Hoy amigo, tal igual como ayer
And something there turns them
With the sisters in their black and white
Por ley de la calle, viviendo entre abrazos
Nuestros hijos son los que han de crecer
Our children are the ones to grow up
(Today my friend, just like yesterday
Hasta final de la calle
A child's footsteps repeat
Otra guerra sin razon
The struggle in the barrio doesn't change
And those lawless avenues
(Rosa is young and only wants
When they shipped Manuelito's body home
And she was fighting to understand
Down those lawless avenues
No one even seen it coming down
To see the beauty of the world)
Manuelito, cuida a Rosa
All she heard was one more shot
Down on a half darkened street
Someone from some other part of town
Manuel said
Otra guerra sin fin, sin honor
Silent Joe went down so bad
Rosa es joven u solo quiere
From those lawless avenues
En el calor de la calle
And struggle to take control
And something there turns them
He was the strongest fighter the avenues had
By the law of the street
Were teaching him another kind of wisdom
(Another war without reason
Every boy die who could have gotten close to her
(In the heat of the street)
Armies advance and retreat
Living between hugs and blows)
Ran away with a surfer from Hermosa
When to run and when to fight
Listening to tales of the prison system
And all the time those city streets
Hay mira como estan las cosas
Up at the playground after school
Just before they shipped him overseas to 'Nam
Look at how things are)
Down on a half darkened street
Fathers' and sons' lives repeat
Echoing down lawless avenues
Another war without end, without honor
(Looking for valor in the street)
Following those lawless avenues
Down those lawless avenues
"You gotta fight for what you want in this life"
And in the violent night the police light
(Manuelito take care of Rosa
But who could blame her after she saw
Dawn on a half darkened street
And you don't hear no church bells ringing
Buscan valor en la calle
Sweeps across the lots and the yards
Ver la belleza del mundo
Y chingazos
Manuelito's sister Rosa
La lucha en el barrio no cambia
Stabbed in the chest he went down swinging
