Step 1 : Introduction to the question "What popular song has Spanish lyrics translating to “I am not a sailor; I am a captain”?"
"La Bamba is a Mexican folk song, best known from a 1958 adaptation by Ritchie Valens. It was the very first song in Spanish to hit No. 1 in the United States. For generations of Mexican-Americans, the hit song has long been an anthem of cultural pride and resistance. "La Bamba" has been covered by numerous artists, most notably by Los Lobos, whose version was the title track of the 1987 film La Bamba and reached No. 1 in the U.S. in the same year. A repeated lyric is "Yo no soy marinero, soy capitán", meaning "I am not a sailor, I am the captain”.
