Espantan comes from espantar, meaning “to frighten” or “scare away.” It is a memorable, expressive verb that is less common in song lyrics than the everyday asustar.
In the lyric “la olla las espantan,” it describes something so striking that it scares others away, adding playful exaggeration to the song’s boastful style.
El Alfa opens with a mock interview: "¿Cuál sería tu tamaño ideal?" (What would be your ideal size?). The answer is "Común" (Average), and when pressed, "¿Cómo común?" (Average how?), the punchline lands: "Como un burro" (Like a donkey). The joke turns the title, "Común burro", into a boast.
The rest is a dembow brag about a woman who "tiene un cuerpo que los muerto' levanta" (has a body that raises the dead), with the hook "a ella les encantan" (she loves them) chanted over and over. Rick Ross arrives with his own English verse about fast money, sports cars and being "the biggest boss".