Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: salsa
Song Meaning of “La Tumba Soy Yo (feat. Ray Barretto)” by Jimmy Sabater
La Tumba Soy Yo, a collaboration between the latin jazz singer Jimmy Sabater and the legendary Ray Barretto, is a song about accepting death. Its lyrics embrace death as an inevitable part of life which allows us to appreciate our time here on earth. The song encourages us not to be afraid of death, but to live life to the fullest while we still have it.
The singer pleads to have no love whatsoever for life, so that when he reaches death he will be thankful for all the experiences he has had and be ready for his ultimate fate. He sees death as a peaceful release from pain and suffering, free from worry or fear. In his lyrics we find strength and hope to accept our mortality and take life as it comes.
The chorus is an ode to life, singing “la tumba soy yo”, a phrase that translates to “the tomb is me”, as if to say that the grave is already dug and all that can be done now is to live life to its fullest until we are reunited in the afterlife.
This song tug at the heartstrings and reinforce the idea that every moment on this earth should be savored and embraced, for the time we have here on earth is fleeting.