“Suavemente” (gently) is Elvis Crespo's 1998 merengue anthem: a man asking his love to kiss him softly, again and again, because he wants to feel her lips once more. That's almost the whole story — the rest is the irresistible beat of merengue, the fast dance music of the Dominican Republic, with its accordion, saxophones and güira.
Crespo, born in New York and raised in Puerto Rico, had been a singer with the merengue group Grupo Manía before going solo; this was his first solo single and it topped the Latin charts for months.
Even with the fast music, the chorus is slow and very repetitive, so you'll pick up the words in one go. It's a lovely song for commands with pronouns attached: bésame, kiss me.