Rey Ruiz performed in the well known "Cabaret Tropicana" music group. During a Cabaret Tropicana tour in the Dominican Republic, Ruiz defected, leaving the group to join some friends in the United States. With the help of his aunt, Martina, he was able to reach Miami, FL. He owes his life in the US to his aunt and it is in Miami, where he found success. Once established there, Ruiz began to gain fame as a solo salsa singer.
It took Ruiz three years after he arrived in the United States for him to release his first CD. The self-titled "Rey Ruiz" was produced by Sony Records and it earned Ruiz celebrity in such places as Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Panama and Venezuela. The album also earned Ruiz a number of billboard and Premios Lo Nuestro awards, and it was a platinum album. Rey Ruiz was named the "salsa singer of the year" for 1993 by a prestigious salsa music magazine.
Ruiz's initial success as a singer translated into small screen success as well, as he was hired by Pepsi, Miller beer and his studio company, Sony, to film commercials announcing their brand. Ruiz's second album was a various artists' compillation dedicated to salsa singers from the 1960s and 1970s. The tribute album was named "Los Soneros de Hoy". loosely translated into "Today's (salsa) performers".
Also in 1993, Ruiz released his second album. "Mi Media Mitad" ("My Other Half") was a large hit in the United States and in Europe, once again, making the Billboard hits list in the States, and topping the European charts. "Mi Media Mitad" became Ruiz's second consecutive platinum album, and it helped make Ruiz popular in Colombia as well, with a single, "Si te Preguntan" ("If They Ask You") becoming a major hit song. Soon after that album's release, Ruiz made his debut at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Ruiz's third album, "En Cuerpo y Alma" ("Body and Soul"), was released in 1995. This was Ruiz's third platinum album in a row; his songs "Estamos Solos" ("We Are Alone") and "Vuelve de Nuevo Conmigo" ("Return Once Again With Me") were international hits, and many salsa experts consider this album to be Ruiz's most important release.
In 1996, with the collaboration of famed Colombian songwriter Omar Estefano and of Ricardo Quijano, Ruiz released his fourth consecutive platinum album, named "Destino" ("Destiny"). One of the most publicly acclaimed songs in that album was "Miénteme Otra Vez" ("Lie to me Again").
His next album, 1997's "Porque es Amor' ("Because it is Love") failed to have the commercial success Ruiz's four previous releases had, ending Ruiz's streak of platinum albums at four. It did, however, contain three major hit songs, including the title song, as well as "Mi Angel" ("My Angel") and "Tú no Sabes" ("You Don't Know").
In 1998, Ruiz released a greatest hits CD, named "Exitos del Rey" ("Rey's Hits", a name which can also be interpreted as "The King's hits", since Rey means king in Spanish). By then, Ruiz owned a recording company; his next album, "Ya Ves Quien Soy" ("Now You See Who I Am"), becoming one of the first CD's to be released by Ruiz's Luna Negra ("Black Moon") record label. Years earlier, Ruiz incorporated his production company in Puerto Rico, by the same name, Luna Negra productions, with the help of his ex-fiance (former Sony Music A&R rep) and then business manager.
"Ya Ves Quien Soy" was another commercial success for Ruiz, particularly in Brazil. Ruiz collaborated with Brazilian singer José Augusto in this album, when the pair recorded a duet song, "Siempre Mía" ("Always Mine").
In 2000, Ruiz joined the Bohemia Records label, releasing "Fenomenal" ("Phenomenal") under that label. In 2004, he released Mi Tentacion.
Si Me Das Un Beso
Rey Ruiz Lyrics
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Es una competencia
Es como un duelo absurdo
Para medir las fuerzas
Somos como dos niños
Que juegan a la guerra
Ninguno nos rendimos
Si me das un beso quiero el cuerpo
Pero siempre me pones un freno
Why cuando quiero amarte por completo
Me dices que después que nos casemos
Amar why amor, amarse es tan sencillo
Para quererse no hacen falta anillos
Pero tú siempre buscas una excusa
Me ves sufriendo, why verme así en el fondo te gusta
Lo nuestro no es orgullo
Es una competencia
Es como un duelo absurdo
Para medir las fuerzas
Somos como dos niños
Que juegan a la guerra
Ninguno nos rendimos
Si el otro no se entrega
Si me das un beso quiero el cuerpo
Si de boda me hablas yo me enfermo
Porque seguir en ese infierno
Si te paso una alfombra, que te lleve hasta el cielo
Si me das un beso quiero el cuerpo
Si de boda me hablas yo me enfermo
Yo quiero siempre amarte why tú me pones frenos
Pero seguiré luchando por eso
Si me das un beso quiero el cuerpo
Si de boda me hablas yo me enfermo
¿Por qué una firma es lo primero?
