Tolín Infante is a corrido bélico, a warlike corrido, and it tells you so in the first line: "Bélico el asunto" (the matter is warlike). Edgardo Nuñez sings as Tolín, a man from Culiacán who brags about his aim, "La puntería nunca me falla" (my aim never fails me), and about the crew around him. There is Mateo, "el morro que me cuida la espalda" (the kid who watches my back), where morro is Mexican slang for a young guy.
The song is packed with narco-corrido slang worth decoding. "Armas largas" (long guns) are rifles, lanza papas is slang for a grenade launcher, and "morir en la raya" (to die on the line) means staying loyal to the end. "Pura gente del Mayo Zambada" (all people of Mayo Zambada) names the real Sinaloa cartel figure, which tells you who this character works for. What keeps it human is the family verse: "Tengo siete hijos y mi señora nunca me falla" (I have seven kids and my wife never lets me down), plus one more on the way. He ends the night the way corridos often do, with a drink while "Los Tucanes de Tijuana" play. Love it or not, it is a blunt portrait of the bravado this genre is known for.