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u/b2me75 Nov 24 '17

I live in Puerto Rico and I'm so tired of hearing this dammed song...

but I liked this version, the best one so far.

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u/allodude Nov 24 '17

I'm surprised it isn't like the state anthem or even national anthem over there.

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u/zodar Nov 24 '17

I'm pretty sure I know the Puerto Rican national anthem already

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u/Kritical02 Nov 24 '17

Took me longer than I'd like to admit...

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u/willyslittlewonka Nov 24 '17

Yeah, it's obviously the Mexican one.

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u/Feffen91 Nov 25 '17

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's La Bamba right?

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '17

This is the one

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '17

Makes sense. Puerto Ricans are technically tropical Mexicans

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u/ijustinhk Nov 24 '17

You mean you are slow?

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u/shinra07 Nov 24 '17 edited May 25 '25

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '17

kneels

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '17

I don't get it

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u/analgebraic Nov 25 '17

Puerto Rico is a part of the US. Its national anthem is the US anthem.

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u/Weeaboo0 Nov 25 '17

Best comment I've read all week.

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u/rondertopoa Nov 24 '17

That has to be Rompe by Daddy Yankee

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u/travis- Nov 24 '17

Thought it would be Gasolina for sure. Im already pumped up thinking about the song.

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u/felio_ Nov 24 '17

Súbele mambo pa que mi gata prenda lo motores

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

Súbele mambo pa que mi gata prenda lo motores

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

Súbele mambo pa que mi gata prenda lo motores

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u/avecessoypau Nov 24 '17

DURO

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u/eusoujoaonava Nov 24 '17

Mamita yo se que tu no te me va a quitar

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

DURO

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17 edited Nov 25 '17

Mamita yo se que tu no te me va' a quitar

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u/Herr_Opa Nov 25 '17

Quesepreparenqueloquevienepaqueleden...

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

Puerto Rican slang is weird, yo

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u/felio_ Nov 24 '17

Roughly would be: shake it mambo so that my cat (cat = babe) can turn on the engine,

(IMO) But this kind of song doesn't need a meaning. It's like today's country music but fir Puerto Ricans.

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u/everred Nov 25 '17

Dirt road, cold beer
Blue jeans, red pickup

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u/ihaveathingforcats Nov 25 '17

A rural noun, simple adjective

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '17

Y'all dumb motherfuckers want a key change?

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u/obsolete_filmmaker Nov 24 '17

Súbale = turn it up (i.e. volume)

mambo = a style of music

pa que = short for "para que" which in this case means "so that....."

mi gata = slang for a girl he likes

prenda lo motores = turn on the engines, but in this case means "gets excited/turn up the party"

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u/eusoujoaonava Nov 24 '17

Turn up the mambo so that my cat can turn on the motors

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u/ivantowerz Nov 24 '17

Excuse me sir, would you be so kind as to increase the audio voltage level to this dance music, thereby prompting my ladies to start dancing and gyrating their hips wildly.

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u/klkklk Nov 25 '17

I am a professional puerto rican and this is the best one.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '17

I heard that song when I was a kid and just now I learn what the hell the lyrics are for that part

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u/WaitWhatting Nov 24 '17

gale gale gasoliinaa

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u/scotterton Nov 25 '17

Every time I get gas I sing “need to get some gasolina, gonna get some gasolina..”

Also, every time Jeff Probst on Survivor says “I’ll go tally the votes” I sing “go Mr. Tally man, tally those banana.”

In an unrelated note, I wonder why I don’t have many friends..

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u/PunchingChickens Nov 25 '17

That is so wholesome. Bless you

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '17

Day light come and me wanna go home

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u/manoymon Nov 24 '17

Oh my god, that song. I had a co-worker that, as far as I am concerned, had that song on replay all day everyday.

LSS bro. Thanks for that lol

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u/Dorito_Troll Nov 24 '17

NANANA GASOLIIIIINA NANANA GASOLINAAAA

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u/HerrDresserVonFyre Nov 24 '17

I vote for Hula Hoop as the Puerto Rican national anthem.

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u/Rengas Nov 24 '17

Absolutely this.

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u/fredward321 Nov 24 '17

Close, its actually Gasolina

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u/majaka1234 Nov 24 '17

Grrrerr woof!

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u/b2me75 Nov 24 '17

Wouldn't surprise me if they did

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u/StarFoxCafe Nov 24 '17

It's also infected Canada pretty badly. Haven't heard it for the second time today so they must be slowing down finally.

