Committed Lyrics in English by Rauw Alejandro, Pharrell Williams
While comprometer looks like the English word "compromise," it most often means "to commit." This is a classic "false friend" that often trips up English speakers learning Spanish!
In the song, Rauw Alejandro sings "Baby, yo me quiero comprometer contigo" (Baby, I want to commit to you), directly echoing the English title "Committed." This verb is key to understanding the song's theme of deciding whether to get serious in a relationship.
When you hear the word committed, you usually picture wedding rings or serious monogamy. Pharrell Williams and Puerto Rican star Rauw Alejandro take that heavy word and flip it on its head. In this track, commitment starts as pure, playful lust. Pharrell lays it out bluntly right away: he is committed to staying on a strict schedule, promising to be "consistent, right, regular" and even "fuck it, sharin' my calendar." That schedule line is hilarious because giving someone access to your actual digital calendar is basically modern romance at its most domestic, even while you are bragging about sexual stamina.
Rauw steps in to blur the line between hooking up and catching real feelings. He sings, "Tú me pones a pensar, ma' / Si me debo amarrar" [You make me wonder, girl / If I should tie myself down]. In Caribbean Spanish slang, amarrar literally means "to tie up," but here it means settling down or getting locked into an exclusive relationship. He admits his mind is stuck on her: "Los siete días a la semana yo te pienso" [Seven days a week I think of you]. Suddenly, the joke about being committed isn't purely physical anymore. He even talks himself into trying: "Baby, yo me quiero comprometer contigo / Lo voy a intentar" [Baby, I want to commit to you / I'm going to try]. It is a funny, very human tug-of-war between wanting absolute freedom and realizing someone has completely invaded your thoughts.
