The boss It is the eighth song that Shakira has released in just over a year. I Congratulate You, Don’t Wait Up, Monotona, TQG, session 53 with Bizarrap, Copa Vaca and Acrostic They have consolidated their rebirth as one of the most global Latin artists on the planet. This week she received seven Latin Grammy nominations, just a few days after her legendary performance at the MTV VMas.
There is little information about her new album, since the singer does not stop making changes. “I’m still adding songs,” he said at the presentation of the new school of his Pies Descalzos foundation in Barranquilla.
What is clear is that the artist has radically changed the theme of her lyrics. If your last songs they talked about heartbreak -with explicit references to her relationship with Gerard Piqu-, now the artist approaches social criticism.
Shakira’s blow to her ex-father-in-law
Although it is not a song about a breakup, Shakira has included in the song a phrase as explicit as those from session 53 of Bizarrap. Her experiences continue to be a source of inspiration:
“They say that there is no evil that lasts a hundred years, but there is my father-in-law who does not set foot in a grave.”
Lili Melgar, who was her children’s nanny, appears in the video
“Lili Melgar, this song is for you, because they didn’t pay you compensation”
To report these situations of exploitation and job insecurity, Shakira remembers a personal case. That of her former niece Lili Melgar, who accompanies Gerard Piqu and the artist in care of Milan and Sasha years ago
Rumors say that the nanny informed Shakira about her suspicions of infidelity, a move that caused the former soccer player to fire her and not grant her the corresponding compensation.
In the video clip of the topic you can see other references that Barranquilla has used to visualize this reality of labor abuse and mass migration. The clearest is that of Shakira boarding the Beast, the transport that crosses Mexico and on whose roof undocumented migrants travel in search of reach the United States.
“I have a shitty boss who doesn’t pay me well, I get there quicklydo and he in Mercedes Benz. “He has me as a recruit, the son of a bitch.”. Some verses that are a criticism migration and the waves of Mexicans leaving their homes with the intention of fulfilling an “American dream” that seems more like a nightmare.
“I recently wrote a song with some political and social content and I’m thinking about whether it’s really worth it or not,” he said more than a year ago in an interview for Vogue. Finally it seems that this song has seen the light under the title of El Jefe and by the group Fuerza Regida, popularly known as “the voice of the people.”
The lyrics of El Jefe by Shakira and Fuerza Regida
(Intro: Ruled Force)
Shakira, Shakira
Ruled Force
(Verse 1: Shakira & Fuerza Regida)
Seven thirty the alarm has sounded
I want to be in bed
But it can not be done
I’m taking the kids at nine
The same coffee, the same kitchen
The same old thing, the same routine
another shitty day
Another day at the office
(Pre-Chorus: Ruled Force)
I have a shitty boss who doesn’t pay me well.
I arrive walking and he arrives in a Mercedes Benz
He has me as a recruit
The son of a bitch, yeah
(Chorus: Shakira)
Are you dreaming of leaving the neighborhood?
You have everything to be a millionaire
Expensive tastes, the mentality
You only need the salary
(Verse 2: Fuerza Regida & Shakira)
Bills pile up, being poor is rubbish
Mom always told me that studying everything ensures
I studied and nothing happened, damn life so hard
I work harder than a bastard, but I fuck less than a priest
How ironic, how crazy, this is torture
You kill yourself from dawn to dusk and you don’t even have a writing
They say that there is no evil that lasts more than a hundred years
But there is still my ex-father-in-law who has not set foot in the grave.
(Pre-Chorus: Fuerza Regida & Shakira)
I have a shitty boss who doesn’t pay me well.
I arrive walking and he arrives in a Mercedes Benz
They have me as a recruit (They have you as a recruit)
The very son of a bitch (The very son of a bitch)
(Chorus: Shakira)
Are you dreaming of leaving the neighborhood?
You have everything to be a millionaire
Expensive tastes, the mentality
You only need the salary
(Pre-Chorus: Shakira)
You have a shitty boss who doesn’t pay you well.
You arrive walking and he arrives in a Mercedes Benz
He has you as a recruit
The very son of a p
(Chorus: Fuerza Regida, Fuerza Regida & Shakira)
‘I’m dreaming of leaving the neighborhood
I have everything to be a millionaire
Expensive tastes, the mentality
I only need the salary
(Interlude: Shakira & Fuerza Regida)
Lili Melgar
For you this song, they didn’t pay you compensation
Another fart, as always, at once
(Chorus: Shakira & Fuerza Regida, Both)
Are you dreaming of leaving the neighborhood?
You have everything to be a millionaire
Expensive tastes, the mentality
I only need the salary
