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Dec 14th 2017!⃝I think it's about a woman meeting a man that excited her, most likely a smooth-talking badboy. A summer love.
Her father says "he has the malo in him". Malo, in Spanish, means 'bad'.
He didn't walk up with that "how you doing" when he approached her, says there's a lot of women in his life. He made her feel, "oooh-ooooh-ohhhh". He's literally getting her excited and aroused. There is something about his "manners" - he's mysterious, and engaging, a sexy man who is stimulating her mind and senses, and promises passion and adventure. Literally sweeps her away, by taking her to Atlanta.
However, she leaves him ("has to go"). She says she 'loved him when she left him'. Perhaps he was leading her astray, introducing her to enjoyable (but transgressive) experiences. I think her lover really did have the malo in him, and although he was sexy, passionate, and exciting - he was most likely dangerous, so her 'heart' belongs in Havana, with the man who really deserves it, her Papa.
The song encapsulates the dilemna of womens' love life. Dependable protectors - and dangerous lovers.
