I ask three minutes, pa ?? talk to my mother,
Sitting in my cell here in San Quentin,
I want to explain to him, because I was a bad son,
And all my life, I made you suffer,
Damn poverty, you owe me one,
You always chose where I was going to live,
To the worst of the neighborhood, there you threw me,
Because you liked it, watching me suffer?
I had to be a rooster, forgive me mother,
I was never a coward, and you know,
I had to tie myself up, with very brave cocks,
And between the battle, no longer think of you,
County jail, I know you too,
Since I was a boy, I did not leave there,
And in that room, between so much visit,
My father and mother, they cried for me.
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From a saying to a fact, the years passed,
And now for a lawsuit, they have me here,
I shouted in court, and I told the jury,
If he did not kill him, he would kill me,
Last words, said the jailer,
And with feeling, Joaquin told us,
Report my body, to my beloved ranch,
That from a very young, did not leave there?
And if there is another life, dear god,
Leave me my ranch, pa ?? Be very happy,
I'd rather be poor, and not start north,
And although between the cells, I will rot again.
Only among all we can make this a better place :)