| War Story (original) | War Story (traducción) |
|---|---|
| This is a story | Esta es una historia |
| About a boy | Sobre un chico |
| That had his youth | Que tuvo su juventud |
| Completelly marked | Completamente marcado |
| By war | por guerra |
| Check it | Revisalo |
| Let’s go | Vamos |
| This is a story | Esta es una historia |
| About a boy | Sobre un chico |
| Who suddenly | quien de repente |
| Found himself | se encontró a sí mismo |
| In the middle | En el medio |
| Of World War II | De la Segunda Guerra Mundial |
| And he was only | Y el solo era |
| Fifteen years old | Quince años de edad |
| And he had | y el tenia |
| To take care of himself | Para cuidarse a sí mismo |
| And his family’s survival | Y la supervivencia de su familia. |
| His mother used | Su madre solía |
| To hide many refugees | Para ocultar muchos refugiados |
| In the basement | En el sotano |
| Of his house | de su casa |
| Everything | Todo |
| Has been destroyed | Ha sido destruido |
| And there was no food | y no habia comida |
| At that time there | En ese momento allí |
| Was a big apple harvest | Fue una gran cosecha de manzanas |
| Stone soup and ground | Sopa de piedra y molida |
| Wood to make pasta | Madera para hacer pasta |
| People were | La gente estaba |
| Starving to death | Muriendo de hambre |
| This is consequence | Esta es la consecuencia |
| Of check it out | De comprobarlo |
| Juss hear it | solo escúchalo |
| Somebody | Alguien |
| So cool jammed | Tan genial atascado |
| He was jammed | estaba atascado |
| Into a world | en un mundo |
| And couldn’t be free | Y no podía ser libre |
| He jammed | él se atascó |
| Everything | Todo |
| Is gonna be all right | Va a estar bien |
| I don’t know why | no sé por qué |
| They did this | Ellos hicieron esto |
| To the world | Al mundo |
| This guy | Este chico |
| Is a mutha fuckar | es un hijo de puta |
| There wasn’t work | no habia trabajo |
| At all | En absoluto |
| Everybody was dying | todo el mundo estaba muriendo |
| Bombs everywhere | Bombas por todas partes |
| Lots of people lost | Mucha gente perdida |
| Their families | Sus familias |
| Then one day | Entonces un día |
| The boy realized | el chico se dio cuenta |
| There was | Había |
| No way out of there | No hay forma de salir de allí |
| When his mother came | Cuando vino su madre |
| And told him | y le dije |
| To go to the basement | Para ir al sótano |
| To protect himself | Para protegerse |
| Of the bombs | de las bombas |
| And he said | Y él dijo |
| If I have to die | Si tengo que morir |
| I’m gonna die | Me voy a morir |
| Anyway here | De todos modos aquí |
| Or down there | O ahí abajo |
| When one day | cuando un dia |
| The americans | Los americanos |
| Aarrived bringing | Llegué trayendo |
| Food | Alimento |
| Clothes and doctors | ropa y doctores |
| And the guy | y el chico |
| And his family | Y su familia |
| Were found safe | fueron encontrados seguros |
| Somebody | Alguien |
| So cool jammed | Tan genial atascado |
| He was jammed | estaba atascado |
| And couldn’t be free | Y no podía ser libre |
| Everything | Todo |
| Is gonna be all right | Va a estar bien |
| Oh | Vaya |
| Baby, hey baby | Bebé, hola bebé |
| Stop the war | Detengan la guerra |
| It’s peace time | es tiempo de paz |
| My baby | Mi bebé |
| For the american black | Para el negro americano |
| Sargeant friendship | amistad sargento |
| He became | Se convirtió en |
| The mascot | la mascota |
| Of the battalion | del batallón |
| And then his | Y luego su |
| Younger friend | amigo mas joven |
| Called John Louis | llamado juan luis |
| Taught him | Le enseñó |
| Everything about boxing | Todo sobre el boxeo |
| And the black culture | y la cultura negra |
| And he knew nurses | Y conocía a las enfermeras |
| Who were the great | Quienes fueron los grandes |
| Jazz and Blues singers | Cantantes de jazz y blues |
| Ok | De acuerdo |
| This is everything | Esto es todo |
| That he taught | que el enseño |
| To his | a su |
| Black soul daughter | Hija del alma negra |
| And here I am | Y aquí estoy yo |
| Georgia n tha house | Georgia n tha casa |
| This is the story | Esta es la historia |
| Of my father | de mi padre |
| And like him | y como el |
| Many people suffered | Muchas personas sufrieron |
| Lost their families | Perdieron a sus familias |
| And had their countries | Y tenían sus países |
| Completelly destroyed | Completamente destruido |
| It’s like this | Es como esto |
| Everybody screatching | todos gritando |
| From nothing | De la nada |
| It’s real | Es real |
| You know what I mean? | ¿Sabes a lo que me refiero? |
| Believe it | Créelo |
