Dame Hombro Lyrics in English by Bulin 47, Kevin Wai, Breyco En Producidera
Quisqueyano refers to a person or thing from the Dominican Republic. It comes from Quisqueya, a poetic and Indigenous name for the island of Hispaniola, making it a culturally distinctive word you will not encounter in every song.
In the lyrics, “el verdadero quisqueyano” means “the true Dominican,” proudly highlighting the artist’s Dominican identity and roots.
"Dame Hombro" is a dance tune with almost no plot, and that is the fun of it. The title means "give me shoulder", and the hook is basically an order to the crowd: move your shoulders. Bulin 47 and Kevin Wai trade it back and forth, calling to a girl with "Dame hombro, ma" [Give me shoulder, girl] and then to a guy with "Dame hombro, pa" [Give me shoulder, man]. Here ma and pa are not mom and dad. They are casual Dominican ways to call a woman or a man, a bit like "girl" and "bro". My favorite line is the simplest one: "Los hombros se mueven solos cuando estoy contento" [My shoulders move on their own when I'm happy].
The rest is pure bragging, Dominican street style. Bulin keeps telling you where he is from: "viene del Capotillo" [he comes from Capotillo], a working-class barrio of Santo Domingo, and "del Pradito pa'l mundo entero" [from Pradito to the whole world]. He swears he is the real deal with "no ando en paquete" [I'm not putting on a fake act], since paquete is Dominican slang for a lie or a show. You also get "algarete" [wild, out of control] and "¿qué lo que?" [what's up?], the most Dominican greeting there is. There is a funny moment too: the beat stops and Kevin admits "Yo pensé que la pista se hubiera parao'" [I thought the track had stopped], then calls the producer a "psicópata" [psychopath] for the trick pause. It ends with him calling Bulin "el verdadero quisqueyano" [the true Dominican], since Quisqueya is an old name for the island.
