"Corta ese happy" is a traditional and beautiful "Son" by Gilberto
Oviedo Laportilla performed by the Buena Vista social Club Tres Player
Papi Oviedo and female voice of Cristina Azcuy Garcia.
VOICE 1: Hook it up, driver. CHORUS: Listen to me, pretty mulatto, We can't go on, that happy you're taking, I can't stand it. CHORUS: Listen to me, pretty mulatto, We can't go on, that happy you're taking, I can't stand it. DUO: Last night they saw you with Dominguito, giving you that happy drink. Last night they saw you with Dominguito, giving you that happy drink. Because they say you're so excited, black girl, that you'll never be able to hide it in your life. Because they say you're so excited, black girl, that you'll never be able to hide it in your life. CHORUS: Cut that happy drink, don't keep messing around with me. CHORUS: Cut that happy drink, don't keep messing around with me. VOICE 1: I saw you the other day VOICE 2: Lie VOICE 1: Over there in Central Park VOICE 2: I don't believe it VOICE 1: I saw you the other day Over there in Central Park Taking a few sips, mami What a way to fool around! CHORUS: Cut that happy, don't keep fooling around with me. CHORUS: Cut that happy, don't keep fooling around with me. VOICE 1: And for the same reason. VOICE 2: What? VOICE 1: I say it because I appreciate you And for the same reason, I say it because I appreciate you. VOICE 2: I don't believe it. VOICE 1: Don't keep taking a sip, baby, it's affecting your heart. CHORUS: Cut that happy, don't keep fooling around with me. CHORUS: Cut that happy, don't keep fooling around with me. What's wrong with you? VOICE 2: Cut it, cut it now. CHORUS: What's wrong with you? VOICE 2: It affects your heart. CHORUS: What's wrong with you? VOICE 2: I don't want anything to do with you. CHORUS: What's wrong with you? CHORUS: What's wrong with you? VOICE 2: Play, Daddy, with flavor. (…)
VOZ 1: Engancha, carretero.
CORO: Óyeme, mulata linda,
No podemos continuar,
ese happy que tú coges,
yo no lo puedo aguantar.
CORO: Óyeme, mulata linda,
No podemos continuar,
ese happy que tú coges,
yo no lo puedo aguantar.
DÚO: Anoche te vieron
con Dominguito,
dándote el traguito
que happy cogieron.
Anoche te vieron
con Dominguito,
dándote el traguito
que happy cogieron.
Porque dicen que tú tienes un vacilón tan grande, negra
que jamás en la vida lo puedes ocultar.
Porque dicen que tú tienes un vacilón tan grande, negra
que jamás en la vida lo puedes ocultar.
CORO: Corta ese happy,
no sigas vacilando conmigo.
CORO: Corta ese happy,
no sigas vacilando conmigo.
VOZ 1: El otro día te vi
VOZ 2: Mentira
VOZ 1: Allá en el Parque central
VOZ 2: No te lo creo
VOZ 1: El otro día te vi
Allá en el parque central
Tomándote unos traguitos, mami
¡Qué forma de vacilar!
CORO: Corta ese happy,
no sigas vacilando conmigo.
CORO: Corta ese happy,
no sigas vacilando conmigo.
VOZ 1: Y por la misma razón.
VOZ 2: ¿Cómo?
VOZ 1: Lo digo porque te aprecio
y por la misma razón,
lo digo porque te aprecio.
VOZ 2: No lo creo.
VOZ 1: No te sigas dando un trago, nena
que te afecta el corazón.
CORO: Corta ese happy,
no sigas vacilando conmigo.
CORO: Corta ese happy,
no sigas vacilando conmigo.
¿Qué tú tienes?
VOZ 2: Córtalo, córtalo ya.
CORO: ¿Qué tú tienes?
VOZ 2: Que te afecta el corazón.
CORO: ¿Qué tú tienes?
VOZ 2: Contigo no quiero nada.
CORO: ¿Qué tú tienes?
CORO: ¿Qué tú tienes?
VOZ 2: Juega, Papi,
Con sabor.
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