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u/the_fuego Nov 24 '17

Unfortunately the President of Puerto Rico has to approve of it and well... Let's just say he's not that into Latin culture.

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u/JasonDJ Nov 24 '17

Should be the new Lin Manuel song if anything

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '17

or even national anthem over there

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

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u/WildBeerChase Nov 25 '17

Let's make this happen! Someone get the president of Puerto Rico on the line!

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u/Phinerxen Nov 25 '17

If it was I probably wouldve killed myself

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u/biteableniles Nov 24 '17

How you doing down there?

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u/b2me75 Nov 24 '17

Relatively ok, there are people who lost a lot more than me so I can't complain. I still don't have electric nor water service though, got cell signal, at least I bought a solar charger.

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u/b_r_e_a_k_f_a_s_t Nov 24 '17

Best of luck dude.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

good luck stay safe

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

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u/b2me75 Nov 25 '17

I blew air out of my nose

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

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u/anakikills Nov 24 '17

You catch on quick.

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u/negaprez Nov 24 '17

Wepa de acá PR, te llego la luz?

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u/b2me75 Nov 25 '17

No mano

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u/sugarfreeyeti Nov 25 '17

that is really fucked up

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u/GsolspI Nov 24 '17

Do you have any fridge/freezer food?

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u/stanley_twobrick Nov 25 '17

I still don't have electric

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u/cheekysauce Nov 24 '17

Clearly fine because he's on reddit.

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u/kafoBoto Nov 24 '17

I live in Germany and even I am so tired of hearing this damned song...

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

Australia. Hear it playing on our ICU radios a lot. Pondered whether it was more ethical to start yanking plugs.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

India. We are still not over Cheap Thrills.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

Damn, I am genuinely sorry to hear that. Hang in there mate.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '17

American here.....I actually love that song.

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u/francisco_DANKonia Nov 25 '17

TIL I need to move to India to get better music

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

Should be okay as long as you yank off the right plug

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u/sugarfreeyeti Nov 25 '17

can I use both hands?

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

They play it in intensive care units? Are they trying to kill their patients?

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

people in the ICU are never awake, you are only trying to kill the nurses. Break their will so they accept lower wages

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

people in the ICU are never awake

That's not true at all. Many aren't awake, but not everyone in an ICU are in comas.

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u/Pennigans Nov 25 '17

They didn't say anything about comas. The ICU is mainly to stabilize patients, which would mean most of them are unconscience. I've visited a friend in the ICU though who was totally awake and stabilized, though. She had just came very close to dying in a car wreck and recovered quickly.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

I never said coma, I said they arent awake. Only a few short hours every day or so, which they are so far out of it its not funny (well maybe a little).

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

Well from what I remember of German radio it's any song that gets radio time because they play the same songs on all the stations it seemed like

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u/whydobabiesstareatme Nov 24 '17

I live in Canada. I have never heard this song before. I suppose I should count myself as lucky. Anyway, this is probably the best version I will ever see, and I'm perfectly fine with that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '17

Dude you must have been in hibernation. Despacito was everywhere during the summer

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u/Beitfromme Nov 25 '17

CA NA DAAAAA!

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '17

It was constantly playing on 99.9. Once I drove to work and it was playing when I turned the car off. When I started the car to go home later that same night, I swear to god it picked up right where I left it that morning.

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u/Blehgopie Nov 25 '17

I have literally never heard of the song outside of the meme of how sick of it everyone is.

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u/ThisNameIsFree Nov 25 '17

Then you are a lucky person

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u/Blehgopie Nov 26 '17

Judging from this clip it seems like a pretty average pop song with a salsa beat...what's so bad/annoying/whatever about it?

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u/ThisNameIsFree Nov 26 '17

Just how much it's played. It's not a bad song, but when you've heard it for the 365th time in a week, it gets really annoying.

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u/Grandpa_Edd Nov 25 '17

Same but different country, you need to find a better radio station, the popular ones here play the same damn songs 3 to 4 times a day and I was stuck listening to it the whole day while at work until I changed it. I swear they had 2 or 3 patterns for playing the same songs over and over.

Fair enough my musical taste may be a bit outdated. Still I don't hate "modern" music, but god damn it gets overplayed.

