Andrea Lyrics in English by Bad Bunny, Buscabulla

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Verse 1

Four in the morning and Andrea

Leaving La Perla

La Perla is a historical shanty town astride the northern historic city wall of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

Many criticize her without knowing her

Street-smart like a Civic, intelligent like a Tesla

Dreaming of someone who can understand her

And not want to change her, just love her

Just love her

From IUPI to Inter, from Inter to Sagrado

Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras; UPR-RP, or informally La IUPI is a public land-grant research university in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Making mistakes in love until the right one arrives

She wants to stay in PR, not go to any state, but

Everything has become complicated

As if being a woman were a sin

Her inner demoness has woken

A warrior

Joan of Arc, temperamental, Niurka Marcos

Joan of Arc was a peasant woman considered a hero of France for her fundamental role in the end of the Hundred Years' War

For the good ones, kisses and hugs

For the bad ones, a smack with the bottle, without letting go of the glass

She liked basketball, reading Tú magazine and making hair bows

But only pieces remain of that girl

She has picked up a couple of charges

For not putting up with jokes from any clown

Look how she walks

What she's missing is a stage

Tired of waiting for tips and what her family thinks

To top it off now, the government calls her 'Murderer'

A country diva

Boy, stay in your corner

And don't ask for roses if you can't handle thorns

Chorus 1

I don't want anyone to tell me what I have to do

They start talking and they'll see with me, they won't mess around

Let them say whatever

I rise and fall like the tide

They try to ride and stumble

I want someone who dares, who dares and understands me

Verse 2

A wild girl who doesn't want a wild man

She wants red wine and sushi from Yoko

Beach days, coconut ice cream

She deserves so much and receives so little

Her mom prays for a doctor, engineer

And she's with gangsters and rappers

My cousin says that she's a wh*re

And what nobody knows is that her heart needs an IV drip

She f*cks great, it's said

And even though you see her partying all week, she doesn't look happy

The bad is always known and the good is never told

Hustling for rent, crying more than necessary

There's no woman without wounds or man who doesn't lie

She doesn't want a flower, she just wants not to wither

That when she goes to buy bread, nobody honks at her

That they don't ask her what she did yesterday

And invite her to a beautiful future

That they give her respect and never take it away

That they give her respect and never

That they give her respect and never take it away

No, never take it away

Because she's the boss, the boss lady

And though inside she’s almost almost falling apart

She gets dolled up and looks like a baddie

Life goes like Verstappen in Formula 1

And Buddy Baker in Daytona

Andrea, be yourself and everyone else can suck a d*ck

Chorus 2

I don't want anyone to tell me what I have to do

They start talking and they'll see with me, they won't mess around

Let them say whatever

I rise and fall like the tide

They try to ride and stumble

I want someone who dares, who dares and understands me

Outro

They talk sh*t and I find it funny, funny

I follow my dreams and look for that money, there's no money

And I keep looking for that honey, that honey to dance

Let them say whatever

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desmorona — she crumbles / she falls apart

Desmorona comes from the verb desmoronarse, meaning 'to crumble' or 'fall apart', like a sandcastle washing away. It's a beautifully descriptive and emotional word.

In the song, Bad Bunny sings "Y aunque casi, casi por dentro se desmorona" (And although inside, she almost, almost crumbles). He uses this powerful word to reveal the vulnerability hidden beneath Andrea's strong exterior, capturing the universal feeling of being overwhelmed while trying to keep it all together.

Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican indie-pop duo Buscabulla bring us "Andrea", a track that tells the story of a young woman trying to live on her own terms in Puerto Rico. People judge her constantly. Bad Bunny drops local references left and right to describe her world: she bounces between Puerto Rican universities ("De la IUPI pa' la Inter, de la Inter pa' Sagrado" [From the IUPI to Inter, from Inter to Sagrado]) and wants to stay on the island instead of moving stateside ("no irse pa' ningún estado" [not leave for any US state]). She has street smarts and brains: "Calle como un Civic, inteligente como un Tesla" (Street smart like a Civic, smart like a Tesla). She is also fiercely protective of herself, channeling both Joan of Arc and outspoken Cuban-Mexican celebrity Niurka Marcos: "A la buena, beso y abrazo / A la mala, botellazo, sin soltar el vaso" (On good terms, a kiss and a hug / On bad terms, a bottle to the head without dropping her drink).

Underneath her tough exterior, Andrea is simply exhausted by street harassment, family gossip, and the daily grind of paying rent ("Joseando pa' la renta" [Hustling for the rent]). Buscabulla takes over the hook to deliver her core demand: "No quiero que nadie me diga lo que yo tengo que hacer" (I don't want anyone telling me what I have to do). Bad Bunny sums up what she really wants with blunt simplicity: "Ella no quiere una flor, sólo quiere que no la marchiten / Que cuando compre pan, no le piten" (She doesn't want a flower, she just wants them not to wither her / When she buys bread, she wants them not to honk at her). It is a song about demanding basic respect and refusing to crumble.

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