La Bachata Lyrics in English Manuel Turizo

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Bachata by Manuel Turizo from Spanish to English.

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Verse 1

I blocked you on Instagram

But through another account I see your stories

Your number I deleted

I don't know why if I know it from memory

Or: I don't know why because I know it by heart

You hurt me and like this I miss you

And although I know that one day I'll forget you

I still don't do it, it's complicated

Or: I can't do it yet, it's complicated

Everything that we did I like to remember

Chorus 1

I'm driving through the streets that you kissed me

Listening to the songs that one day you dedicated to me

I'd tell you to come back, but that's not requested

Or: I'd ask you to return, but that's not required

I better ask God to protect me

Or: I better ask God to take care of me

Because I'm driving through the streets that you kissed me

Listening to the songs that one day you dedicated to me

I'd tell you to come back, but that's not requested

I better ask God to protect me

Verse 2

To protect me from another who looks like you

Or: To protect me from another woman like you

I don't want to fall how I did for you

Hopefully you fall in love

Or: Hopefully he makes you fall in love

He does the same to you that you did to me

You taught me not to love anyone

And also how I don't want to be loved

We were three in a relationship of two

I don't forgive you, ask God for forgiveness

I said that I forgot you and the truth is that

Chorus 2

I'm driving through the streets that you kissed me

Listening to the songs that one day you dedicated to me

I'd tell you to come back, but that's not requested

I better ask God to protect me

Because I'm driving through the streets that you kissed me

Listening to the songs that one day you dedicated to me

I'd tell you to come back, but that's not requested

I better ask God to protect me

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SONG MEANING

“La Bachata” by Colombian singer Manuel Turizo is a bittersweet confession wrapped in irresistibly danceable bachata grooves. The storyteller insists he has cut ties—blocking his ex on Instagram and erasing her number—yet he keeps sneaking peeks at her stories and drives through the very streets where they once kissed. With the radio playing the love songs she dedicated to him, he relives each memory in a swirl of rhythm and regret.

Despite the catchy beat, the lyrics explore self-respect after betrayal. He refuses to beg her back, praying instead for protection from anyone who might hurt him the same way. The relationship taught him whom not to love and how he doesn’t want to be loved. So while the track invites you to sway and sing along, it also delivers a modern heartbreak mantra: dance through the pain, learn the lesson, and keep cruising toward better days.

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