Me Puse Pedo Lyrics in English by Sabino

Aguachiles is a distinctive Mexican dish, usually made with raw shrimp marinated in lime juice, chiles, and other fresh ingredients. In the song, the narrator says he went out for aguachiles and ended up getting drunk, making this flavorful cultural reference stand out among the repeated drinking phrases.

Sabino’s “Me Puse Pedo” turns drinking into the answer for almost everything. The singer says, “Hoy se toma y mañana también” [Today we drink, and tomorrow too], whether it is “aunque sea una cervecita” [even if it is just a little beer] or a vodka and tonic. In Mexican slang, pedo means drunk here, while chamba means job and feria means money. The joke is that every event leads to the same result: he gets fired, finds a new job, receives a raise, loses the raise, passes an exam, fails one, celebrates a birthday, or wants to forget his troubles, and he gets drunk. The repetition makes his excuse sound both cheerful and completely out of control.

The song keeps pushing the joke further. He even says he got a kitten drunk, then got drunk when the poor kitten died. A friend’s wedding means the friend “le bajó a su pedo” [calmed down or drank less], while the divorce gets everyone drunk. “Quería olvidar mis penas” [I wanted to forget my sorrows] gives the clearest reason for drinking, but the lyrics also mention boredom, stress, cold weather, hot weather, good news, romance, and aguachiles, a Mexican seafood dish often served with chili and lime. “Me gustó la camarera y que le tiro el pedo” uses tirar el pedo as slang for flirting or making a move on the waitress. With the chant of “pura borrachera” [nothing but drunkenness] repeating at the end, the song becomes a funny, exaggerated portrait of someone who can find a drinking excuse in every corner of life.