‘‘ Lo que tu Esperabas’’

VOICE 1: Revé. La Revé. How? CHORUS: You never, ever gamble with other people’s money, other people’s money because sooner or later you’ll end up in jail or the cemetery. VOICE 1: Again. CHORUS: You never, ever gamble with other people’s money, other people’s money because sooner or later you’ll end up in jail or the cemetery. VOICE 1: Mayombe! VOICE 1: Carlitos ran away from the neighborhood because they wanted to kill him. He owed everyone, and he didn’t want to pay anyone. He owed the grocer and the neighbors across the street and even an old retiree who was out of his mind. Oh, Carlitos, come here. How? They say he went to another town because he was burned out here. He left mysteriously, leaving everyone hanging. If you like this dark character and you trust him even with the clothes you’re wearing, he’ll take them off you. Hey, what a guy. How? CHORUS: Never, never, gamble with other people’s money, other people’s money, because sooner or later you’ll end up in jail or in the cemetery. Take your hand out, the rooster is itching, because they’re keeping watch over you. VOICE 1: Take your hand out, Carlitos, because they’re keeping watch over you. CHORUS: Take your hand out, the rooster is itching, because they’re keeping watch over you. VOICE 1: And everybody with their tongues out, running to pay him the bill. CHORUS: Take your hand out, the rooster is itching, because they’re keeping watch over you. VOICE 1: He put in the line, he lied, that could cost him his life. CHORUS: Take your hand out, the rooster is itching, because they’re keeping watch over you. VOICE 1: Mambo! What? VOICE 2: How did you come up with that, Papo? CHORUS: Take it out, take it out, take it out, because they’re keeping watch over you. Take it out, take it out, take it out, they’re watching over you VOICE 1: Let Carlitos touch you, let Carlitos pass his hand over you. CHORUS: Take it out, take it out, take it out, they’re watching over you VOICE 1: Hey, be careful, why? because the Rooster is crowing. CHORUS: Take it out, take it out, take it out, they’re watching over you VOICE 1: Corporal of the guard, I hear a shot. They caught the bandit. CHORUS: Take it out, take it out, take it out, they’re watching over you. Take it out, take it out. VOICE 1: Forward. Come on! CHORUS: Take it out, take it out. CHORUS: Take it out, take it out. VOICE 1: La Revé. How? CHORUS: Take it out, take it out. CHORUS: Take it out, take it out. VOICE 1: Charangón. CHORUS: Take it out, take it out. CHORUS: Take it out, take it out. VOICE 1: If you don't take it out, they're going to cut it off. CHORUS: Take it out, take it out. VOICE 1: Take it out, my friend, I'm telling you, comrade. CHORUS: Take it out, take it out. CHORUS: Take it out, take it out. VOICE 1: Hey, but take it out. What a bad habit, dad, what a bad habit! (…)

VOZ 1: Revé.
La Revé.
¿Cómo?
CORO: Tú no juegues nunca, nunca, con dinero ajeno, ajeno
porque tarde o temprano vas para la cárcel o el cementerio
VOZ 1: Otra vez.
CORO: Tú no juegues nunca, nunca, con dinero ajeno, ajeno
porque tarde o temprano vas para la cárcel o al cementerio
VOZ 1: ¡Mayombe!
VOZ 1: Carlitos voló del barrio porque lo querían matar.
Le debía a todo el mundo, y a nadie quería pagar.
Le debía al bodeguero y a los vecinos del frente
y hasta un viejo jubilado que estaba escaso de mente.
¡Ay!, Carlitos, ven.
¿Cómo?
Dicen que se fue a otro pueblo porque aquí estaba quemado.
Se fue misteriosamente, dejó a todo el mundo enganchado.
Si este oscuro personaje te cae bien y tú confías
hasta la ropa que llevas puesta, él te la quita de encima.
Oye, pero qué tipo.
¿Cómo?
CORO: Tú no juegues nunca, nunca, con dinero ajeno, ajeno
porque tarde o temprano vas para la cárcel o al cementerio
Saca la mano que te pica el gallo,
que te están velando
VOZ 1: Saca la manito, sácala Carlitos,
que te están velando.
CORO: Saca la mano que te pica el gallo,
que te están velando
VOZ 1: Y todo el mundo con la legua afuera, corriendo para pasarle la cuenta.
CORO: Saca la mano que te pica el gallo,
que te están velando
VOZ 1: Metió la línea, metió mentira
eso le puede costar la vida.
CORO: Saca la mano que te pica el gallo,
que te están velando
VOZ 1: ¡Mambo!
¿Cómo?
VOZ 2: ¿Cómo se te ocurre Papo?
CORO: Sácala, sácala, sácala,
que te están velando.
Sácala, sácala, sácala,
que te están velando
VOZ 1: Deja que Carlitos te toque,
deja que Carlitos te pase la mano.
CORO: Sácala, sácala, sácala,
que te están velando
VOZ 1: Oye, ten cuidado ¿por qué?
porque el Gallo está cantando.
CORO: Sácala, sácala, sácala,
que te están velando
VOZ 1: Cabo de la guardia yo siento un tiro.
Cogieron al bandido.
CORO: Sácala, sácala, sácala,
que te están velando.
Sácala, sácala.
VOZ 1: Para delante. ¡Anda!
CORO: Sácala, sácala.
CORO: Sácala, sácala.
VOZ 1: La Revé. ¿Cómo?
CORO: Sácala, sácala.
CORO: Sácala, sácala.
VOZ 1: Charangón.
CORO: Sácala, sácala.
CORO: Sácala, sácala.
VOZ 1: Si no la sacas, te la van a cortar.
CORO: Sácala, sácala.
VOZ 1: Sácala manito, mi compadre, te lo digo, camarada.
CORO: Sácala, sácala.
CORO: Sácala, sácala.
VOZ 1: Eh, pero sácala.
¡Qué mala maña, papá, qué mala maña!
(…)