No, no, no, eso no hare distinto un amor verdadero
Si me das un beso quiero el cuerpo
Si de boda me hablas yo me enfermo
¿Por qué no pruebas? Déjame amarte
Un papel no es el alma que quiero entregarte
Si me das un beso quiero el cuerpo
Si de boda me hablas yo me enfermo
Yo soy muy joven why saludable
Why si me caso puedo enfermarme
Si me das un beso quiero el cuerpo
Si de boda me hablas yo me enfermo
Cuando hay amor, amarse es tan sencillo
Para quererse no, no hacen falta anillos
Si me das un beso quiero el cuerpo
Si de boda me hablas yo me enfermo
Tú me puedes dar, todo ese calor
Que soñé tener, anda entrégalo
Si me das un beso quiero el cuerpo
Si de boda me hablas yo me enfermo
Hasta ahora no encontramos un acuerdo
Pero sé que un día vas a hacerlo
The first stanza of the song implies that the relationship between the singer and his partner is not a competition of pride, but an absurd duel to measure their strength. They act like children playing war games, never surrendering until the other gives up or conveys weakness. The singer longs to deepen their relationship physically, but his partner always puts up a barrier - she claims that they should wait until they are married before they can engage in complete intimacy. The chorus of the song is the repetition of the singer's desire for his partner to finally give in to his advances. He argues that loving each other should be simple and easy, and doesn't require them to exchange vows or buy rings, but his partner seems to be looking for an excuse to delay the deeper emotional and physical commitment that the singer craves.
In the second stanza, the singer highlights the absurdity of their constant back-and-forth as he reiterates his longing for physical intimacy. He becomes frustrated with his partner's continued insistence on marriage as the prerequisite for complete physical intimacy, and implores her to consider that their love is genuine, and does not need to be validated by a legal or religious ceremony. The singer asks his partner to let go of her fears and reservations, and to let him love and care for her without pretense or hesitation. While they may have had difficulties in the past, the singer believes a solution will come eventually, and the couple will transition to a more fulfilling and satisfying relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
Lo nuestro no es orgullo
Our relationship is not about pride
Es una competencia
It's a competition
Es como un duelo absurdo
It's like an absurd duel
Para medir las fuerzas
To measure our strengths
Somos como dos niños
We are like two children
Que juegan a la guerra
Playing war games
Ninguno nos rendimos
Neither of us surrenders
Si el otro no se entrega
If the other doesn't give in
Si me das un beso quiero el cuerpo
If you give me a kiss, I want your body
Pero siempre me pones un freno
But you always hold back
Why cuando quiero amarte por completo
And when I want to love you completely
Me dices que después que nos casemos
You tell me to wait until we get married
Amar why amor, amarse es tan sencillo
Love and being loved is so simple
Para quererse no hacen falta anillos
Rings are not needed to love each other
Pero tú siempre buscas una excusa
But you always find an excuse
Me ves sufriendo, why verme así en el fondo te gusta
You see me suffer, and deep down, you enjoy it
Si de boda me hablas yo me enfermo
If you talk about marriage, I get sick
Porque seguir en ese infierno
Why continue in this hell
Si te paso una alfombra, que te lleve hasta el cielo
If I roll out a carpet that takes you to the sky
¿Por qué una firma es lo primero?
Why is a signature the first thing that matters
No, no, no, eso no hare distinto un amor verdadero
No, no, no, that doesn't make a true love different
¿Por qué no pruebas? Déjame amarte
Why don't you try? Let me love you
Un papel no es el alma que quiero entregarte
A paper is not the soul I want to give you
Yo soy muy joven why saludable
I'm young and healthy
Why si me caso puedo enfermarme
But if I get married, I may get sick
Tú me puedes dar, todo ese calor
You can give me all that warmth
Que soñé tener, anda entrégalo
That I dreamed of having, go ahead and give it to me
Hasta ahora no encontramos un acuerdo
So far, we haven't found an agreement
Pero sé que un día vas a hacerlo
But I know that someday you'll do it
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: RUIZ
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
andrexml
La escuché el día de mi boda jaja y me enganchó el ritmazo que tiene!! Rey Ruiz,sin palabras la calidad de salsa que ha hecho.
Leonov Ayarza
Uno de mis himnos en mi etapa de mi adolecencia desde los 14 hasta como los 25 años
Juan emilio Silverio
Apenas era un chavo cuando estos temas sonaban en algunas estaciones de Radio aquí en RD y hoy puedo decir con mucho orgullo que fuí de los primeros en escuchar los mejores temas de salsa romántica.🤗🤗.¡¡ Que viva este y otros temas!!
Miguel Wong
Rey Ruiz uno de los mejores 2019 todavía lo escucho Saludos desde Panamá
Gunera70
Un papel no es el alma que quiero entregarte.
Que viva por siempre la salsa Romántica.
Cathrin Sunart
Huele a adolescencia esa cancion....💐😊
Viviana Marcela Urrea Beltran
😍 maravillosa voz 😘
Miguel Wong
soy de Panamá rumbo al 2019 todavía la escucho recuerdo de mi infancia mejor entre los mejores Rey Ruiz
Colom990
Yo soy muy joven y saludable y si me cazo puedo enfermarme.
😂 Qué tema tan Hpta!!
Que viva la salsa Romántica!!!!!!
Cj Maraj
Cuando hay amor amarse es tan sencillo, para quererse no hacen falta anillos.🎶