Lo Que Aprendí Lyrics in English by santa rm

Batuta literally means a conductor's baton, the small stick used to lead an orchestra. In the song, "traigo la batuta" is metaphorical: Santa RM is saying that he is the one directing the music and taking control, which gives this uncommon word a powerful double meaning.

“Lo Que Aprendí” (“What I Learned”) feels like a notebook opened in 2011, with Santa RM looking back at lessons from the street and from his own mind. He says, “yo sé dónde estuve, dónde estoy, dónde voy a estar” [I know where I was, where I am, and where I will be], a firm answer to anyone who doubts him. The lyrics jump through sharp, strange scenes: a friend talks about robbing a bank, Santa RM gives coins to a white-haired man hiding among newspapers, and a psychologist tells his mother that he is crazy. He turns that judgment into writing, saying he kept “escribiendo solo lo que sentía” [writing only what I felt]. There is humor in the exaggeration, too, such as wanting to be a woman with breasts because bosses at work do not want to read his lyrics.

The chorus returns to the street as a place of hard lessons, while admitting, “no me siento bien” [I do not feel well] and “me muero por estar en otra vida” [I am dying to be in another life]. That sadness sits beside fierce artistic pride. He says his destiny was not written in advance, just like rap arriving through improvisation, and he would rather stop breathing than stop writing. “No confiar en los fanáticos” [do not trust the fans] is linked to a line attributed in the song to John Lennon, while references to candles and an “eternal rest” bring death into the song’s restless stream of thoughts. The result is a blunt self-portrait of someone who uses rap to manage stress, answer attacks, and keep moving even when he feels unwell.