RAULEETO – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Rauw Alejandro
• Album: Saturno

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the futuristic world of Rauw Alejandro with 'RAULEETO'. This track is a perfect gateway for learners to explore modern Puerto Rican Spanish slang and the rhythmic flow of urban music, all while experiencing a unique sonic journey to 'Playa Saturno'.

[English]

Tell me, Rauw, when are we heading out?

To get things going, fast

Rauw, Rauw

Let me know, papi, speak clearly

Are you down or are you not?

Speak up, tell me

I'm down here, recording on all the machines, what's up?

Yo, Rauw, it's Rvssian

Yo, bro, pull up, bro, let's go to Jamaica

Let's go to the beach, jet skis

You know, let's do everything

Crazy, smoke some weed

Papi, je, you're totally lost, man

And you know the West misses the Fox

Let's hit the streets today, I've got a couple of shorties

Hey, answer your phone, man

Hello, God bless you

Look, boy, when are you coming home?

I haven't seen you in a while

Hello, Rauw, boy, I'm doing great

I was seeing if you could lend me a couple of bucks

And I'll pay you back next week

Hey, listen, it's simple

The crew is ready to take over the streets today, so

Hey, tell me, Rauleeto

What's wrong with that asshole?

Is he gonna keep testing us?

He can go screw himself

Send him your current location, let's see if he dares to come down to the heat

The C

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[Spanish]

Dímelo, Rauw, ¿cuándo salimo?

Pa activarnos, rápido

Rauw, Rauw

Indica, papi, habla claro

¿Estás activo o no estás activo?

Habla claro, dime

Yo estoy activo aquí, grabando toa' las máquinas, qué lo que

Yo', Rauw, is Rvssian

Yo', bro, pull up, bro, let's go to Jamaica

Let's go on the beach, jetskis

You know, let's do everything

Crazy, smoke some weed

Papi, je, tú tas bien perdí'o, cabrón

Y tú sabes que el West extraña al Zorro

Vamos pa la calle hoy, que tengo par de shorty

Mera, contéstame el teléfono, cabrón

Hola, Dios te bendiga

Mira, muchachito, ¿cuándo tú vienes pa casa?

Hace tiempo ya no te veo

Hello, Rauw, chico, estoy bien arrancao

Era a ver si tú me podías prestar par de pesos

Y yo te los paso la semana que viene

Mera, habla, este, so sencillo

El corillo está activo pa romper la calle hoy, así que

Mera, dime, Rauleeto

¿Qué es lo que le pasa al huelebicho ese?

¿Nos va a seguir probando?

Que se mame un bicho

Envíale la ubicación actual, a ver si se atreve a bajar pa'l calentón

La C

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
activar ak-ti-var B1	verb - to activate/get moving
máquina ma-ki-na A2	noun - machine
perdido per-di-do A2	adjective - lost
extrañar eks-tra-nyar B1	verb - to miss
calle ka-ye A1	noun - street
arrancado a-ran-ka-do B2	adjective - broke
prestar pres-tar A2	verb - to lend
sencillo sen-si-yo A2	adjective - simple
corillo ko-ri-yo C1	noun - crew/group of friends
romper rom-per A2	verb - to break
probar pro-bar A2	verb - to test/try
ubicación u-bi-ka-syon B1	noun - location
actual ak-tual A2	adjective - current/present
atreverse a-tre-ver-se B1	verb - to dare
calentón ka-len-ton B2	noun - heated situation

Key Grammar Structures

• ¿Cuándo salimo?

  ➔ Dropping the final 's' in first-person plural verbs (Aphaeresis/Elision in Caribbean Spanish).

  ➔ In Puerto Rican Spanish, 'salimos' is pronounced 'salimo'. This is a common phonetic feature in informal speech.

• ¿Estás activo o no estás activo?

  ➔ Interrogative structure with 'Estar' + Adjective (Condition/State).

  ➔ Use of ''Estar'' here signifies a temporary state of being ready or 'active' for plans.

• tú tas bien perdí'o

  ➔ Apocope of 'estás' to 'tas' and reduction of past participle '-ido' to '-i'o'.

  ➔ Informal colloquialism where ''tas'' replaces ''estás'' and ''perdí'o'' (perdido) reflects elision of the intervocalic /d/.

• Hace tiempo ya no te veo

  ➔ Expression of time using 'Hacer' (duration) + Present tense.

  ➔ ''Hace tiempo'' is an idiomatic construction to denote how long since something last occurred.

• si tú me podías prestar

  ➔ Use of Imperfect indicative for hypothetical or polite request.

  ➔ Using the ''imperfect'' tense instead of present makes the request sound softer and more polite.

• Y yo te los paso la semana que viene

  ➔ Direct object pronoun placement (te) + 'Ir a' future construction substitute.

  ➔ In Spanish, the ''present tense'' is often used to refer to scheduled future events.

• ¿Qué es lo que le pasa al huelebicho?

  ➔ Use of the 'lo que' nominalizer structure.

  ➔ ''Lo que'' functions as a nominalizer, meaning 'the thing that', common in emphatic questions.

• Envíale la ubicación

  ➔ Imperative mood with attached indirect object pronoun (le).

  ➔ The imperative ''Envía'' adds the pronoun ''le'' at the end to create a single word: ''Envíale''.