El Corrido de "El Chapo" (The Ballad of "El Chapo")

If you know the tale of El Chapo,

You know then what will befall

Even the person who's known as

The most famous drug lord of all.

 

Exporting more drugs to America

Than anyone else in the past,

El Chapo lived like a king

On the millions of dollars he amassed.

 

You didn't mess with El Chapo.

Woe betide you if you did!

Not only would you suffer,

So would your spouse or your kid.

 

Back in the 90s El Chapo

Found himself in a scrape

And landed in a Mexican prison,

But he found a way to escape.

 

A protracted stay in the slammer

For him was not in the cards:

He bought his way to freedom

By bribing the prison guards.

 

For thirteen years El Chapo

Evaded capture and hid.

He kept up his shady dealings

While trying to stay off the grid.

 

Authorities in Chicago

Gave this man on the run

Notoriety as Public

Enemy Number One.

 

In 2015 the drug lord

Was back in prison again.

This time he fled through a tunnel

Dug by some of his men.

 

One day marines closed in.

They thought they'd caught their man.

El Chapo held a child

In his arms as he ran.

 

Soon El Chapo got sloppy.

No one could catch him, he thought.

Alas, the marines tracked him down.

Back to a cell he was brought.

 

Now the Americans want him.

Extradite him, they say.

El Chapo will be an example

To show that crime doesn't pay.

 

So, say good-bye, El Chapo,

As you sadly wipe your tears.

We hope you like your new home;

You're going to be there for years.

 

Yes, say good-bye, El Chapo,

To your Sinaloa Cartel.

A maximum security prison

Will be your new citadel.

 

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