Sapo – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Cartel de Santa

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw energy of Mexican Hip Hop with 'Sapo.' This song is a perfect gateway to learning authentic Mexican street slang and understanding the rhythmic flow of urban Spanish, making it a unique cultural study through music.

[English]

Hey, just listen to this beat

Here comes Medio Metro, so carry him

Snitch, a gun with a full magazine, put your finger on the trigger

You think you're the big boss, but you're just a gossip

A bad omen

More unlucky than a salt shaker, the rapping mythomaniac

The one who was never taught the codes of the neighborhood

Now that you've killed a few, you act like a hitman

With your thug booty, you little bitch

It's not like I'm supposed to be afraid of you just because you're a prick

You think you're very sincere, but it's all just bullshit

You aren't even a "big dog," you're just a little nothing

Uy, how dangerous

What did you go to the business for? How tough, how mafioso

It took you 18 seconds to look for me, you pussy

10 years for one photo, getting roughed up by the tough guys

You're about to go down

Well wow, like Nata said

And since you don't stand out, you're just hanging around acting like a fool

You and your informants against the toughest in Santa

You're a leech, you just love getting fucked

The little bitch is already living off his songs

But off the songs that Cartel de Santa sings

Thanks to me people know about you; you got stuck, now deal with it

It's not like you don't know or that the numbers lie

So said some punk over there

No one's even getting it in you, you're just acting tough

For real, you dog, you're running there without any spit

Your vagina is all raw, you leech, how you whine

Your knees are scraped up, you're a man only in quotes

Like I told them, she was just a kid, without a bodyguard she acts tough

Every line executes you

Trafficking rhymes and this killer style

Who do you think you are, Al Pacino? You're not a beast, you're a weakling

I age like fine wine, you're always rushing around

I'm calm, protected, and blessed, just like that

Totally relaxed, you're going backwards, but you want more

If you're all talk, you failed without even trying

By the way, what you did, Menace did it better

You, you asked Quezada to close it down

Because when you closed it, people would leave

Hostile in combat, with pearls on the bat

Gentle with the ladies, a beast with the bitches

Your informant is a fraud, just as much of a punk as you

When has tango ever been a lyric? If he doesn't know, he shouldn't get involved

He's acting like a real big shot

Didn't you say an undercover told you where I record?

Didn't you say an undercover keeps you well informed?

Didn't you say an undercover is watching us?

Didn't you say an undercover? You're hallucinating, you're paranoid

And you haven't updated, you're stuck in the past

Fucking badly told gossip from almost 20 years ago

To start with, I came out sworn, whining and whining about the injunction

It's not like I'm a lawyer

Is it true you've been working for organized crime for 10 years?

No, well, you must be pretty heavy for people to kill whoever you say

My mind, you can't imagine, is a beast taking lives

I wonder where you're looking

That Notorious shot 2Pac in the back

I know that Selena's killer was Saldívar

Her number one fan, but I'm not Selena and you're not 2Pac

Bitch, I'm Babo, you're just C-Kan

She can't get that vampire stake out

She can't get that vampire stake out

She can't get that vampire stake out

She can't get that vampire stake out

Uy, how tough

That's why they don't write ballads about pussies, dude

And I've already got about three

He's such a tough guy

...

[Spanish]

