CNTRL Lyrics in English by Becky G
Maquinando comes from the verb maquinar, which means 'to scheme' or 'to plot'. It suggests a clever, strategic, and often mischievous kind of thinking.
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Becky G opens CNTRL like a bouncer reading off a clipboard: "Esto es VIP, el paso es restricto" ("This is VIP, access is restricted"). The whole song runs on that rope line. Someone is on the wrong side of it, "Está buscándome lado, buscando conflicto" ("He's trying to pick a fight, looking for conflict"), and she is the one deciding how much of her he gets. Her answer is a taste and nothing more: "Le di a probar y lo enloquecí" ("I gave him a taste and drove him crazy"). She has the receipts too, "Todos los que han probao' terminan adictos" ("Everyone who has tried ends up addicted").
The chorus is where the title earns itself, and it is a list of verbs that all belong to her: "Ando, ando controlando" ("I'm out here controlling"), "Ando vacilando, ando maquinando" ("I'm vibing, I'm scheming"). Nothing in it is done to her. Even the line where she admits he has an effect gets turned around into her own doing, "Más le bailo, más lo prendo" ("The more I dance for him, the more I turn him on"). The bluntest moment is "Mamalona, la siento en sus pantalones" ("Badass, I feel it in his pants"), which lands as funny mostly because she reports it the way you would report the weather.
