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She has trouble with putting her faith into people because she always end up being hurt or disappointed.
“Breaking the fall” draws similarities to a trust fall as it involves catching someone (ie. breaking their fall) showing they can trust you.
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Using the imagery of helicopters, their relationship is “up in the air” — functioning and working, but not steady. Having “no landing pad” alludes to the relationship coming to an abrupt end — it will crash. There are no assurances or givens.
My every breath awakes alarms in your ears
I'm not confused, it's just you're making me think
Of all our conversations missing their link Prelow – Mistakes Like This
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Is taken for weakness Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney – FourFiveSeconds
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Homophones: Pi vs Pie: (1) Pi (π) is a mathematical constant/infinite decimal commonly used in Geometry and Trigonometry, especially in circles. (2) Pie is a whole dish, which can be divided into pieces, whether made of meat, fruits or vegetables and can be a dining or dessert dish.
In case anyone wants to know how to make Fidget pie. Fidget concludes that one is impatient and nervously unsettled. If we can be patient and calm, we can understand who/what we are.
In the next verse, Lupe jumps more into a circular formations and themes.
Con la cadera que mueve de lao a lao
Esa blanquita que sigue cantando
No está perdida, pero no la he encontrao
But here it is Kat Dahlia – Tumbao
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That white girl that walks
With hip that moves from side to side
That white girl that still singing
It is not lost, but I have not found
Well, here it is
Kat changes her walk from a stomp to a somewhat of a strut - embracing independence and dominance as a woman. She seems to be responding to the doubters in her previous life or reflecting on her current and how far she’s come as an artist.
A direct twist on Celia’s intro
Aunque en Jersey estoy
My mommy misses me, mommy misses me
And I'll admit, sometimes I miss her times three
It's the same to my brothers and my sisters in Miami
Ari, Sidney, Nicki, Val, Vikki, and Jerry Kat Dahlia – Tumbao
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Yo sé quien yo soy
Yo sé de donde yo vine
Yo sé pa'onde voy
No tiene que esperarme
Empiezo desde hoy Kat Dahlia – Tumbao
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And I don’t gotta understand myself
I know who I am
I know where I came from
I know where I’m going
You don’t have to wait for me
I’m thinking from now on
Kat displays her independence, able to make her own decisions, choosing who she wants to be and how she wants to live her life.
Oh baby, oh baby
Y cuando bailo ten cuidao
Oh baby, oh baby, oh baby
Well I ain't changing my style
Oh baby, oh baby, oh baby
La blanca tiene tumbao Kat Dahlia – Tumbao
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The white girl has tumbao aka rhythm or soul. Kat pays homage her cubano heritage and the late Cuban singer Celia Cruz (R.I.P) by flipping the words to Cruz’s “La Negra Tiene Tumbao” with Blanca. Kat switches negra – black girl to “blanca” – white girl in reference to herself being light-skinned.
In Cuba (and some other Latin countries) “she has tumbao” means that she dance like no one, or that she has rhythm/soul.
Destroying any controversy, “negra” and “blanca” are used simply to describe the color of the their skin. Cubans have shades from dark-skin to light-skin. Both this song and the original are meant to be uplifting and powerful – standing tall in the face of adversity for the female entity
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