Oye nomás ese cumbión

Ahí viene Medio Metro pa que lo cargue

Sapo, peine, pone dedo

Te crees el mero mero, pero eres un mitotero

Un ave de mal agüero

Más salado que un salero, el mitómano rapero

Al que nunca le dijeron bien los códigos del barrio

Ahora, que mataste varios, pones cara de sicario

Con tus nalgas de matón, panochón

Ni modo que así nomás por chichón te tenga miedo

Según tú, eres muy sincero, pero puro pinche pedo

Tú ni eres el papá perro porque eres el papa-nocho

Uy, pero qué peligroso

¿A qué fuiste al negocio? Qué malote, qué mafioso

18 los segundos que me buscaste, joto

10 años pa una foto, tosqueado por los toscos

Te anda llevando el chosto

Pues wow, como dijo Nata

Y como no destacas, andas ahí de mamariata

Tú y tus informantes contra el más perro de Santa

Eres garrapata, a ti la verga te encanta

El putito ya vive de lo que canta

Pero de lo que canta el Cartel de Santa

Gracias a mí te topan; le atoraste, ahora la aguantas

Ni modo que no sepas o que los números mientan

Por ahí dijo un puñetas

Ni quién te la meta y solo te empinas

Al chile, canina, ahí le baila sin saliva

Trae redonda la vagina, sanguijuela, cómo chillas

Trae raspadas las rodillas, eres hombre entre comillas

Que les dije, era chiquilla, sin guarura se azorrilla

Cada línea te acribilla

Traficando rimas y este perro estilo

Quién te crees, ¿la de Al Pacino? No eres can, eres caquino

Me añejo como los vinos, tú andas bien acelerino

Yo tranquilo, protegido y bendecido, así nomás

Bien relax, vas pa'trás, quieres más

Si eres de aguacates, sin bolsa te ponchaste

Por cierto, lo que hiciste lo hizo más verga el Menace

Tú, tú con el Quezada le pediste que él cerrara

Porque cuando tú cerraste, la gente se retiraba

Hostil pa los combates, con perlas en el bate

Gentil para las nenas, perrote pa las perras

Tu informante es un farsante, como tú, igual de puñetas

¿Cuándo tango ha sido letra? Si no sabe, ni se meta

Trae la mamadora suelta

¿Pues no que un infiltrao te dijo dónde grabo?

¿Pues no que un infiltrao te trae bien informao?

¿Pues no que un infiltrao nos tiene vigilados?

¿Pues no que un infiltrao? Alucín, estás traumado

Y no te has actualizado, te quedaste en el pasado

Pinches chismes mal contados de hace casi 20 años

Pa empezar, salí jurado, mame y mame que el amparo

Ni que yo fuera abogado

¿A poco sí son 10 años los que llevas trabajados pa'l crimen organizado?

No, pues sí has de estar pesado pa que maten al que digas

Mi mente, no te imaginas, bien mostrón quitando vidas

Me pregunto dónde miras

Que Notorio por la espalda le quitó a 2Pac la vida

Yo sé que la asesina de Selena fue Saldívar

Su fan number one, pero ni soy Selena ni tú eres el 2Pac

Perra, soy el Babo, tú nada más eres C-Kan

De esa estaca vampirina no la saca

Esa estaca vampirina no la saca

Esa estaca vampirina no la saca

Esa estaca vampirina no la saca

Uy, qué malote

Por eso a los culos no les hacen corrido, güey

Y yo ya llevo como tres

Tan malón que es

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cumbión kum-bjon C1	noun - A great or intense cumbia song/dance.
mitotero mi-to-te-ro C2	adjective - A gossip or someone who stirs up drama.
agüero a-gwe-ro B2	noun - Omen or sign of something to come.
mitómano mi-to-ma-no C2	adjective - Pathological liar.
sicario si-ka-rjo B2	noun - Hitman.
sanguijuela san-gi-xu-e-la B2	noun - Leech, parasite.
acribilla a-kri-bi-ja B2	verb - To riddle with bullets or attack intensely.
añejo a-ɲe-xo B2	adjective - Aged, mature, experienced.
bendecido ben-de-si-do B1	adjective - Blessed, lucky.
farsante far-san-te C1	noun - Fake, impostor.
traumado trau-ma-do B1	adjective - Traumatized or obsessed.
actualizado ak-twa-li-sa-do B2	adjective - Updated.
abogado a-bo-ga-do A2	noun - Lawyer.
asesina a-se-si-na B1	noun - Murderer (female).
estaca es-ta-ka B2	noun - Stake, spike.

Key Grammar Structures

• Te crees el mero mero, pero eres un mitotero

  ➔ Pronominal verb structure

  ➔ The verb "creerse" adds a reflexive pronoun to indicate arrogance or self-perception.

• Al que nunca le dijeron bien los códigos del barrio

  ➔ Relative clause with 'a' personal

  ➔ Uses 'Al que' (A + el que) to refer to a specific person who is the indirect object.

• Ni modo que así nomás por chichón te tenga miedo

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after specific expressions

  ➔ The expression 'Ni modo que' triggers the subjunctive 'tenga'.

• Gracias a mí te topan; le atoraste, ahora la aguantas

  ➔ Present indicative vs Imperative/Resultative

  ➔ Contrasts standard statements ('topan') with assertive consequences ('aguantas').

• Si no sabe, ni se meta

  ➔ Negative imperative (subjunctive form)

  ➔ The negative command 'no se meta' uses the present subjunctive form for Usted.

• Y no te has actualizado, te quedaste en el pasado

  ➔ Present perfect vs Preterite

  ➔ Shows the difference between recent non-action ('no te has actualizado') and a completed past state ('quedaste').

• ¿A poco sí son 10 años los que llevas trabajados?

  ➔ Periphrasis with 'llevar' + past participle

  ➔ The structure 'llevar' + participle expresses the duration and progress of an action.

• Si no fuera abogado, no entendería

  ➔ Conditional sentences (hypothetical)

  ➔ Uses imperfect subjunctive ('fuera') and conditional ('entendería') for hypothetical scenarios.