# Luis Fonsi - Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee

*LuisFonsiVEVO* · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQP7kiw5Fk

## Summary

This recording is the song "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee, rendered as an English translation of the original Spanish lyrics. The lyrics describe a slow, seductive romance built gradually between two people. There is no spoken discussion or informational content, only sung verses and choruses.

## Key points

- The lyrics are an English translation of the Spanish-language song "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee.
- The central theme is taking a romance slowly, expressed through the repeated refrain "Despacito," meaning "Slowly."
- The singer describes whispering in his partner's ear and kissing her so she remembers him when they are apart.
- Daddy Yankee's rap verse uses phrases like "bam bam" and describes the encounter as "giving and giving."
- A later verse references doing it on a beach in Puerto Rico until the waves scream.
- The song ends after roughly four minutes with the final word "Slowly."

## Notes

### Overview
This transcript is the English translation of the lyrics to "Despacito," performed by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee (DY).

### Themes
- The recurring motif is taking love slowly: "Slowly I want to breathe in your neck slowly."
- The singer wants to "undress you in kisses slowly" and "create a manuscript" from the partner's body.
- Memory and longing appear in the line "So you can remember when you're not with me."

### Notable Lyrics
- "You, you're the magnet, and I'm the metal, I am getting closer and making a plan."
- "Let's start slowly, then savagely."
- "And it's just that your beauty is a puzzle... But to finish it here I have the missing piece."
- "We're gonna do it on a beach in Puerto Rico until the waves scream: 'Oh Lord!'"

### Structure
- Verses and choruses alternate, with Daddy Yankee's rap section introduced around the halfway point.
- The song closes on the single word "Slowly."

## Transcript

[00:28] Oh, Fonsi! DY! Ooh, oh, no, oh, no, oh Hey, yeah! Dididiri Daddy, go! Yeah, you know that I’ve been looking at you for a long time I must dance with you today DY! I saw that the look in your eyes was calling me Show me the path that I will take Oh! You, you're the magnet, and I'm the metal, I am getting closer and making a plan Simply thinking about it makes my heart race Oh, yeah! Now, I'm already liking it more than usual All my senses are asking for more We cannot do this in a rush Slowly I want to breathe in your neck slowly Let me murmur things in your ear So you can remember when you're not with me Slowly I want to undress you in kisses slowly Sign the walls of your labyrinth And of your body, I want to create a manuscript

[01:45] (Up, up, up; up, up) I wanna see your hair dance, I want to be your rhythm (Woo, yeah) Want you to show my mouth (Woo, yeah) Your favorite places (Favorite, favorite, baby) Let me trespass your danger zones (Yeah, woo, yeah) Until I make you scream (Woo, yeah) And you forget your last name (Rrr; DY) If I ask for a kiss, come give it to me I know you're thinking about it (Yeah) I've been trying to do it for a while (Yeah) Babe, this is giving and giving it to you You know that with me your heart goes bam bam You know that from me babe is looking for a bam bam Come, try my mouth and see if you like its taste (Eh-eh, yo!) I wanna, I wanna I want to see how much love fits in you I'm not in a rush, I want to experience this trip

[02:27] Let's start slowly, then savagely Step by step, soft then softly We come up against each other, little by little When you kiss me with that skill. I see that you are malice with delicacy Step by step, soft then softly We come up against each other, little by little (Oh, oh) And it's just that your beauty is a puzzle (No, no) But to finish it here I have the missing piece Hey! (Yo, yo; yeah!) Slowly I want to breathe in your neck slowly (Yo) Let me murmur things in your ear (Yo) So you can remember when you're not with me (Yeah, yeah) Slowly (Yeah!) I want to undress you in kisses slowly (Yeah-eh) Sign the walls of your labyrinth And of your body, I want to create a manuscript (Up, up, up; up, up)

[03:14] I wanna see your hair dance, I want to be your rhythm (Woo, yeah) Want you to show my mouth (Woo, yeah) Your favorite places (Favorite, favorite, baby) Let me trespass your danger zones (Yeah, woo, yeah) Until I make you scream (Woo, yeah) And you forget your last name Slowly We're gonna do it on a beach in Puerto Rico Until the waves scream: “Oh Lord!” So that my seal stays with you Step by step, soft then softly (Oh, yeah, yeah) We come up against each other, little by little (No, no; oh) Want you to show my mouth Your favorite places Favorite, favorite, baby (Ooh) Step by step, soft then softly We come up against each other, little by little Until I make you scream (Fonsi) And you forget your last name (DY)

[04:07] Slowly