Arrasando [English translation]

[They say that] it goes up, it goes down, anything can happen,

that the human nature

is finishing our whole race off.

When you triumph in life,

the envy gets bigger,

you feel that every time you go up

someone's trying to bring you down.

You don't notice that wolves are by your side,

because it suits them perfectly,

it's a simple disguise.

There're always party crashers

when you go out to have fun,

but when you really need them, you can't find them anywhere.

The jealousy is so big that it tickles me,

[they care] if I get fat, if I get skinny,

if my ribs can be seen.

Today, I have the answer to any question,

because I keep on walking,

and I keep on winning.

Taking over life,

harvesting joy!

There's no barrier that can hold me back

from enjoying a new day!

Taking over the good stuff,

throwing away the bad stuff!

There's no darkness today that can cover

the light that shines within me.

It seems that we're deadly weapons,

because without a doubt, we mutilate

our own natural feelings.

We crush joy,

we destroy lives.

We wreck our own souls.

Stumbles and apathy.

We judge everyone we find,

we tear their beliefs apart,

and we envy their reasons.

[We say] that if he's handsome, he's gay;

that if he's rich, it's because he's a drug dealer;

and if she's so young and pretty,

she has had plastic surgery.

We're entering a new millennium.

Let's only focus on what happens

in our own body.

We're young and strong,

and also smart.

Let's gather within our souls

only what we take over!

Taking over life,

harvesting joy!

There's no barrier that can hold me back

from enjoying a new day!

Taking over the good stuff,

throwing away the bad stuff!

There's no darkness today that can cover

the light that shines within me.

By looking back, we can learn

from people that have left

a legacy on the past.

Einstein, DaVinci, Neruda1 and Maliche2,

the Aztec, Toltec, and also Zapotec people3.

Napoleon, known for his tactics.

Cleopatra in love, didn't devote to anyone.

Gandhi, Luther and Mother Teresa,

even if years keep passing by,

we'll still talk about their strength.

Lady Diana, the heart princess,

and Eve, who sinned,

and took us down with her actions.

Luther King, Malcolm X,

with an unstoppable faith.

They all are people that will always

keep on taking over life.

1. Chilean poet.2. Indigenous woman, translator for Hernán Cortés at the Conquest of Mexico.3. They're all prehispanic civilizations

• Artist:Thalía
• Album:Arrasando (2000)