Shakira’s BZRP Music Session about Piqué explained: What do the lyrics mean?
“I’m too good for you and that’s why you’re with someone just like you.” Read the translated lyrics of Shakira’s new song about Piqué and his girlfriend.
Shakira released her new song, “BZRP Music Session #53″ and it’s not a mystery to figure out. With some word play in Spanish, she directly references both her ex-boyfriend Gerard Pique and his new girlfriend, Clara Chia Marti. Let’s take a look at the lyrics translated in English and analyze, shall we?
BZRP Music Session #53: Lyrics in English
Sorry I’ve already caught another plane
I won’t be back here
I don’t want any more disappointment
So much talk of being a champion
- Shakira lived in Spain with Gerard Piqué, who played professional soccer there, and their two sons Milan (9) and Sasha (7) . She is currently facing charges of tax fraud. Here, she is talking about leaving Spain and not coming back. Piqué was a professional soccer player who won several championships with both his club and international teams.
And when I needed you
You gave me the worst version of you
Sorry, baby
I should’ve booted out that cat earlier
A she-wolf like me isn’t for rookies
A she-wolf like me isn’t for guys like you
I was out of your league
That’s why you’re with someone just like you
- Here, Shakira is talking about the disappointment she felt throughout the relationship and that she should have ended it sooner. She is too good for Piqué. At the end, she references his new girlfriend, saying that she’s “just like” Piqué (as opposed to Shakira herself, who is on another level).
This is for you to be mortified
To chew and swallow, swallow and chew
I won’t get back with you
Not if you cry, not even if you beg me
It’s clear that it’s not my fault if they criticize you
I only make music, sorry if it taints you
- This part in Spanish is a clear reference to Piqué, so if you had any doubts, leave them. In Spanish, “sorry if it taints you” is “perdón que te salpique”...emphasis on PIQUE. Here, she makes it clear she is moving on and she does not care about his reputation.
You left me with your mom as a neighbor
The press at my door, and a debt at the revenue service
You thought you’d hurt me but you made me stronger
Women no longer cry, women get paid
- Shakira references the logistics of the tough breakup, during which Piqué left her with the press and Spanish tax authorities on her case. But she says it only made her stronger in the end. Rather than wallow, she found a way to profit from it.
She’s got the name of a good person
Clearly it’s not how it sounds
She’s got the name of a good person
Clearly, she’s just like you
For guys like you
I was out of your league
That’s why you’re with someone just like you
There’s a thin line between love and hate
Don’t come back here, trust me
No hard feelings babe
I wish you good luck
With my so-called replacement
- Here, the lyrics in Spanish are a reference to Piqué's new girlfriend, Clara Chia Marti: “CLARAmente, no es como suena, CLARAmente, es igual como tú”. She is quite clearly talking about their new relationship.
I don’t even know what happened
You’re acting so weird I don’t even recognize you
I’m worth two 22-year-olds
You traded in a Ferrari for a Twingo
You traded in a Rolex for a Casio
- More references here to how much better Shakira, 45 years old, is than any newer, younger model. Clara Chia is just 23 years old...22 at the time they split, we can assume. Piqué is 35.
You’re all worked up, slow down
So much time at the gym
But maybe work out your brain a bit too
- Just another dig at Piqué and how he’s all looks and no brain, more concerned with appearance than reality.
Pictures wherever I go
I feel like a hostage here
But it’s all good
I can be out by tomorrow
And be my guest if you want to move her in too
- Shakira is referencing moving out of the home she shared with Piqué and stating her current indifference.
She’s got the name of a good person
Clearly it’s not how it sounds
Clara… name of a good person
A she-wolf like me isn’t for guys like you
For guys like you
I was out of your league
That’s why you’re with someone just like you
BZRP Music Session #53: Original lyrics in Spanish
Perdón, ya cogí otro avión,
aquí no vuelvo
no quiero otra decepción.
Tanto que te las das de campeón
y cuando te necesitaba
diste tu peor versión.
Sorry, baby,
hace rato que yo debí botar ese gato.
Una loba como yo no está pa’ novatos,
una loba como yo no está pa’ tipos como tú (uuuuu).
Pa’ tipos como tú (uuuuu).
A tí te quedé grande y por eso estás
con una igualita que tú (uuuuu).
Esto es pa’ que te mortifiques,
mastiques y tragues, tragues y mastiques.
Yo contigo ya no regreso, ni que me llores ni me supliques,
entendí que no es culpa mía que te critiquen.
Yo sólo hago música perdón que te salpique.
Me dejaste de vecina a la suegra,
con la prensa en la puerta y la deuda en Hacienda.
Te creíste que me heriste y me volviste más dura
las mujeres ya no lloran, las mujeres facturan.
Tiene nombre de persona buena,
claramente no es como suena.
Tiene nombre de persona buena,
claramente es igualita que tú (uuuuu).
Pa’ tipos como tú (uuuuu).
A tí te quedé grande y por eso estás
con una igualita que tú (uuuuu)
(Oohhh, Oohhh)
Del amor al odio hay un paso,
por acá no vuelvas hazme caso.
Cero rencor, bebé
yo te deseo que:
te vaya bien con mi supuesto reemplazo.
No sé ni que es lo que te pasó,
estás tan raro que ni te distingo.
Yo valgo por dos de 22,
cambiaste un Ferrari por un Twingo,
cambiaste un Rolex por un Casio
Vas acelerado dale despacio,
mucho gimnasio pero trabaja el cerebro un poquito también.
Fotos por donde me ven...
aquí me siento un rehén
por mi todo bien.
Yo te desocupo mañana y si quieres tráertela a ella que venga también.
Tiene nombre de persona buena,
claramente no es como suena.
Tiene nombre de persona buena,
y una loba como yo no está pa’ tipos como tú (uuuuu),
pa’ tipos como tú (uuuuuu)
A tí te quedé grande y por eso estás
con una igualita que tú (uuuuu).
(Aahhh Oohhh)
Pa’ pa’ pa’ tipos como tú