Nenito Barrio is a Salsa en Ataré is salsa in its full flavour, performed by a superb orchestra Juan Carlos Alfonso y Su Dan Den and with first class arrangements and sound.
VOICE 1: Hey, they say he's out. CHORUS: Nenito Barrio is out. Nenito Barrio is out. Nenito Barrio is out. VOICE 1: And he's out of here. CHORUS: You got yourself into trouble and the police took you in. VOICE 1: Hey, how could they not take you in if you want to cause trouble and you're just wasting your time. CHORUS: You got yourself into trouble and the police took you in. VOICE 1: I wouldn't want what happened to you that day in the tenement to happen to you again. CHORUS: You got yourself into trouble and the police took you in. VOICE 1: Wow. Nenito Barrio doesn't want to know anything about anything, his friends are scared of him. They offer him a deal to get him back in the business. CHORUS: Because they're afraid he'll open his mouth. VOICE 1: But he won't even let them see him. CHORUS: He doesn't want to know anything about his old profession. VOICE 1: He's not the same as before, he's not the same as yesterday. CHORUS: The years in jail hardened him. VOICE 1: Why don't they understand he's done? He's done, he's done. At the corner store, they were saying Nenito Barrio left the tenement. It shouldn't surprise anyone that he wasn't a bad person, but he fell from grace for getting involved in that scene, and so he said: I saw you talking to a cop, I don't want to go through this again, I'm invited to misfortunes when I go out on the street, that's why, my partner, I'm done. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, I'm done, I'm done, I'm done. CHORUS: Nenito Barrio is out and he's done. VOICE 1: They say the guy got out of jail and he's done, they say Nenito has calmed down. CHORUS: Nenito Barrio is out and he's done. VOICE 1: They saw him with a girl in Marianao, he left the business and he's done. CHORUS: Nenito Barrio came out and he's retired. VOICE 1: He doesn't speculate anymore, he doesn't pretend to be cocky, listen, he's even changed the way he walks. CHORUS: Nenito Barrio came out and he's retired. VOICE 1: Well, they say he's retired. And look at me too. CHORUS: You got into trouble and the police took you away. VOICE 1: In the bodega they were saying that the officer told him. CHORUS: You got into trouble and the police took you away. VOICE 1: If you don't listen to advice, you won't live to be old, and that's why I'm telling you. CHORUS: You got into trouble and the police took you away. VOICE 1: Listen to me, I want to tell you something that maybe you didn't know. CHORUS: You got into trouble and the police took you away. VOICE 1: It's that on the street it's the detail and that's why listen well, because this is what I was telling you. CHORUS: You got yourself into trouble and the police took you away. VOICE 1: Go on, let's get this party started. (…)
VOZ 1: Oye, dicen que salió
CORO: Salió Nenito Barrio.
Salió Nenito Barrio.
Salió Nenito Barrio.
VOZ 1: Y está quitado.
CORO: Te buscaste un lío
y te llevó la policía.
VOZ 1: Oye, y cómo no te va llevar
si tú la quieres formar
y estás yermo a guarachar.
CORO: Te buscaste un lío
y te llevó la policía.
VOZ 1: Yo no quisiera que te volviera a pasar
eso que un día te pasó en el solar.
CORO: Te buscaste un lío
y te llevó la policía.
VOZ 1: Vaya.
Nenito Barrio no quiere saber nada de nada,
sus amigos están asustados con él.
Le proponen un trato para que vuelva al negocio
CORO: Porque tienen miedo que abra la boca.
VOZ 1: Pero él, no se deja ni ver.
CORO: No quiere saber nada de su antigua profesión.
VOZ 1: Ya no es el mismo de antes,
ya no es el mismo de ayer.
CORO: Los años en chirona le endurecieron.
VOZ 1: ¿Por qué no entienden que está quitado?
Está quitado, está quitado.
En la bodega de la esquina se comentaba
que Nenito Barrio se fue del solar.
a nadie ha de extrañar que no era mala gente,
pero cayó en desgracia por meterse en el ambiente,
y así decía:
te he visto hablando con un policía
que yo no quiero volver a pasar por esto,
para las desgracias
saliendo a la calle estoy convidado,
por eso, mi socio, ya yo estoy quitado.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no,
que estoy quitado, estoy quitado,
yo estoy quitado.
CORO: Salió Nenito Barrio
y está quitado.
VOZ 1: Dicen que el tipo salió del tanque y se quitó,
dicen que Nenito ya se tranquilizó.
CORO: Salió Nenito Barrio
y está quitado.
VOZ 1: Lo vieron con una niña en Marianao,
dejó el negocio
y está quitado.
CORO: Salió Nenito Barrio
y está quitado.
VOZ 1: Ya no especula, no disimula guillado,
oye, ya el cambió hasta el caminado.
CORO: Salió Nenito Barrio
y está quitado.
VOZ 1: Vaya, dicen que él está
quitado.
Y mira cómo estoy yo también.
CORO: Te buscaste un lío
y te llevó la policía.
VOZ 1. En la bodega se comentaba
que el agente le decía.
CORO: Te buscaste un lío
y te llevó la policía.
VOZ 1: Si no escuchas consejo, no llegas a viejo,
y por eso te digo yo.
CORO: Te buscaste un lío
y te llevó la policía.
VOZ 1: Atiéndeme, quiero decirte algo
que quizás tú no sabías.
CORO: Te buscaste un lío
y te llevó la policía.
VOZ 1: Es que en la calle es el detalle
y por eso escucha bien,
que esto es lo que te decía.
CORO: Te buscaste un lío
y te llevó la policía.
VOZ 1: Vaya dale mambo.
(…)