Te Voy a Matar... Con Amor
Africando Lyrics


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Hace mucho tiempo
Me enamoré de ti
Todo era distinto
Cuando estaba junto a ti,
Pero la vida
Te alejó de mi,
Y esa tarde
Yo supe
Que al fin...
Te voa matar,
Te voa secuestrar,
Te voa asesinar,
Y con candado al pañuelo te voy a sonar
lalalai la ra la, lalalai la ra la, laralai la ra la la ra lai lai lai lai la
Te voy a estir,
Te voa sucumbir,
Te voy a zurcir
Y con Gillette picado te voy a escupir
lalalai la ra la, lalalai la ra la, laralai la ra la la ra lai lai lai lai la
Cebolla voy a picar,
Papa voy a hervir,
Un palo voy a conseguir
Y como anticucho te voy a ensartar
lalalai la ra la, lalalai la ra la, laralai la ra la la ra lai lai lai lai la
Te voy a citar,
Al bosquecillo te voy a llevar,
Cinco mulas voy a contratar
Ycomo a Tupak Katari te van a jalar lalalai la ra la, lalalai la ra la, laralai la ra la la ra lai lai lai lai la
Te voy a rapar,
Te voy a tatuar,
de tus entrañas chinchulin voy a confeccionar
Y con moneda de cincuenta te he de depilar
lalalai la ra la, lalalai la ra la, laralai la ra la la ra lai lai lai lai la
lalalai la ra la, lalalai la ra la, laralai la ra la la ra lai lai lai lai la
lalalai la ra la, lalalai la ra la, laralai la ra la la ra lai lai lai lai la




Pero...
Te quiero wuo wuoo

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Africando's song Te Voy a Matar...Con Amor present a grotesque and paradoxical love confession. The singer starts by recalling the moments in which he fell in love with the person he sings to, and how everything was different when they were together. However, life separated them, and the singer decides to take extreme measures to have the object of his love back. Instead of expressing his feelings in a gentle way, he promises to kill, kidnap, and torture the person with love. The lyrics portray a conflation of violence and love, as the singer plans to commit atrocities while expressing his love.


Moreover, the song carries a Latin American cadence, with echoes of salsa and bolero music styles. The use of percussion, trumpets, and a catchy chorus reinforces the tone of passion and ferocity. The lyrics' interpretation, on the other hand, is open to different readings. Some people might take the words as a parody of toxic masculinity or a satire of machista attitudes that rationalize violence as a way of expressing love. Others might see it as another example of how love, in its extremes, can lead to irrational and dangerous behaviors. In any case, the song offers a rich terrain for discussion of themes such as gender, culture, and the relationship between love and violence.


Line by Line Meaning

Hace mucho tiempo
It was a long time ago


Me enamoré de ti
I fell in love with you


Todo era distinto
Everything was different


Cuando estaba junto a ti
When I was with you


Pero la vida
But life


Te alejó de mi
Took you away from me


Y esa tarde
And that afternoon


Yo supe
I knew


Que al fin...
That at last...


Te voa matar,
I'm going to kill you


Te voa secuestrar,
I'm going to kidnap you


Te voa asesinar,
I'm going to murder you


Y con candado al pañuelo te voy a sonar
And I'll tie a lock to your handkerchief and rattle it


Te voy a estir,
I'm going to stretch you out


Te voa sucumbir,
I'm going to make you succumb


Te voy a zurcir
I'm going to sew you up


Y con Gillette picado te voy a escupir
And I'll spit on you with a chopped-up Gillette razor


Cebolla voy a picar,
I'm going to chop onions


Papa voy a hervir,
I'm going to boil potatoes


Un palo voy a conseguir
I'm going to find a stick


Y como anticucho te voy a ensartar
And I'll skewer you like beef anticuchos


Te voy a citar,
I'm going to invite you


Al bosquecillo te voy a llevar,
I'm going to take you to a small forest


Cinco mulas voy a contratar
I'm going to hire five mules


Ycomo a Tupak Katari te van a jalar
And they'll drag you like they did to Tupak Katari


Te voy a rapar,
I'm going to shave your head


Te voy a tatuar,
I'm going to tattoo you


de tus entrañas chinchulin voy a confeccionar
I'll make chinchulines out of your intestines


Y con moneda de cincuenta te he de depilar
And I'll shave you with a fifty-cent coin


Pero...
But...


Te quiero wuo wuoo
I love you, wuo wuoo




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