Clandestina [English translation]

[Verse 1: Emma Peters]

I told him “love me”

Take me in your arms, I have nobody else

Don’t let your odor penetrate my sheets if you abandon me

Im not the one you think

No cabron (Spanish: bastard) has touched me

Other than you caballero (Spanish: gentleman)

No, nobody has touched me

[Chorus: Emma Peters]

Cocaine, cocaine took my family

I’m a clandestina (Spanish: illegal immigrant), a clandestina in Miami

Cocaine, cocaine took my family

I’m a clandestina, a clandestina in Miami

Cocaine, cocaine took my family

I’m a clandestina, a clandestina in Miami

Cocaine, cocaine took my family

I’m a clandestina, a clandestina in Miami

[Post-Chorus: Emma Peters]

Ah and if you abandon me…

And if you abandon me

And if you abandon me

And if you abandon me

[Verse 2: Emma Peters]

And you listened to me

When I talked to you about them

You saw my parents

You listened to my every word

My brother and I were happy

So so happy

One day the fire took our men

Because the others decided so

And so that the gringos get into drugs

We sacrifice our destinies

One day the fire took our men

Because the others decided so

And so that the gringos get into drugs

We sacrifice our destinies

[Chorus: Emma Peters]

Cocaine, cocaine took my family

I’m a clandestina, a clandestina in Miami

Cocaine, cocaine took my family

I’m a clandestina, a clandestina in Miami

Cocaine, cocaine took my family

I’m a clandestina, a clandestina in Miami

Cocaine, cocaine took my family

I’m a clandestina, a clandestina in Miami

I’m a clandestina, a clandestina in Miami