Caudillo [English translation]

He started making pamphlets with popular slogans

A sign: saying our country or death; on the wall and the Che Guevara

He defended the capital of Carlos Marx with colossus arguments

That's how I met him years ago at 18

Enemy of the radio and songs with chorus

The environment helped him gain weight from so many grudges

He didn't waste an opportunity to validate his arguments as a leader

And the future peaked around the corner with surprises

Leader

Tattoo what you promise on your skin

because time can make you a mercenary

and you can become another false prophet

Leader

from revolution to greed

there's just a couple of steps in between

Be careful or you might slip it's so easy

He graduated as an attorney one April and in the process

The ideals started to suffer aches and pains

Recruited in a liberal party he was appointed to congress

His rhetoric became an expert in the debate and lying

I saw him drawing in graffiti "Country or death"wherever he could

I was that skinny guy with the guitar I doubt he remembers me

He seems strange wearing a Ferragamo tie and louis vuitton in his wallet

How easy his ideals accommodated his desires

Leader

today you whistle the songs on the radio

The Che is no longer the photo in your castle

Today you are your own mercenary

Leader

You forgot to tattoo your promises

where did that consistent young guy go?

the one that used to divide the bread that he had at his table

there's a protest in front of the government palace

The guy on the presidential palace

He looks as if he could be that young guy.

• Artist:Ricardo Arjona