Ralfi Pagan passed without making a significant mark in the music industry,… Read Full Bio ↴Ralfi Pagan passed without making a significant mark in the music industry, but not because he didn't try. Raised on the Lower East Side of New York City, he was part of the city's bubbling salsa scene in the '60s and late '70s. His main body of work — four albums — was waxed for Johnny Pacheco and Gerald Masucci's Fania Records. Though a major player in the studio, he didn't achieve the notoriety of some other Fania artists, known as the Fania All Stars and which included Mongo Santamaria, Johnny Colon, Willie Bobo, Joe Bataan, Ralph Robles, and Bobby Valentine. The label started on a shoestring and couldn't afford to promote its early product across-the-board, but Fania records were hot platters on Latin radio stations.

Pagan was a gifted vocalist. His light, floating tenor was as serenading as Smokey Robinson's, but more ardent when he came down from the clouds. His melodious crooning got some chart action on a remake of Bread's "Make It With You" (1971) for Wand Records (Fania contracted with Wand during this period). Two years later, he scored a minor charter with "Soul Je T'aime" with Sylvia Robinson (now there's a duet made in heaven) on Robinson's Vibration label; but its success was modest at number 39 R&B and 99 pop on Billboard. Other singles include "Didn't Want to Have to Do It," "Just for a Little While," and "Come Back Baby."

In addition to the four Fania albums, he had an obvious hand in Ralfi Pagan Presents Johnny Nelson, which is quite an item among collectors; Low Profile Records also reissued his second Fania album, Ralfi Pagan With Love. Examples of Pagan's haunting vocals can be found on ITP Records' East Side Classics series.

No Soy De Ti
Ralfi Pagan Lyrics

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No Soy De Ti
Tu no Eres La mujer Para mi
Acuerdate que Te fuiste
Y Te olvidaste de mi

No SoY De ti
Cuando te queria no me Quisiste
Y Te reiste de Mi

No Soy De Ti
Ahora para que
Vuelves a Mi

Vete Con tu hombre
No Soy De ti

Yoo SoY Feliz (Oooo No soy de ti)
No No No No No ( oooo No Soy de ti)
Acuerdate que te fuiste y te Olvidaste de Mi (Ooo No Soy De ti)
No no no no no -OO ( oooO No Soy De ti)
Vete Con tu Hombre y Olvidate, oLvidate de mi (Ooo No soy de ti)

Cuando te queria Tu te reiste de mi ( Ooo No soy de ti)
Ahora Yo Soy, Yo Soy Feliz (Ooo no Soy De Ti)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Ralfi Pagan's song "No Soy De Ti" (which translates to "I'm Not Yours") carry a message of liberation and moving on from a failed relationship. Pagan sings of a woman who left him behind and forgot about him, and how he's now done with her and her toxic behavior. He repeats the phrase "No Soy De Ti" throughout the song, asserting his independence and freedom from her.

Pagan reflects on how when he loved her, she didn't love him back and even laughed at him. He's now moved on and happy, and tells her to go be with her man instead of trying to come back to him. The repetitive nature of the song emphasizes Pagan's determination to not be dragged back into this failed relationship, and showcases the strength it takes to let go and move on.

Line by Line Meaning

No Soy De Ti
I am not yours

Tu no Eres La mujer Para mi
You are not the woman for me

Acuerdate que Te fuiste
Remember that you left

Y Te olvidaste de mi
And you forgot about me

Cuando te queria no me Quisiste
When I loved you, you didn't love me

Y Te reiste de Mi
And you laughed at me

Ahora para que Vuelves a Mi
Now why are you coming back to me?

Vete Con tu hombre
Go with your man

Yoo SoY Feliz (Oooo No soy de ti)
I am happy (Ooo I am not yours)

No No No No No ( oooo No Soy de ti)
No no no no no (Ooo I am not yours)

Acuerdate que te fuiste y te Olvidaste de Mi (Ooo No Soy De ti)
Remember that you left and forgot about me (Ooo I am not yours)