As a youngster, Lupillo, his sister Jenni Rivera and the rest of the Rivera family moved to Long Beach California, where Lupillo graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in 1990 (he was in the same graduating class as Snoop Dogg.)
Rivera wanted to be a restaurant owner. His father, however, was a recording studio owner. Wanting to give his son a hands-on business experience, Mr. Rivera hired his son Lupillo to work at the studio.
Lupillo was given the task of looking for local talent at bars, with the idea that some of that talent could be signed by his father's company. It was while searching for talent that he met the now deceased Chalino Sánchez, father of Adán Sánchez Also now deceased.
Lupillo's uncle was a semi-famous professional boxer, known as El Toro Rivera to Mexican boxing fans. In 1990, Lupillo discovered that he could sing, and he began performing under the nickname of "El Toro del Corrido" ("The corrido's bull (r)"), as a homage to his uncle.
By 1993, Lupillo began to sing using his own name. By then, he had already signed with Sony Discos.
His star began to rise meteorically at that point. In 2001, he was awarded a Premios lo Nuestro.
In Juarez, Chihuahua, while he was driving to a concert location, his SUV flipped over. He required hospitalization. Months later, Adán Sánchez, a years-long friend who had grown to admire and become like a little brother to Lupillo, died at the age of nineteen in another car accident, leaving Lupillo Rivera devastated.
In 2004, a Marine who died in Iraq had requested for Lupillo to sing at his funeral should the soldier die, and Lupillo complied with the request, leaving one of his famous sombreros on the Marine's burial casket during the funeral.
Rivera has been involved in controversy, tying him romantically to different women. Some women he has been linked to claim to have children from him. On April 29, 2006, he married the mother of one of his daughters.
Yo
Lupillo Rivera Lyrics
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Ando borracho, and tomando
Porque el destino cambio mi suerte
Ya tu cariño, nada me importa
Mi corazon te olvido pa siempre
Fuiste en mi vida, un sentimiento
Que destrozo toditita mi alma
Pero volvi a recobrar la calma
Yo, yo que tanto llore por tus besos
Yo, yo que tanto te hable sin mentiras
Hoy, solo puedo brindarte desprecio
Yo, yo que tanto te quise en la vida
(nomas yo te quise amor, ay, ay, why echele compa lupillo why asi se canta en jalisco).
Una gitana, leyo en mi mano
Que con el tiempo me olvidarias
why esa gitana ha adivinado
Porque tu vida ya no es la mia
Hoy mi destino lleva otro rumbo
Mi corazon se quedo muy lejos
Si ahora me quieres, si ahora me extrañas
Yo te abandono pa estar parejos
Yo, yo que tanto llore por tus besos
Yo, yo que tanto te hable sin mentiras
Hoy, solo puedo brindarte desprecio
Yo, yo que tanto te quise en la vida
The lyrics of Lupillo Rivera's song "Yo" speak of a man who has turned to alcohol after a change in his luck. The person he loved no longer holds any importance in his life and he has forgotten them for good. This love had once been a feeling that destroyed his soul, and he even contemplated suicide, but he eventually regained his composure. The singer remembers how he cried for their love and was always honest with them, but now he only feels contempt towards them.
The song also mentions a gypsy who predicted the singer would eventually forget their lover. This has come true, and the singer's heart has moved on to a different path. Despite the possibility of their lover wanting them back, they will abandon them to be equals. The overall tone of the lyrics is one of bitterness, with the singer shedding light on how his old love made him suffer and how he has overcome it.
Line by Line Meaning
(Yo ando borracho)
I am drunken, drinking a lot.
Ando borracho, and tomando
I am drunk and I am drinking.
Porque el destino cambio mi suerte
My luck has changed because of fate.
Ya tu cariño, nada me importa
Now, I don't care about your love anymore.
Mi corazon te olvido pa siempre
My heart has forgotten you forever.
Fuiste en mi vida, un sentimiento
You were a feeling in my life.
Que destrozo toditita mi alma
That destroyed my soul completely.
Quise matarme por tu cariño
I wanted to kill myself for your love.
Pero volvi a recobrar la calma
But I regained my calmness again.
Yo, yo que tanto llore por tus besos
I, who cried so much for your kisses.
Yo, yo que tanto te hable sin mentiras
I, who spoke to you without lies.
Hoy, solo puedo brindarte desprecio
Today, I can only offer you contempt.
Yo, yo que tanto te quise en la vida
I, who loved you so much in life.
(nomas yo te quise amor, ay, ay, why echele compa lupillo why asi se canta en jalisco)
(I alone loved you, my love, ay, ay, and that's how we sing it in Jalisco, my friend Lupillo).
Una gitana, leyo en mi mano
A gypsy read my hand.
Que con el tiempo me olvidarias
That you would forget me with time.
why esa gitana ha adivinado
And that gypsy was right.
Porque tu vida ya no es la mia
Because your life is not mine anymore.
Hoy mi destino lleva otro rumbo
Today my destiny is heading elsewhere.
Mi corazon se quedo muy lejos
My heart is left far behind.
Si ahora me quieres, si ahora me extrañas
If you love me now, if you miss me now.
Yo te abandono pa estar parejos
I will abandon you to be equal.
Lyrics © DELLA MUSIC PUBLISHING, LLC , Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ERICK SERMON, PARRISH JOSEFF SMITH, REGGIE NOBLE
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