"Buscando Guayaba" is a song from Oliver & Company, performed by Rubén Blades. It is heard playing on Fagin's radio while Tito is dancing, and again on the boom box towards the end of the film. The song title means "In Search of Fruit" in Spanish. The actual lyrics to this song are not heard in the movie, but they can be heard on the soundtrack.
Lyrics
Me fui pal' monte buscando guayaba Por la vereda del ocho y el dos Y aunque encontré una casa dorada Esa guayaba no la hallaba yo Mucho he viajado por todo el mundo Y nunca nunca pude encontrar Una guayaba que me gustara Y detuviera mi caminar Y aunque encontre una casa dorada Esa guayaba no pude hallar
Buscando guayaba ando yo Que tenga sabor que tenga mendo
Una guayaba salve y morena Una guayaba que este bien buena Bururú barará donde va Miguel Bururú barará fue a buscar también guayaba Que pero que tenga mucho mendo pero Que tenga que tenga muchisimo sabor Busco una guayaba busco una guayaba busco una guayaba Por la vereda del ocho y el dos
Rinquin oye el guitarrista no vino asi que van a tener que soportar Un solo de boca Afinacion, quin quin, con con
Que tenga sabor que tenga mendo Buscando guayaba ando yo Guayabita sabanera Buscando guayaba ando yo Que tenga sabor y que tenga mendo Buscando guayaba ando yo
I went to the mountain in search for a fruit
I took the trail of the eight and the two
And though I found a golden house
The fruit was not to be had
I have traveled all over the world
And have never being able to find
A fruit that I like enough
To make me stop my wanderings
Although I didn't find a golden hours
I never found that fruit
In search of a fruit am I
A fruit with flavor, with zest
A fruit with dark skin
A really good fruit
Bururú Barará, where is Miguel going
Bururú Barará, he went in search of fruit too
A fruit with a lot of zest
A fruit with a lot of flavor
I’m in search of a fruit
I’m in search of a fruit
I’m in search of a fruit
On the eight and two road
