El Hijo de Hernandez [English translation]

I'm what I am,

I don't need any identification,

I know very well where I come from and where I'm going to,

'cause I'm what I am, and not what you want me to.

You confuse me with others and I don't know what you want,

I already told you but you don't seem to understand,

and that misunderstanding is a big mistake,

I am not Hernández's son.

I don't care at all what that paper says,

I have nothing to do with it,

I won't lie even if I'm demanded to,

I am not Hernández's son.

You think I'm cynical,

casuistry is not my fault at all,

if my surname is identical,

it's reasonable, that's what statistics say.

Don't follow me, and don't ask me

to be the accomplice in your lie.

I'm what I am,

I don't need any identification,

I know very well where I come from and where I'm going to,

'cause I'm what I am, and not what you want me to.

My personality won't change,

just because someone tells me how to behave,

but I won't allow anybody to control me,

I am not Hernández's son.

I won't be someone else just because it's convenient to you,

and although I may be doomed with my declaration,

I'm know who I am wherever I roam,

I am not Hernández's son.

I don't understand anything about genetics,

but I'm still not so sclerotic,

to believe that I'm the replica,

of my tragic family tree.

Don't follow me, and don't ask me

to be the accomplice in your lie.

I'm what I am,

I don't need any identification,

I know very well where I come from and where I'm going to,

'cause I'm what I am, and not what you want me to.

I am not Hernández's son,

I am not Hernández's son.

I know where I'm coming from, I know where I'm going to,

so I know where I am, I'm not ashamed by what I am,

I know what's my place and where I belong,

what's not mine and what I deserve,

I'm blood from my blood, I'm my traditions,

my habits, my codes and my uncertainties,

I'm my decisions and my choices,

I'm my doings, alone and in the crowd,

I'm my cadences and my beliefs,

I'm my matter and my essence,

I'm my presence, my absence, my concience,

and my experience, I'm my origin,

I'm my past and my present,

I'm my heritage and my experience,

and that insight is the reference,

that makes me relatable or different from others,

that's why I won't ask you to retrace my path,

I'll keep bristling even if I break up,

may my voice bounce through the Andes,

I am not Hernández's son.

No, I am not Hernández's son...

no, I am not Hernández's son...

no, I am not Hernández's son...

no, I am not Hernández's son...

I'm what I am,

I don't need any identification,

I know very well where I come from and where I'm going to,

'cause I'm what I am, and not what you want me to.

• Artist:El Cuarteto de Nos
• Album:Bipolar (2009)