" Caridad ": How incredible the power that money has! I know a lady named Caridad who spent all day, my friend, doing nothing. I know a lady named Caridad who spent all day, my friend, doing nothing. She didn't even have money to cook. And she spent her time watching and criticizing. Sitting on her balance sheet, she had no compassion. No one escapes her conversation.
CHORUS: How incredible the power that money has! VOICE 1: I know a lady named Caridad who spent all day, my friend, doing nothing. I know a lady named Caridad who spent all day, my friend, doing nothing. VOICE 1: She didn't even have money to cook. CHORUS: And she spent her time watching and criticizing. VOICE 1: Sitting on her balance sheet, she had no compassion. CHORUS: No one escapes her conversation. VOICE 1: If Federico came with Juana, the wild beast. CHORUS: People would shout at him, watch out for Caridad. VOICE 1: Manolo would appear with a roasted leg. CHORUS: People would shout at him, watch out for Caridad. VOICE 1: Juan José would pass by with a bottle. CHORUS: He would turn the corner so he wouldn't see her. VOICE 1: But one day things changed, Caridad received an inheritance, blessed be the miracles, gentlemen, what money does because now the mulatto woman, her mentality changed and everything she had done, money erased it VOICE 1: If Federico comes with Juana the jabada CHORUS: Now the lady doesn't even notice VOICE 1: If Manolito comes with a roasted leg CHORUS: In the neighborhood they call her Caridad the purchase VOICE 1: If Juan José passes by with a bottle CHORUS: She takes the first sip with it. CHORUS: How awful, the power that money has after your inheritance arrived, you don't get involved in anything anymore, oh, Caridad VOICE 1: He changed his style to rumba overnight and now you can't even see him peeking out the window CHORUS: How awful, the power that money has after your inheritance arrived, you don't get involved in anything anymore, oh, Caridad VOICE 1: The little neighbor across the street, has healthily commented, she seems like a different Caridad, she has buried her past CHORUS: How awful, the power that money has after your inheritance arrived, you don't get involved in anything anymore, oh, Caridad CHORUS: How awful, the power that money has after your inheritance arrived, you don't get involved in anything anymore, oh, Caridad CHORUS: After your inheritance arrived, you don't get involved in anything anymore Oh, Caridad CHORUS: After your inheritance arrived, you don't get involved in anything anymore Oh, Caridad VOICE 1: You don't get involved in nothing, you don't get involved in anything anymore, what happiness CHORUS: After your inheritance arrived, you don't get involved in anything anymore Oh, Caridad VOICE 1: How times change Cachita, what do you think? CHORUS: After your inheritance arrived, you don't get involved in anything anymore Oh, Caridad VOICE 1: Listen to my advice, take good care of your money, and I'll say goodbye now CHORUS: After your inheritance arrived, you don't get involved in anything anymore Oh, Caridad.
CORO: ¡Qué barbaridad,
el poder que tiene el dinero!
VOZ 1: Yo conozco una señora que se llama Caridad
se pasaba todo el día, compadre, sin hacer nada,
yo conozco una señora que se llama Caridad
se pasaba todo el día, compadre, sin hacer nada.
VOZ 1: No tenía dinero ni para cocinar
CORO: Y se gastaba el tiempo en mirar y criticar
VOZ 1: Sentada en su balance no tenía compasión
CORO: No se escapa nadie de su conversación.
VOZ 1: Si venia Federico con Juana la jabada
CORO: La gente le gritaba, cuidado con Caridad
VOZ 1: Aparecía Manolo con una pierna asada
CORO: La gente le gritaba, cuidado con Caridad.
VOZ 1: Pasaba Juan José con una botella
CORO: Doblaba por la esquina para no verla a ella.
VOZ 1: Pero un día la cosa cambió,
a Caridad una herencia le llegó
benditos sean los milagros,
señores que hace la plata
porque ahora la mulata,
su mentalidad cambió
y todo lo que había hecho,
el dinero lo borró
VOZ 1: Si viene Federico con Juana la jabada
CORO: Ahora la señora ni cuenta se da
VOZ 1: Si viene Manolito con una pierna asada
CORO: En el barrio le dicen la compra Caridad
VOZ 1: Si pasa Juan José con una botella
CORO: El primer trago se lo da con ella.
CORO: Qué barbaridad,
el poder que tiene el dinero
después que llegó tu herencia, ya no te metes en nada,
ay, Caridad
VOZ 1: Cambió de palo para rumba de la noche a la mañana
y ahora no se le ve ni asomada en la ventana
CORO: Qué barbaridad,
el poder que tiene el dinero
después que llegó tu herencia, ya no te metes en nada,
ay, Caridad
VOZ 1: La vecinita de enfrente, sanamente ha comentado
parece otra Caridad, ha enterrado su pasado
CORO: Qué barbaridad,
el poder que tiene el dinero
después que llegó tu herencia, ya no te metes en nada,
ay, Caridad
CORO: Qué barbaridad,
el poder que tiene el dinero
después que llegó tu herencia, ya no te metes en nada,
ay, Caridad
CORO: Después que llegó tu herencia ya no te metes en nada
Ay, Caridad
CORO: Después que llegó tu herencia ya no te metes en nada
Ay, Caridad
VOZ 1: Ya no te metes en nada,
ya no te metes en nada,
qué felicidad
CORO: Después que llegó tu herencia ya no te metes en nada
Ay, Caridad
VOZ 1: Como cambian los tiempos Cachita, ¿qué te parece?
CORO: Después que llegó tu herencia ya no te metes en nada
Ay, Caridad
VOZ 1: Escucha mi consejo, cuida bien de tu dinero,
y yo me despido ya
CORO: Después que llegó tu herencia ya no te metes en nada
Ay, Caridad.