Dinosaurios literally translates to "dinosaurs". It's an unexpected and intriguing word to find in a song, immediately sparking curiosity.
In this song, Raúl Beltran uses "dinosaurios" metaphorically to describe the extinction of good friendships. He sings, "Las buenas amistades se extinguieron junto con los dinosaurios" (Good friendships went extinct along with the dinosaurs), creating a vivid and memorable image of a lost era of loyalty and genuine connection. This unique comparison makes the word stand out and adds a layer of depth to the lyrics.
Raúl Beltrán builds the whole song out of one complaint, and he puts it right in the middle: "Las buenas amistades" / "Se extinguieron junto con los dinosaurios" [Real friendships went extinct along with the dinosaurs]. Everything around that line is the evidence for it. Money decides who gets respect, appearances decide the rest, and as long as you keep the mask on, "si eres cagada, nadie se da cuenta" [if you're a piece of shit, nobody notices]. When he does find loyalty he names it carefully rather than generally: his mother, "Que nunca me ha fallado" [who has never let me down], and exactly one friend who "se ganó el lugar" [earned his place] and gets called brother without sharing any blood.
The advice half is blunter and a lot funnier. People ask you for a hand, and then "Quieren mocharte el pie" / "Nada más para ver después como caminas" [they want to chop off your foot, just to watch how you walk afterwards]. He is not bitter about money itself, though, which is what keeps the song from turning into a sulk. "Dinero hay para todos" [there is money out there for everyone], he says, and the real problem is that "no a todos les cae bien un peso" [not everyone handles a peso well]. Then the last two lines drop the cynicism completely and thank God for health, which after three minutes of naming everything fake is the one thing he says straight.
Raúl Beltrán grew up in El Dorado, a town outside Culiacán in Sinaloa, and was already singing at family parties by the age of nine. He spent his teens playing with norteño groups like Impacto Norteño and Quinto Orden, went solo in 2016 under the name Romeo Beltrán, and switched back to his own name in 2021 as a tribute to his late father.
Winning Estrella TV's talent contest Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento in 2022 got him a record deal and a much bigger audience. He writes for other people as much as for himself, with Grupo Firme, El Bebeto and Banda Los Sebastianes all cutting his songs. He calls his own lane corridos metafísicos, which in practice means the sierreño and corridos tumbados sound pointed at worry, money and who you can actually trust instead of at guns.