LATIN MAFIA and HUMBE team up for ‘Patadas de Ahogado,’ a heartfelt track about love and vulnerability. Milton De La Rosa Marroquín and Emilio de la Rosa Marroquín write the lyrics, while the team crafts a soothing melody. The song invites you into a world of deep emotions and longing.
Released: November 2, 2023
Patadas de Ahogado
Humbe | Latin Mafia
Patadas de Ahogado Lyrics Translation – Humbe | Latin Mafia
The poet mentions watering flowers to describe building a future together. HUMBE sings, ‘I’m fighting with a drowning person’s desperation,’ showing the struggle to keep love alive. The lyrics mix raw honesty with dreams of growing old together.
Uh, hueles a vainilla, te quieroUh, you smell like vanilla, and I love you.
Dale, abrázame otro ratoGo on, hold me for a little longer.
Déjame, te soy sinceroLet me be honest with you,
Tiene tiempo que yo tratoit’s been a while since I’ve been trying.
Llevaba tiempo buscando a quién cantarleI’d been searching for a long time for someone to sing to,
Sobre cuando me siento vulnerableabout those moments when I feel vulnerable.
Dale, abrázame otro ratoGo on, hold me for a little longer,
Apapáchame la vida enteraand ‘cuddle’ my soul for the rest of our lives.
Quiero saberte a lo que quieresI want to know you as deeply as what you desire,
Llorar por lo que te hace llorarto cry for the things that make you weep.
Ser música de la que prefieresI want to be the kind of music you prefer,
Y que nunca me quieras pausarthe kind you never want to pause.
Quiero saberte a lo que quieresI want to know you as deeply as what you desire,
Llorar por lo que te hace llorarto cry for the things that make you weep.
Ser música de la que prefieresI want to be the kind of music you prefer,
Y que nunca me quieras pausarthe kind you never want to pause.
Aventando patadas de ahogadoI’m fighting with a ‘drowning person’s desperation’,
Sin saber si la armamos, seguimos nadandonot knowing if we’ll make it, but we keep on swimming.
Por ti sigo tratando, cavandoI keep trying and digging deep for you,
Regando las flores que de viejos nos veo fumandowatering the flowers that I see us enjoying together when we’re old.
No me da miedo admitir queI’m not afraid to admit that,
Desde la primera vez que te vifrom the very first time I saw you,
Yo ya me lo veía venirI already saw this coming,
Estar all in por tithat I’d be ‘all in’ for you.
Porque yo ya sabía a lo que ibaBecause I already knew where I was headed,
Quería comprarnos un terrenowanting us to buy some land,
Y construirnos la vidaand build a life together for ourselves.
Porque contigo lo sabíaBecause with you, I just knew it.
Que tú y yo vamos por la millaThat you and I are going the extra mile.
Siempre voy a querer saberI’m always going to want to know,
Si va bien todo en tu díaif everything’s going well in your day.
¿Qué tal va tu día? (¿Qué tal va tu día?)How’s your day going? (How’s your day going?)
Es lo que me importa, mi vidaThat’s what matters to me, my love.
Y que si vamos tarde por tu culpa, decir que es la mía (Que fue culpa mía)And if we’re late because of you, I’ll say it’s my fault (that it was my fault).
Aventando patadas de ahogado (De ahogado)Fighting with a ‘drowning person’s desperation’ (so desperate),
Sin saber si la armamos, seguimos nadando (Nadando)not knowing if we’ll make it, but we keep on swimming (swimming).
Por ti sigo tratando, cavando (Seguimos plantando)I keep trying and digging deep for you (we keep on planting),
Regando las flores que de viejos nos veo fumandowatering the flowers that I see us enjoying together when we’re old.
Aventando patadas de ahogadoFighting with a ‘drowning person’s desperation’,
Sin saber si la armamos, seguimos nadandonot knowing if we’ll make it, but we keep on swimming.
Por ti sigo tratando, cavandoI keep trying and digging deep for you,
Regando las flores que de viejos nos veo fumandowatering the flowers that I see us enjoying together when we’re old.
Nos veo fumandoI see us enjoying them.
Llevaba tiempo buscando a quién cantarleI’d been searching for a long time for someone to sing to,
Sobre cuando me siento vulnerableabout those moments when I feel vulnerable.
Por ti sigo tratando, cavandoI keep trying and digging deep for you,
Apapáchame la vida enteraso ‘cuddle’ my soul for the rest of our lives.
Regando las flores que de viejos nos veo fumandoWatering the flowers that I see us enjoying together when we’re old.
Quiero saberte a lo que quieresI want to know you as deeply as what you desire,
Llorar por lo que te hace llorarto cry for the things that make you weep.
Ser música de la que prefieresI want to be the kind of music you prefer,
Y que nunca me quieras pausarthe kind you never want to pause.
Patadas de Ahogado Music Video
The translation of ‘Patadas de Ahogado’ lyrics highlights the struggle of maintaining love. LATIN MAFIA and HUMBE create a tune that stays with you long after it ends.