Guandules are pigeon peas, a small nutritious legume especially common in Caribbean cooking. In the song, the line “Lo’ guandule’ los degrano” uses the Dominican pronunciation and means “I shell the pigeon peas,” making this a memorable cultural food word that English-speaking learners may not encounter in everyday Spanish.
El Alfa is the loudest voice in Dominican dembow, and "Máquina de Dinero" [Money Machine] is a party song with one obsession. The hook "Esas dos chapa' son máquina' de dinero" [Those two cheeks are money machines] is about a dancer's backside, and "Ponla a temblá'" [Make it shake] tells her what to do with it. French Montana drops in with an English verse about flying high and partying on a yacht, so the song switches languages halfway through.
The Spanish parts are packed with Dominican slang, and the spelling shows how it is spoken, with letters dropped at the end: "temblá'" is "temblar", "lleno'" is "llenos".
It is explicit from start to finish, with sexual lines, drugs and strip clubs. Treat it as a crash course in Dominican street talk rather than something to sing in class.