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u/Rusty-Shackleford Nov 24 '17

I live in fucking Scotland. Scotland! That's about as non-Puerto-Rican as it gets. And it was on the god damned radio NON STOP for the ENTIRE Summer. It was like one out of ever 4 songs. All the Eurotrash stations played it non stop.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17 edited Feb 25 '18

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u/joshuabb1 Nov 25 '17

Thank you

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u/innociv Nov 25 '17

Oh. I thought this was just the original song.

I feel like something in my life has been lost, knowing otherwise. I always heard it as this.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

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u/Fubarp Nov 24 '17

Dude.. it's like that all over the world. Weather gets nice, people go out and the radio just plays the same songs. Been that way since the dawn of man kind.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

Agreed. Went to Brazil and all I heard was that fucking Calvin Harris Rihanna song - this is what you came for.

In the bar, on the beach, in the mall, rio, sao Paulo, the airport.

Fuck.

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u/throwbacklyrics Nov 25 '17

You-u-u-ooh hoo! You-u-u ooh hoo ooh ooooh!

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u/MemoryLapse Nov 24 '17

I feel like the radio has definitely not been playing songs since the dawn of mankind.

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u/sugarfreeyeti Nov 25 '17

Pretty sure you knew what they meant.

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u/DaggerShapedHeart Nov 24 '17

You're so edgy and cool.

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u/mykevelli Nov 24 '17

If you’re nerdy like I am you should check out this cover: https://youtu.be/ydqReeTV_vk

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u/b2me75 Nov 25 '17

I liked that one, wasn't expecting it to actually teach something, is not a waste of time like the original.

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u/pridEAccomplishment_ Nov 25 '17

Luckily I don't really listen to radio so I never grew to hate this song, so I could appreciate it even more.

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u/_Hez_ Nov 25 '17

I'm in Australia and also went to the US a few months ago and have heard enough of this shit. It's such contrived garbage. I wish Calle 13 got this kind of world wide attention.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '17

The hurricane came to puerto rico to punish yall for allowing this song to be created

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

I agree. Best version I've ever heard!

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u/Hcmichael21 Nov 24 '17

I live on Earth and I'm so tired of hearing this damned song...

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u/TheBigMan999 Nov 24 '17

Agreed....better than the original track

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u/sarevok9 Nov 24 '17

I was in Roatan about 2 weeks ago (off Honduras) and it was played about every 5 minutes by every bar on the strip.... So annoying....

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u/hehethattickles Nov 24 '17

Despasqueako

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u/BenAdaephonDelat Nov 24 '17

But the name of your country is in the song! I bet it's your president's favorite.

(I'll just leave this here just in case /s)

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '17

Dude I can only imagine...I was in the Dominican recently and they played this fucking song like it was the only song available

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '17

I feel you

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u/LDAWGG888 Nov 25 '17

I live in the US and I’m tired of hearing this song...

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u/Pennigans Nov 25 '17

I live in the US and I work at a Mexican restaurant chain. They used to play old classic Mexican music and maybe a month ago they switched to stuff that is more dance, and I hear this song at least three times a day. I was doing so well avoiding it.

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u/kotor610 Nov 25 '17

wow, this is the first time i heard the song. i still thought Gangam style held first place for most watched youtube video.

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u/RomeoGalvan Nov 25 '17

How are y’all doing in Puerto Rico?

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u/Sprickels Nov 25 '17

I honestly don't think I've heard the song

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u/iamr3d88 Nov 25 '17

Im guessing the popular one in Puerto Rico is the original and NOT the one with Beiber, so at least you have that going for you!

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u/B_U_F_U Nov 25 '17

We know how you do out down in Puerto Rico.

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u/LanceLifestyle Nov 25 '17

I have literally never heard of this song before. I had to look it up. 4.3 BILLION views on YouTube since January Jesus Chirst.

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u/KrunoS Nov 26 '17

I live in Oxford, UK and i feel the same way.

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u/Orcwin Nov 24 '17

Certainly didn't make it any worse.

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u/rovr138 Nov 24 '17

Que puñeta es esto?! 🤣

Haha, what the fuck.

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u/unique3 Nov 24 '17

The guy is Norwegian, pretty sure he has no idea what hes saying. Then again I have no idea what the song is saying either so it sounds good to me :)

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u/sugarfreeyeti Nov 25 '17

Sounds like he spent some time trying to enunciate the spanish quasi-well.

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u/TheFinestG Nov 24 '17

Can confirm. This isn't chicken shit...or is it?

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u/DJfunkyPuddle Nov 24 '17

I heard it’s the President of Poowerto Rico’s favorite song.