Los Idiotas [English translation]

Some are born idiots,

others learn to become them,

others pretend to be idiots

and try to convince us.

You can think whatever you want.

Arithmetic can't save you today,

the whole world has

a percentage of idiocy

in their genetics.

To separate us with the arrogance

that in this world we are the center,

we'd better unite with the idiot

that we all carry inside.

Christopher Columbus discovered America

by mere chance,

that's why, to be an idiot

requires intelligence.

Idiocy has

points in its favor:

it's the only sickness

in which the sick one doesn't suffer,

just all those around him.

Asking good questions

helps it to not be contagious,

idiocy is collective

when nobody questions things.

This sickness doesn't let you tell lies,

because it's obvious,

that's why, when you're in love,

you smile like an idiot.

Idiots feel confident,

with everything they comment on,

because

they talk about what they know,

and what they don't know,

they make up.

Although it sounds strange,

I listen to idiots,

to have a smart person that

doesn't say anything,

I prefer an idiot who talks a lot.

And from all that he talks about,

I will have heard a good idea,

of those (ideas) which the smart one saved,

for fear of being judged.

(Chorus)

An idiot is the one

who doesn't learn

from the past.

An uninformed person,

who doesn't listen to the informed.

An idiot,

below average,

an idiot is one

who believes that

everyone's an idiot

except him.

Among all of the jobs

that an employee performs,

the most idiotic work

is the one that one doesn't enjoy.

When it's time to look for a job,

it's good to act like an idiot*,

because,

when you're brilliant,

they prefer to not hire you.

Keeping intelligent people

underneath, without growth,

is the most important rule

for an idiot with power.

But, it would be idiocy

taking life so seriously:

We need idiots

for comedy to exist.

And being able to make fun of them,

as well as one's self;

Being an idiot is not so bad

if you look at it with optimism.

Little understanding

and lots of explanation exhausts,

one is more intelligent

when one thinks like an idiot.

You simplify the answers

of this complicated world,

While the wise one worries,

the idiot is relaxed.

But idiocy also

can make you nervous,

there is nothing more alarming

than a dangerous idiot.

His most dangerous weapon

is to misinform people,

they are dangerous idiots

with presidents' faces.

Here nobody is perfect,

we all make mistakes,

we need to be idiots,

to learn to be better.

An idiot is that one

that doesn't learn

from the past.

An uninformed person,

who doesn't listen to the informed.

An idiot,

below average,

an idiot is one

who believes that

everyone's an idiot

except him.

• Artist:Calle 13