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Verse 1

6pm in front of the river

Seeing our hearts

The trends falling

Questions without answers

My feelings change like seasons

And even though in Puerto Rico it's summer all the time

I'm feeling cold listening to these songs

Thinking of you, but don't get excited

Or: Thinking about you, but don't get your hopes up

Because I'm not going to write to you

Which of us is going to suffer more? I don't know

But hopefully it's you, hopefully it's you

I think it's going to be you

Lit: For me, it's going to be you / From my point of view, it will be you

Chorus 1

I don't even want to compete anymore

You are pretty, but you like to lie

Stay on your trip, because when you land

Nobody's going to applaud

One day you're going to get old

You're going to look back and you're going to regret it

That the most real thing that you've had in your life

You let it go

Verse 2

You're a pothole in Puerto Rico

That's why I avoid you

There are no more poems for you

This is the last one that I write

Sometimes the flashbacks come

You and me f*cking aggressively

I was going to take you to Maya

And you didn't even make it to Arecibo

The invitation to the beach expired

The best of us nobody saw

Or maybe it was that life lied to us

And we had to say goodbye

And live like I was living before meeting you

Seeing photos of you

Testing if I'm strong

The waves with the wind, the dogs and luck

I was afraid of losing you

But not more than death

I'm alive now

Thank God, I'm alive, that's what matters

I've fallen in love 515 times, and with you it's 516

So that's nothing new

It's time to move on, ignore and forget

And later on, if we have to fall in love again

We'll fall in love again

You know that I like being like this, in love, but

Chorus 2

I don't even want to compete anymore

You are pretty, but you like to lie

Stay on your trip, because when you land

Nobody's going to applaud

One day you're going to get old

You're going to look back and you're going to regret it

That the most real thing that you've had in your life

You let it go

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SONG MEANING

Bad Bunny’s “BOKeTE” is a bittersweet postcard from Puerto Rico, written at sunset by the river. Over a smooth bachata groove, he flips through memories of a love that felt endless summer but suddenly turned to winter. He paints vivid island scenes (the Río, Maya, Arecibo, the playita) then contrasts them with the chill of heartbreak, calling his ex a boquete (a pothole) he now swerves to avoid. The song is playful yet raw: he jokes about having fallen in love 516 times, but he still admits the sting of losing “lo más real” he ever had.

At its core, the track is a lesson in self-worth and moving on. Bad Bunny accepts that both lovers may suffer, yet he hopes she feels the regret, not him. He reminds her that beauty fades and truth matters, while he chooses to keep living, dancing, and—if fate allows—falling in love again. “BOKeTE” turns heartbreak into a catchy mantra: keep it honest, keep it moving, and never forget your own sunshine, even when the Caribbean feels cold.

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