Ballad of El Chapo

El Chapo was a man as evil as he was sly El Chapo was a man as evil as he was sly He taught his friends to kill, he taught his children to die He said to the drug lords, "Let's go where the money is great" He said to the drug lords, "Let's go where the money is great" "From Sinaloa to the land of the United States" The snow white cocaine, the black tar heroin and the meth The snow white cocaine, the black tar heroin and the meth His sweet little minions, they carried out thousands of deaths The law was in tow, El Chapo was out on the run The law was in tow, El Chapo was out on the run He set out that night with his men, each strapped with a gun On a cold day in May, they kidnapped and murdered the priest On a cold day in May, they kidnapped and murdered the priest Each man who had killed him, that very day they were released The first time they caught him, El Chapo broke out in a grin He beckoned the prison guard, dropped ten thousand grand in his hand And within the minute, El Chapo was gone with the wind He evaded the cops like an itch that you just cannot scratch He evaded the cops like an itch that you just cannot scratch Like a snake in the grass, like a fish that you just cannot catch The cops and the marshals, they found him in a Mexican bar His hands full of money, his mouth full of cigars In a matter of hours, El Chapo was back behind bars He sat in his jail cell, stroking his shadowy chin He sat in his jail cell, stroking his shadowy chin The moon through the window crawled on his shrively skin The guards grew weary, each of them bent out of shape The guards grew weary, each of them bent out of shape In the middle of the night, El Chapo made his escape El Chapo through the night, not once did he look back behind He chopped through the night, not once did he look back behind He ran for his life for the Mexican borderline El Chapo the outlaw, his legend was draped in a cape El Chapo the outlaw, the legend who rode with a cape Three times was he captured, just twice did he manage to escape El Chapo the drug lord, El Chapo the master of war El Chapo the billionaire, poor on the cold prison floor How will you be remembered, the day that you're breathin' no more?