Cantare

Pitbull

English translation

Album:

Libertad 548

Original lyrics

Spanish

Translation

English

Cantare

To sing

[Intro: Lenier, Pitbull]

To sing [Italian]

Mr. Worldwide

To return [Italian]

Lenier

To smoke [Italian]

This song is dedicated to Barilla

José Antonio Armando Pérez Torres

I invite you

He wasn't no Frank Sinatra

But he did it his way

'Cause now we live this way

Eeeeeeyooooooo

Party

Verse 1

Go ahead mami, go ahead mami, (go) lower

Go ahead mami, mami, drop the attitude

Go ahead mami, yeah I know you're crazy

You're like Italian cheese

Ricotta

(Yum)

You're dancing night and day

On the phone looking for a lottery

Hot ass, cold blood

And you, yeah you are a killer

And me, what I want is insanity

Check this out, what's good with ya girl, boy? (What's good?)

Me what I want is to enjoy

And sing all my life

Chorus

To sing [Italian]

To return [Italian]

To smoke [Italian]

Oooh oh

And I am inviting you

'Cause today we're gonna live this way

Verse 2:

Mami, mami

Mami let's go party

For the whole, whole, whole planet

I know how, how, how you like it

I am number one

Never number two (never)

Mami, mami

Mami let's go party

No mami there ain't no Ferrari here

Here what we've got are sausage and gum

And the gum is all gone

Understand [Italian]

Me, what I want is insanity

Look and see what a ball with your friend

Me, what I want is to enjoy

And sing all my life

Chorus:

To sing [Italian]

To return [Italian]

To smoke [Italian]

Oooh oh

And I invite you

Because today we live this way

Hook:

Lelo lelo le

Lelo lelo la

Lovin' that sound

We're gonna have a good time

Lelo lelo le

Lelo lelo la

Lovin' that sound

We're going to celebrate

Verse 3

I sing so that the world

Hears my songs

I sing 'cause I gotta live

And to make folks happy

I sing for love

And for the love-sick

I sing 'cause I gotta live

And to make folks happy

Chorus

To sing [Italian]

(To sing)

To return [Italian]

(To return)

To smoke [Italian]

(To smoke)

Oooh oh

(Oooh oh)

And I invite you

Because today we live this way

Hook

Lelo lelo le

(Lelo lelo le)

Lelo lelo la

(Lelo lelo la)

Lovin; that sound

(Lovin' that sound)

We're gonna have a good time

(We're gonna have a good time)

Lelo lelo le

(Lelo lelo le)

Lelo lelo la

(Lelo lelo la)

Lovin; that sound

(Lovin' that sound)

We're gonna celebrate

(We're goinna celebrate)

Outro

Like Barilla said

My Daddy used to say

Forever

This is a huge release

Song details

Translation details

catalu

submitted on 19 Dec 2020 - 05:28

Added in reply to request by

bamba

Give a shoutout to catalu

Author's comments:

To appreciate this song, you have to know the Italian song "Nel blu, dipinto di blu". Dominico Modugno is the man who originally made it a hit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4IjJav7xbg

However, they specifically reference the version of "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" covered by the Gipsy Kings, which in my opinion is one of the best songs of all time by one of the best groups of all time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmbx4_TQbkA

Barilla is an Italian pasta company. Sadly, it seems to me that Pitbull is supporting Barilla's anti-homosexual statements.

I didn't translate mami and papi -- those are very typical Latino words that are sexy yet innocent ways of addressing women (mami) and men (papi) -- it seemed best not to try to translate them.

I wondered if when they wrote the lyric "Que rica esta nota," they wanted to evoke the Italian word "notte" which means "night."

I translated "En el tubo" into "on the phone," because "tubo" is slang for phone in some countries, so I figured that must be what he meant.

Comments 5

bamba

20 Dec 2020, 15:05

Thank you!!!?❤

catalu A

20 Dec 2020, 15:08

You're welcome! Make sure to see the notes I wrote. It's kind of a complex song.

bamba

20 Dec 2020, 19:44

I saw the notes?

Ebrahim Khorraminia

16 Jan 2021, 18:37

Dear Mrs. Catalu
Very accurate and useful comments. I appreciate that.
I learned something.

catalu A

18 Jan 2021, 03:33

Your comment made me decide to add two YouTube videos that will help people understand the references that are being made in the song. Please be sure to watch this video if you aren't already familiar with "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" by the Gipsy Kings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmbx4_TQbkA

Also the original Italian singer, Domenico Modugno: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4IjJav7xbg