up

until sunrise, I smoke a joint for a while

and you can see me smiling

they say that what I do costs a lot, but the

truth is I'm not afraid, it's just that here

I'm waiting

[Music]

to live life fast, I'll take on whatever

comes, the price is no issue, I handle my business well

I've got the key to living life large, the girls

bless me with peace, and it's not my fault

that they

prefer me

I want to get high, everyone knows me well enough

I live my life exactly how I

want

[Music]

[Spanish]

[Música]

dicen que mejor es ser callado la neta

no he confiado de las cosas que un día

me han dicho

[Música]

quiero ponerme una loquera ya bien lo

conoce que pase me la vivo como yo

quiero

[Música]

andar bien recio lo que sea yo le rompo

el precio manejamos muy bien las claves

tengo la llave para andar bien las nenas

me vendes en paz mi culpa que me

prefieran

ando en putiza la carretera huele a pura

motita buena me quieren ver mal se la

pelan

[Música]

vengo prendiendo así me mantengo la

marca no se borra y he cambiado por un

amor

[Música]

fiesta de mujeres se manifiestan

amanezca solero un rato prendo un gallo

y me ven riendo

cuentan que lo que hago caro pago Y la

verdad yo no tengo miedo lo que si aquí

estoy esperando

[Música]

para andar bien recio lo que sea yo le

rompo el precio maneja muy Buenas tardes

Tengo la llave para andar bien Capi la

nena me bendice en paz y no es mi culpa

que me

prefieran

quiero ponerme una loquera ya bien lo

conoce que pase me la vivo como yo

quiero

[Música]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
callado ka-ya-do A2	adjective - quiet, silent
neta ne-ta B2	noun - the truth (slang)
loquera lo-ke-ra C1	noun - craziness, madness (slang)
recio re-sio B2	adjective - fast, strong, hard
romper rom-per A2	verb - to break
precio pre-sio A2	noun - price
manejar ma-ne-har A2	verb - to drive, to manage
llave ya-ve A2	noun - key
nenas ne-nas B1	noun - girls, babes (slang)
motita mo-ti-ta C1	noun - little bit of weed (slang)
miedo mje-do A2	noun - fear
fiesta fjes-ta A1	noun - party, celebration
cambiado kam-bja-do B1	verb - changed
amanezca a-ma-nes-ka B2	verb - to dawn
riendo rjen-do A2	verb - laughing

Key Grammar Structures

• dicen que mejor es ser callado

  ➔ Impersonal 'Dicen que'

  ➔ The phrase '"dicen" que' is used to report hearsay without specifying a subject, similar to 'they say that' or 'it is said that'.

• no he confiado de las cosas que un día me han dicho

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ Uses '"he confiado"' and '"han dicho"' to describe actions that started in the past and have relevance to the present.

• quiero ponerme una loquera

  ➔ Periphrastic construction (Querer + infinitive)

  ➔ '"Querer"' followed by the infinitive '"ponerme"' expresses desire or intention.

• me la vivo como yo quiero

  ➔ Pronominal verb + Reflexive pronoun

  ➔ The '"la"' in '"me la vivo"' is an idiomatic use referring to 'my life', emphasizing the experience.

• yo le rompo el precio

  ➔ Indirect object pronoun (Le)

  ➔ '"Le"' is used here as an indirect object referring to the action or the situation being dealt with.

• no es mi culpa que me prefieran

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after emotional expression

  ➔ '"Prefieran"' is in the subjunctive because it follows an expression of judgment/feeling ('no es mi culpa que').

• la marca no se borra

  ➔ Passive 'se' (Pasciva refleja)

  ➔ '"Se borra"' uses the reflexive 'se' to indicate a passive meaning: 'it does not get erased'.

• amanezca solero

  ➔ Subjunctive for future temporal clauses

  ➔ '"Amanezca"' (subjunctive) is used to express a future situation or ongoing state until a certain time.