Jarabe De Palo — En Lo Puro No Hay Futuro song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "En Lo Puro No Hay Futuro" by Jarabe De Palo.
Lyrics
Mi t? O era mi primo
De un amigo de mi abuelo
Que era indio americano
Que se hab? A enamorado
De una tico patu?
Que naci? En una goleta
Abarrotada de esclavos
Que se Jamaica robaron.
En lo puro no hay futuro
La pureza est? En la mezcla
En la mezcla de lo puro
Que antes que puro fue mezcla.
La madre de mi t? O Se cas? Con un gitano
Que tocaba la guitarra
Con seis dedos en la mano
Y acompa? Aba a un payo
Que cantaba buler? As Con un negro de Chicago
Que dec? A ser su hermano
En lo puro…
Dicen que mi abuelo
Era un rubio bananero
Que a Cuba lleg? De Espa? A Pa quedarse en La Habana
Y que yendo pa Santiago
Conoci? A una mulata
Mezcla de tabaco y ca? A Que en franc? S a? L le hablaba.
Se? Ores, en lo puro no hay futuro
Se? Ores, la pureza est? En la mezcla
Se? Ores, en la mezcla de lo puro
Se? Ores, que antes que puro fue mezcla
Lyrics translation
My t? Or was he My Cousin?
From a friend of my grandfather's
Who was an American Indian
What if hab? A in love
From a tico patu?
What was born? On a schooner
Crowded with slaves
That Jamaica was stolen.
In the Pure there is no future
Purity is? In the mixture
In the blend of pure
That before Pure was mixture.
The mother of my t? Or get married? With a gypsy
Playing the guitar
With six fingers in hand
And accompany? Aba to one payo
What did buler sing? Ace with a nigger from Chicago
What dec? To be his brother
In the pure…
They say my grandfather
He was a banana blond.
To Cuba? Espa? A Pa stay in Havana
And that going Pa Santiago
Conoci? To a mulatto
Tobacco mix and ca? To what in franc? S a? I was talking to him.
Se? Ores, in the Pure there is no future
Se? Ores, is purity? In the mixture
Se? Ores, in the blend of pure
Se? Ores, that before Pure was mixture