‘‘ No Juegues Conmigo’’

CHORUS: Hey, Puro, give me a light, Hey, Puro, tell me the time. Hey, Puro, what a sweetheart. Hey, Puro, what a drag. CHORUS: Don't mess with me, don't bother me. CHORUS: Live your life peacefully, boy, VOICE 1: Live it, live it, live it, live it, live it. CHORUS: And leave me alone. VOICE 1: Again, again, again, again. CHORUS: Don't mess with me, don't bother me. CHORUS: Live your life peacefully, boy. VOICE 1: Listen carefully, live it, live it, live it, live it, live it. CHORUS: And leave me alone. VOICE 1: Why, why, why, why, why, why, why? CHORUS: Because I understand everything when things are done right. VOICE 1: Listen well, listen well, listen well, listen well. CHORUS: But if you try anything, my friend. VOICE 1: Tell him. CHORUS: I'm a pain. VOICE 1: You'll see what's going to happen, good rumba dancer. CHORUS: And if you provoke me, you'll see that. VOICE 1: The santeros, the paleros, the babalaos say. CHORUS: You can't mess with me. VOICE 1: Listen, listen well, my little brother, don't keep provoking me, listen well, my little brother, no, don't keep provoking me. I'm a quiet man, I'm almost always singing to all my fellow men. Good rumba dancer, I treat all my fellow men with love, but if you come at me with bad intentions, I become a pain. CHORUS: Because I understand everything when things are good. VOICE 1: Listen well, listen well, listen well. CHORUS: But if you try anything, my friend. VOICE 1: Tell him. CHORUS: I'm a pain. VOICE 1: You'll see, you'll see what's going to happen, good rumba dancer. CHORUS: And if you provoke me, you'll see that. VOICE 1: The paleros, the santeros, the babalaos say. CHORUS: No way, head. VOICE 1: Hey, stay still, kid, don't play with me. CHORUS: Stay still, kid, don't play with me. VOICE 1: When it comes to rumba, listen, count on me. CHORUS: Stay still, kid, don't play with me. VOICE 1: I'm a rumba dancer from Key West, I sing in Trillo Park. CHORUS: Stay still, boy, don't play with me. VOICE 1: Look, come on, if you want to learn the rumba, count on me. CHORUS: Stay still, boy, don't play with me. VOICE 1: Let the rumba dancers not be offended by what I say. CHORUS: Stay still, boy, don't play with me. VOICE 1: Stay still, boy, because I'm like fire. CHORUS: Stay still, boy, don't play with me. Don't play with me because I'm like fire. Stay still, boy, don't play with me. Don't play with me because I'm like fire. Stay still, boy, don't play with me. (…)

CORO: Oye, Puro, dame candela,
Oye, Puro, dime la hora.
Oye, Puro, tremenda coba.
Oye, Puro, tremenda leva.

CORO: No te metas conmigo,
no me molestes.
CORO: Vive tu vida tranquilo, muchacho,
VOZ 1: Vívela, vívela, vívela, vívela, vívela.
CORO: Y déjame a mí.
VOZ 1: Otra vez, otra vez, otra vez, otra vez.
CORO: No te metas conmigo,
no me molestes.
CORO: Vive tu vida tranquilo, muchacho.
VOZ 1: Oye bien, vívela, vívela, vívela, vívela, vívela.
CORO: Y déjame a mí.
VOZ 1: ¿Por qué, por qué, por qué, por qué, por qué, por qué, por qué?
CORO: Porque a la buena todo lo entiendo.
VOZ 1: Oigan bien, oigan bien, oigan bien, oigan bien.
CORO: Pero a las malas, compay.
VOZ 1: Díselo
CORO: Soy un dolor.
VOZ 1: Tú verás lo que va a pasar, rumbero bueno.
CORO: Y si me provocas tú verás que
VOZ 1: Dicen los santeros, los paleros, babalaos
CORO: No puede pasar cabeza
VOZ 1: Oye, óyelo bien, mi hermanito, no me sigan provocando,
óyelo bien, mi hermanito
no, no me sigan provocando
soy un hombre tranquilito
casi siempre estoy cantando a todos mis semejantes.

Timbero bueno, a todos mis semejantes yo los trato con amor,
pero si vienen a las malas me convierto en un dolor.
CORO: Porque a las buenas todo entiendo
VOZ 1: Oigan bien, oigan bien, oigan bien.
CORO: Pero a las malas, compay.
VOZ 1: Díselo
CORO: Soy un dolor.
VOZ 1: Tú verás, tú vas a ver lo que va a pasar, rumbero bueno.
CORO: Y si me provocas tú verás que
VOZ 1: Dicen los paleros, los santeros, babalaos
CORO: No puede pasar cabeza
VOZ 1: Oye, que estate quieto muchacho no juegues conmigo.
CORO: Estate quieto, muchacho, no juegues conmigo
VOZ 1: Cuando se trate de rumba, oye cuenta conmigo
CORO: Estate quieto, muchacho, no juegues conmigo
VOZ 1: Yo soy rumbero de Cayo Hueso, canto en el parque Trillo.
CORO: Estate quieto, muchacho, no juegues conmigo
VOZ 1: Mira, anda, si tú quieres aprender la rumba cuenta conmigo
CORO: Estate quieto, muchacho, no juegues conmigo
VOZ 1: Que no se ofendan los rumberos con lo que yo digo
CORO: Estate quieto, muchacho, no juegues conmigo
VOZ 1: Estate quieto, muchacho, que yo como candela.
CORO: Estate quieto, muchacho, no juegues conmigo.
tú no juegues conmigo que yo como candela,
estate quieto, muchacho, no juegues conmigo,
tú no juegues conmigo que yo como candela,
estate quieto, muchacho, no juegues conmigo
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