"Soy malagueño" is perhaps the most emblematic song in the folk corpus of Bahía Málaga,
expressing locals' pride in their unique identity that sets them apart from other Afro-Colombian communities of the country's Pacific Coast.
The lyrics reference piangüar, the traditional practice of harvesting pianguas—an endemic clam species—as a distinctive element of the cultural heritage of Bahía Málaga.
O yo soy malagueño (x2)
Malagueño soy (x2)
Y aunque no lo crean (x2)
Soy de mi región (x2)
Yo soy del Pacífico (x2)
Pertenezco a Buenaventura
Les vine a contar (x2)
Un poco de mi cultura (x2)
Yo vivo en un estuario (x2)
Donde se mezclan las aguas (x2)
Donde todas las piangüeras (x2)
Se van a buscar las pianguas (x2)
O yo soy malagueño (x3)
Ahora é yo soy malagueño
O yo soy malagueño (x5)
Oh I am from Málaga (x2)
Málaga I am from (x2)
And believe it or not (x2)
I belong to my region (x2)
I am from the Pacific (x2)
I belong to Buenaventura (x2)
I’ve come to tell you (x2)
A bit about my culture (x2)
I live in an estuary (x2)
Where the waters mingle (x2)
Where all the piangüeras (x2)
Go to search for piangua (x2)
Oh I am from Málaga (x3)
Oh now I am from Málaga
Oh I am from Málaga (x5)
