Mezcal Lyrics in English by Nio Garcia

Secuestrar literally means "to kidnap" or "to abduct." It's a strong and dramatic verb that immediately grabs attention.

In the context of this song, Nio Garcia uses it metaphorically and playfully. He sings, "Como un gangster te voy a secuestrar" (Like a gangster, I'm going to kidnap you), expressing an intense desire to take the person with him, not in a literal criminal sense, but as a bold and assertive romantic gesture. This provocative use makes the word memorable and intriguing.

Nio García spends the whole of "Mezcal" in a tense that hasn't happened yet. The song is a plan for a night, not a memory of one: "Si llego pa' la disco, y te veo entrar" (If I get to the club and I see you walk in), and then the comparison the title comes from — "Voy a darte duro, como un shot de mezcal" (I'm going to give it to you hard, like a shot of mezcal). Mezcal is drunk in one go and felt straight away, and that is the entire boast. Each verse loops back to the same promise, "Juro cuando te vea" (I swear, when I see you), and the bravado around it is cartoonish on purpose — he is going to kidnap her, "Como un gangster te voy a secuestrar" (Like a gangster, I'm going to kidnap you), which is a way of saying he has no actual plan beyond wanting her to come over.

The chorus drops the posturing and turns into instructions: "Si ponen un perreo, ven, perréame" (If they put on a perreo, come and grind on me), "Con tu mirada bellaca, provócame" (With that dirty look of yours, tease me), "Tú te crees mala, pues, en la cama mátame" (You think you're bad — so kill me in bed). That last line hands the power back to her, and it is the only moment in the song where he is not the one doing the taking. By the final minute the words stop finishing at all — "pégate-pegá-" — clipped and looped over the beat until the track simply runs out.