"En Barranquilla Me Quedo" (Spanish for "In Barranquilla I Stay") is a song instrumentally featured in the 2021 Disney animated feature film Encanto. Originally written in 1988 by Álvaro José Arroyo González, the song was performed by Joe Arroyo for his album Fuego en mi mente and composed by Germaine Franco as a part of the film's score.
Lyrics[]
Del Caribe aflora
Bella, encantadora
Con mar y río
Una gran sociedad
Barranquilla hermosa
Yo te canto ahora
Con gratitud y amor
Del cantor al pueblo que adora
A la nobleza y sentir
De su gente acogedora
A mi patria chiquita
Que me apoyó
Tu nombre pa' mi significa
La esperanza de la vida
Llegué a ti cuando tenia
Mis catorce primaveras
Coge mi resolución
Que lo sepa todo el mundo
Que en Barranquilla me quedo
En barranquilla me quedo
En barranquilla me quedo
(En barranquilla me quedo)
En barranquilla me quedo
Me quedo, me quedo, me quedo, me quedo, me quedo
Viviendo a lo ñero
En barranquilla me quedo
Te lo juro y no soy cañero bebe
En barranquilla me quedo
En la arenosa me quedo
En barranquilla me quedo
La mejor tierra antillana
Donde la gente tan grata
Puerta de oro y de la salsa
Pa mi Dios que yo le pego
Quien denigre de esta raza
Y si a mí me meten preso
Barranquilla a mí me saca
En barranquilla me quedo
En tierra firme me quedo
En barranquilla me quedo
Yo lo pregono porque te quiero mujer
En barranquilla me quedo
En la arenosa me quedo
En barranquilla me quedo
A barranquilla querida yo le traigo este mambo
En barranquilla me quedo me quedo a gozar
En barranquilla me quedo sabroso y na ma
En barranquilla me quedo me quedo a gozar
Por sus mujeres que lindas son sus mujeres
En barranquilla me quedo me quedo a gozar
Tierra linda y tropical
En barranquilla me quedo me quedo a gozar
Te juro que me quedo me quedo a gozá
From the emerging Caribbean
Beautiful, enchanting
With sea and river
A great society
Beautiful Barranquilla
I sing to you now
With gratitude and love
From the singer to the people who love
To the nobility and feel
Of its welcoming people
To my little country
That supported me
Your name to me means
The hope of life
I came to you when
I was fourteen years old
Take my resolution
Let the whole world know
That in Barranquilla I stay
In Barranquilla I stay
In Barranquilla I stay
(In Barranquilla I stay)
In Barranquilla I stay
I stay I stay I stay I stay I stay
Living the street life
In Barranquilla I stay
I swear to you that I am not a lair bebe
In Barranquilla I stay
In The Sandy I stay
In Barranquilla I stay
The best land in the Caribbean
Where the people are so grateful
Puerta de oro and salsa
My God I will hit a person
Who insults this people
And if they put me in jail
Barranquilla will take me out
In Barranquilla I stay
On the mainland I stay
In Barranquilla I stay
I proclaim it because I love you woman
In Barranquilla I stay
In The Sandy I stay
In Barranquilla I stay
Dear Barranquilla I bring you this mambo
In Barranquilla I stay I stay to have fun
In Barranquilla I stay delicious and that's it
In Barranquilla I stay I stay for fun
For your women how cute your women are
In Barranquilla I stay I stay for fun
Cute and tropical land
In Barranquilla I stay I stay for fun
I swear that I stay I stay for have fun
