Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 (Tiësto Remix) Lyrics in English by Shakira, Bizarrap
Facturan is the third-person plural form of the verb facturar, which literally means 'to invoice' or 'to bill'. It’s a word you’d normally hear in a business context, not in the lyrics of a pop song.
In her iconic line, "Las mujeres ya no lloran, las mujeres facturan" (Women don't cry anymore, they cash in), Shakira reclaims her power. She brilliantly uses this business term to declare that instead of wasting tears over heartbreak, she's focused on her success and making money, turning her pain into profit. It's a modern and unforgettable statement of female empowerment that became a global catchphrase.
Colombian superstar Shakira teams up with Argentine producer Bizarrap on this high-energy Tiësto remix to deliver the ultimate breakup takedown. Instead of sitting around nursing a broken heart, she packs her bags and calls out an ex who acted like a champion until real support was needed: "Tanto que te las das de campeón / Y cuando te necesitaba diste tu peor versión" ("You acted like such a champion / And when I needed you, you gave your worst version"). She declares that a she-wolf like herself is completely out of his league: "Una loba como yo no está pa' tipos como tú" ("A she-wolf like me is not for guys like you").
The lyrics pull zero punches about the messy fallout of their split. She mocks him for leaving her with the mother-in-law as a neighbor, reporters camped at her doorstep, and tax trouble with the Spanish tax authority: "Con la prensa en la puerta y la deuda en Hacienda" ("With the press at the door and the debt at the tax office"). She drops one of the sharpest lines in pop history when she claims, "Las mujeres ya no lloran, las mujeres facturan" ("Women don't cry anymore, women cash in"). She even uses clever wordplay with the word "claramente" ("clearly") to shade his new partner, singing "Tiene nombre de persona buena / Claramente no es como suena" ("She has the name of a good person / Clearly it is not what it sounds like"). It is blunt, direct, and impossible not to dance to.
