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Maluma pulled up to Genius to discuss his song “BOTERO.” The Colombian superstar brought his signature swag as he opened up about creating from the heart, how his collaborations with Arcángel & NTG came together, his definition of success, and so many more gems.

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00:00Votero represents a lot,
00:01representa muchísimo.
00:02Represents me, my culture, mi cultura.
00:05Yo me siento orgulloso de ser colombiano,
00:07me siento orgulloso de ser latino.
00:10Esto es una canción que no sigue ningún paradigma,
00:13no sigue ninguna estética.
00:15Esto es creado desde mi corazón,
00:17desde el fondo de mi alma.
00:26This amazing song came to me in such a beautiful way.
00:31I was in Miami.
00:32I was in the studio,
00:33and I had already this artist on my mind, which is NTG.
00:38He's from Dominican Republic, but he lives in New York,
00:41and I love what he was doing, all his music.
00:43We finished the song with him,
00:45and I was like, we're needing another guy.
00:47He's my favorite artist in the reggaeton genre,
00:51which is Arcángel, and this guy fucking killed me.
01:06These are all true stories.
01:08Of course, I remember when I was a kid,
01:10when I used to have that first love,
01:12and I didn't even have money to go
01:14and get a fucking burger in McDonald's.
01:16My dreams at the beginning was getting a motorcycle,
01:19and now, look, I'm here driving my Rolls Royce,
01:22and I'm here with you,
01:24and this is crazy that you've been with me
01:27since the beginning.
01:28Maybe I don't call it Flexit.
01:30I'm not flexing there.
01:31I'm just saying real, real life, you know?
01:44The success is not about collecting things.
01:48It's about enjoying it with people.
01:50So it doesn't make any sense to get the things for yourself.
01:53When I was getting the Rolls Royce,
01:54I was thinking about having my family there with me,
01:57you know, having my girlfriend there with me,
01:59because I want to share moments with people,
02:01because I want to create memories.
02:02What really means in life for me,
02:04my personal thoughts is having these things,
02:06but with your friends, your family, your girlfriend.
02:08If not, you're not doing right things.
02:21Dura is like hot.
02:23You're hot.
02:24Para estar dura, hay que tener actitud de cabrón.
02:27Entrar al salón y comérselo a todo vivo.
02:30Mi amor, ya llegué.
02:31I'm here.
02:32I'm the best.
02:32Y ya llegaron, y ya uno enamoró con actitud.
02:35You fall in love with that attitude, for sure.
02:49In Medellín, when my parents, they got broke,
02:52so it was tough, you know?
02:54From the sudden, I lost everything, you know?
02:56We lost the apartments, cars, boom, boom, boom.
02:58But at the end of the day, all the things that I live,
03:00when I was growing, they gave me the discipline,
03:05and gave me the balls, you know?
03:07I like to be here and face all the stuff
03:10that I'm facing right now.
03:12I was just getting ready for my life journey,
03:14and I feel grateful.
03:16I feel good, and I'm gonna keep feeling good.
03:19I'm gonna keep feeling better every day,
03:20and I'm not gonna stop.
03:22This is just the beginning of the whole journey, you know?
03:47So many people that they're risking everything to make it work in a relationship.
03:54And when I meant amor de pistolas, amor de gangsters, it's like in danger.
03:59It doesn't mean like it has to be the gun.
04:01But it's just in danger, and when you risk it all.
04:05With Susie, my partner, we had to fight for this relationship,
04:09because at the beginning, it felt like amor de gangsters.
04:12That I couldn't be with her, because I had to be with models around the world and stuff,
04:16and then I was like, what?
04:18I'm not doing that anymore.
04:19I prefer my hot girl from Medellin.
04:23There is not a prototype for love.
04:24I just decided living my life with a girl that grew up 10 minutes away from my house in Medellin.
04:32So, it's amazing, you know?
04:34The roots, we're going back.
04:38So, of course.
04:41Yo le pego al pen.
04:43Ya, si me entiendo.
04:44Uno tiene que andar relajadito.
04:47Tiene que estar tranquilito.
04:49Sin tanto estrés.
04:50Yo también necesito esa relajación.
04:53I need to feel relaxed also.
04:57So, yeah.
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