La Lokerona – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Natanael Cano, Hernan Trejo

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic world of Corridos Tumbados with 'La Lokerona.' This song is a perfect gateway to learning modern Mexican street slang and the unique linguistic fusion of urban and regional music, offering a window into contemporary youth culture in Mexico.

[English]

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They say it's better to keep quiet.

[music]

Honestly, I haven't trusted the things

people have told me.

I want to get totally wasted.

You already know how it is, just pass it to me,

I live my life exactly how I want.

[music]

Getting the gear to go full speed.

Whatever it is, I'll pay any price.

We handle the codes very well.

I've got the key to stay on top.

The girls sell me pills. It's not my

fault that they prefer me.

I'm cruising fast on the highway. It smells

like pure good weed. [music]

They want to see me fail, but they can't touch me.

I keep lighting up, that's how

I stay.

The brand doesn't fade and I've changed

[music] for a girl.

Parties and women [music]

are everywhere.

I spend the dawn alone for a while, light up

[music] a joint and they see me rolling.

They say [music]

that I pay a high price for what I do, but the truth is

I'm not [music] afraid.

That's what I'm waiting for here:

The gear to go [music] full speed.

Whatever it is, I'll pay any price.

We handle [music]

very good codes.

I've got [music]

the key to stay on top, boss. The

girls bless me, daddy. [music] It's not

my fault that they prefer me.

I want to get totally wasted,

you already know how it is, just pass it to me [music]

I live my life exactly how I want.

[music]

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[Spanish]

[música]

[música]

[música]

Dicen que mejor es ser callado.

[música]

Neta, no he confiado de las cosas que un

día me han dicho.

Quiero ponerme una [música] loqueron.

Ya bien lo conoce. que páseme [canto]

la vivo como yo quiero

[música]

accesito para andar bien recio. Lo que

sea, yo le rompo [música] el precio.

Manejamos muy bien las claves.

Tengo la llave para andar bien [música]

capel. Las nenas me vende pape. No es mi

culpa que me prefieran.

Ando en putiz en la carretera. Huele a

pura motita buena. [música]

Me quieren ver mal, se la pelan.

Vengo prendiendo, así [música] me

mantengo.

La marca no se borra y he cambiado

[música] por una morra.

Fiesta y mujeres [música] se

manifiestan.

Me amanezco solero un rato, prendo un

[música] gallo y me ven rendo.

Cuentan [música]

que lo que hago caro pago y la verdad yo

no tengo [música] miedo. Lo que aquí

estoy esperando

accesito para andar [música] bien recio.

Lo que sea yo le rompo el precio.

Manejamos [música]

muy buenas claves.

Tengo [música]

la llave para andar bien, capi. Las

nenas me bendicen, papi. [música] No es

mi culpa que me prefieran.

Quiero ponerme una loquerona,

ya bien lo conoce. que páseme [música]

la vivo como yo quiero.

[música]

[música]

[música]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
callado ka-ʝa-ðo A2	adjective - quiet or silent
confiado kon-fja-ðo B1	verb - to have trusted
loquerona lo-ke-ro-na C2	adjective/noun - slang for a state of wild partying or craziness
recio re-sjo B2	adjective - fast, intense, or strong
claves kla-βes A2	noun - codes or keys
llave ʝa-βe A1	noun - key
carretera ka-re-te-ɾa A2	noun - highway or road
motita mo-ti-ta C1	noun - slang for marijuana
marca maɾ-ka A2	noun - mark, brand, or sign
morra mo-ra C1	noun - slang for girl or girlfriend
fiesta fjes-ta A1	noun - party or celebration
mujeres mu-xe-ɾes A1	noun - women
gallo ga-ʝo B2	noun - rooster, but used as slang for a marijuana joint
miedo mje-ðo A1	noun - fear
esperando es-pe-ɾan-do A1	verb - waiting

Key Grammar Structures

• Dicen que mejor es ser callado.

  ➔ Impersonal 'Dicen que'

  ➔ "Dicen" is used to report a general opinion or rumor without a specific subject.

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

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense (Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto)

  ➔ "He confiado" and "han dicho" describe past actions that have relevance to the present.

• La vivo como yo quiero.

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in a clause of manner ('como yo quiero')

  ➔ Used after 'como' when the manner is determined by the subject's will.

• No es mi culpa que me prefieran.

  ➔ Subjunctive after expressions of emotion/subjective evaluation

  ➔ The trigger "No es mi culpa que..." requires the verb to be in the subjunctive mood ("prefieran").

• Ando en putiz en la carretera.

  ➔ Locution 'Andar + en/gerundio' indicating state

  ➔ Used to describe the subject's current state or habit of doing something.

• La marca no se borra y he cambiado por una morra.

  ➔ Passive with 'se' (Pasciva refleja)

  ➔ "Se borra" is a reflexive passive construction indicating that the mark is being erased.

• Me amanezco solero un rato.

  ➔ Pronominal verb usage (Verbo pronominal)

  ➔ "Amanecer" used pronominally ("amanecerse") implies staying up until dawn.

• Cuentan que lo que hago caro pago.

  ➔ Relative clause with 'lo que' (Noun clause)

  ➔ "Lo que" functions as a neutral relative pronoun meaning 'that which' or 'what'.