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Sun May 22, 2016, 07:47 AM May 2016

El Quemazon ( "The Bern" Corrido for Bernie Sanders) Grupo la Meta



Here in full are the song’s lyrics in Spanish and English translations:



Es un hombre con muchas visiones (He’s a man with many ideas)

para mejorar a este país, (On how to improve this country)

corriendo para ser presidente, (running to be the next president)

pero los ricos no lo quieren aquí. (but the rich do not want him here.)

Bernie Sanders se llama el compa, (Bernie Sanders is the ‘compa’s’ name)

su quemazón ahora van a sentir. (And now you will feel his Bern.)



Nueva York estado que lo vio nacer, (The state of New York is where he was born)

En las calles de Brooklyn se crío, (In the streets of Brooklyn he was raised)

Desde niño empezó a notar, (Since he was a child he started to see)

Que los ricos se hacían más ricos, (That the rich just kept getting richer)

Y los pobres todo el día chambeando, (And the poor who were working all day)

Y muchos ni tenían para el frijol. (Barely had enough to eat.)





Hijo de padres inmigrantes, (He’s the son of immigrant parents,)

que vinieron a mejorar sus vidas, (who came to make a better life for themselves,)

Trabajando para salir adelante, (working hard to get ahead,)

como todos lo hacemos hoy en día. (like we all do every day.)

Venimos con el mismo sueño, (We all come with the same dream,)

sacar adelante a nuestras familias. (make a better life for our families.)



¡Y echale compa Bernie! (Let’s go Bernie!)

Hasta llegar a la Casa Blanca. (All the way to the White House.)



Los ricos ni la tele lo quieren, (Neither the rich, nor TV like him, )

Tienen miedo que vaya a ganar, (They’re scared he might win,)

Porque quiere que el colegio sea gratis, (Because he wants college to be free,)

Pa’ que nuestros hijos puedan triunfar, (So our kids can succeed.)

Quiere cuidado de salud para todos, (He wants health insurance for all,)

Sea ciudadano o seas illegal. (whether or not you’re a citizen.)



En Chicago caio tras las rejas, (In Chicago, he fell behind prison bars,)

Por protestar contra la segregación, (For fighting against segregation,)

No le importa el color de tu piel, (He doesn’t care about the color of your skin,)

Pa’ el todos somos hijos de Dios. (He thinks we’re all children of God.)

Muchos le apodan ‘Robin Hood,’ (Many call him Robin Hood,)

otros le dicen ‘El Quemazón.’ (Others call him The Bern.)



Peleando por los derechos humanos, (Fighting for human rights,)

Pero ni la ley lo aplaco, (Not even the law could stop him,)

El sigue luchando hasta ser (He’ll keep fighting until he is)

Presidente de esta nación. (the president of this country.)

Bernie Sanders se llama el compa (Bernie Sanders is the compa’s name,)

Este es su corrido ‘El Quemazón.’ (This is his song, The Bern.)
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