Listen to Me Baby – English Lyrics

• By: Casa De Leones
• Album: Casa De Leones

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the vibrant world of early reggaeton with 'Listen to Me Baby.' This song is an excellent way to learn common Spanish romantic phrases, colloquialisms used in Puerto Rican urban music, and the rhythmic flow of Latin pop culture.

[English]

Listen to me baby girl 'cause I need to know

If you got a man or if you're riding alone

Mr. J King and Jowell hooked up in this song

Let your body dance, girl, this is reggaeton

Listen to me baby girl 'cause I need to know

If you got a man or if you're riding alone

Mr. J King and Jowell hooked up in this song

Let your body dance, girl, this is reggaeton

Moviendo, vacilando, sacudiendo

Como una negra mulata suelta cool y pandeando

Borincana que janguea con cubana

Y con dominicana que no le importa nada

Ella quiere reggaeton, reggaeton

Mi ticket le está dando

Jala la mordaza puro la parte sigue guayando

Eh, de cara que quiere sacar chispa y candela

Se declara soltera porque anillo no lleva, baby

Listen to me baby girl 'cause I need to know

If you got a man or if you're riding alone

Mr. J King and Jowell hooked up in this song

Let your body dance, girl, this is reggaeton

Listen to me baby girl 'cause I need to know

If you got a man or if you're riding alone

Mr. J King and Jowell hooked up in this song

Let your body dance, girl, this is reggaeton

Dime si estás sola y que sí que quiero saber

Si ese grilleta está así es así no te quiero tener

Vamo' allá tú y yo los dos rozándonos, pegándonos

Como si fuera fuego sacándonos leña

Dios bendiga la puertorriqueña, la perla del sur

Dios bendiga la caribeña trigueña

La que mata, le arrebata, media sata, se desbarata

Tú a la hora de cool y witty

U.S., J King

Ja, ja, ¿qué lo está?

Jowell, daddy

Ja, ja

Listen to me baby girl 'cause I need to know

If you got a man or if you're riding alone

Mr. J King and Jowell hooked up in this song

Let your body dance, girl, this is reggaeton

Listen to me baby girl 'cause I need to know

If you got a man or if you're riding alone

Mr. J King and Jowell hooked up in this song

Let your body dance, girl, this is reggaeton

Listen to me baby girl 'cause I need to know

If you got a man or if you're riding alone

Mr. J King and Jowell hooked up in this song

Let your body dance, girl, this is reggaeton

Listen to me baby girl 'cause I need to know

If you got a man or if you're riding alone

Mr. J King and Jowell hooked up in this song

Let your body dance, girl, this is reggaeton

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Listen /ˈlɪsən/ A1	verb - to give attention to sound or action
Dance /dæns/ A1	verb - to move rhythmically to music
Body /ˈbɒdi/ A1	noun - the physical structure of a person
Alone /əˈloʊn/ A2	adjective - having no one else present
Know /noʊ/ A1	verb - to be aware of or have information
Need /niːd/ A1	verb - to require something because it is essential
Man /mæn/ A1	noun - an adult male human
Song /sɒŋ/ A1	noun - a short poem or set of words set to music
Fire /ˈfaɪər/ A2	noun - a combustion producing heat and light
Hooked /hʊkt/ B1	verb - to be joined or connected together

Key Grammar Structures

• If you got a man or if you're riding alone

  ➔ First Conditional (Present Simple + Future/Present implied)

  ➔ The use of "If you got" (informal for 'have') expresses a real possibility in the present.

• Let your body dance

  ➔ Imperative mood / Causative structure

  ➔ The verb "let" followed by an object and base verb is used to grant permission or suggest an action.

• Moviendo, vacilando, sacudiendo

  ➔ Present Participle (Gerunds as descriptions)

  ➔ The "-ando" suffix in Spanish functions like the "-ing" form in English to describe ongoing actions.

• Ella quiere reggaeton

  ➔ Simple Present Tense (Third-person singular)

  ➔ The verb "quiere" (from "querer") is conjugated in the third-person singular to agree with "Ella".

• Se declara soltera porque anillo no lleva

  ➔ Reflexive verb & Negation placement

  ➔ "Se declara" is a reflexive construction; "anillo no lleva" shows the typical Spanish word order where the negative word precedes the verb.

• Si ese grilleta está así

  ➔ Conditional 'Si' clause / Demonstrative adjective

  ➔ "Si" introduces a hypothetical condition, and "ese" functions as a demonstrative adjective referring to a specific entity.

• Vamo' allá tú y yo los dos rozándonos

  ➔ Colloquial contraction / Present participle (gerund)

  ➔ "Vamo'" is a common contraction of "Vamos" (we go). "Rozándonos" adds the reflexive pronoun "nos" to the gerund.

• Dios bendiga la puertorriqueña

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (for wishes/prayers)

  ➔ "Bendiga" is the subjunctive form of "bendecir," used here to express a wish or blessing.