Monedita de Oro Lyrics English Translation by Eme Malafe
I’m not a little gold coin
to make everyone love me,
that’s just not me
They say the kid’s gotten cocky,
nah, not my son, I just raised him right
Oh, you think you’re so tough?
You know I don’t play,
I held my ground hard
I come from where we had nothing,
and even without fists, I never bowed down
Respect gets respect,
to walk the crooked path,
you gotta stay straight—
loyalty comes first
Boss, I thank you,
you made me sharp,
even in the worst mess
And if I rub you the wrong way,
brace yourself, ’cause here comes more,
I wasn’t born to please,
I was born to win
And if I rub you the wrong way,
brace yourself, ’cause here comes more,
I wasn’t born to please,
son, success comes with hate
Son, it cost us to get where we are,
nothing was handed to us,
so what little we’ve got,
I’m gonna fight for in this life—
screw the rest, son
I’m humble, not stupid,
I stuck with the real ones,
learned a ton from them,
figured out the game,
studied the rules,
put my mind to it—
they know I don’t quit
The jealous ones
will always seethe
when someone’s on top
They don’t want what you have,
they just want you to lose it—
they don’t get it
Respect gets respect,
to walk the crooked path,
you gotta stay straight—
loyalty comes first
Boss, I thank you,
you made me sharp,
even in the worst mess
And if I rub you the wrong way,
brace yourself, ’cause here comes more,
I wasn’t born to please,
I was born to win
And if I rub you the wrong way,
brace yourself, ’cause here comes more,
I wasn’t born to please,
son, success comes with hate
Go on, son, the sun rises for us all—Eme MalaFe,
tell ’em, Radiante, you legend