Lyrics of the cd Raizes do Brasil posted by diablillo on CBE CapoeiraBahiana.Com in « Response #1: Junio 21, 2004, 11:46:48 »
Lyrics of the cd Raizes do Brasil
"Black Slave - by Leonardo Roscoe"
"Bem Macinho - by Capú"
"Mariah & Capoeira Cerrado - by Capú & Cigar"
"Fight that Fight - by Tonelada"
"Pretty Girl - by Max Nobel"
"Raízes & Amor Selvagem - by Capú & Boquinha/Edinho"
"Bahia - by Edinho"
"Gratitude - by Tonelada"
"Lampião - by Edinho"
"Manumission - by Tonelada"
"Malandragem - by Capú"
"Capataz & Canto das Águas - by Cigar & capú"
"Vila Planalto - by Edinho"
Black Slave
Hey! It's been a long time
It hurts me just remembering
That the black man was a slave
I was beaten non-stop
I woke up very early
And with the pain of the lash
That burned and didn't go away
I went to the woods to work
Worked night and day
I didn't dream and I barely slept
And I didn't even have time to pray
Because of so much anguish
The black man put up a fight
And pretended to be a dance
To be able to free yourself
Scared by this dance
That tasted like revenge
The police banned
And tried to end it like this
With capoeira in Brazil
But none of that helped
Capoeira was stronger
Overcame hate and stood firm
The black man is now free
The nightmare is over
Capoeira is life today
It's art, it's poetry
It's mystery, it's feeling
It's the will to win
I want to sing
The laê laê there
Oh lelê
CHORUS
Very softly
Benguela to play softly
Benguela to play softly
I'm going back to play, hey (2x)
My grandfather always said
Gossip is not for men
Little bird accompanied bat
Dawn upside down
CHORUS
For the bitches with big tongues
What happens to a maiden?
I'll give a damn so I don't get into the fight
I try hard not to get out of it
CHORUS
Envious is underneath
That's why I'm not afraid
I see your razor
Hidden in your fingers
CHORUS
Fight That Fight
Fight what a fight
How good it is to fight
Fight what a fight
How good it is to fight (Choir)
A fight I don't know
I will not underestimate
My fight is capoeira
That's why I'm going to talk
CHORUS
You don't know me
And he keeps talking
This is capoeira
The berimbau is in charge
It's a warrior dance
And a deadly fight
CHORUS
Capoeira is Brazilian
Capoeira is emotion
Capoeira do Raiz
Moves my heart
CHORUS
Fight what a fight
How good it is to fight
CHORUS
Play without getting in the way
CHORUS
And set the animal to catch
CHORUS
The berimbau will play there
CHORUS
And the tambourine is about to score
CHORUS
Play without getting hurt
CHORUS
And put the mandinga to play
Pretty Girl
Pretty girl,
See if you don't cry
I'm leaving
With my berimbau viola (Choir)
CHORUS
I'm leaving, but I'll come back
Who knows, maybe one day we'll be able to love ourselves
CHORUS
The gunga scores, the midfielder doubles
And look at the guitar's twist
CHORUS
My viola has harmony
for capoeira he transmits energy
CHORUS
My viola is made of biriba
It was a gift I received from Mestre Bimba
CHORUS
I'm a capoeira, I'm a mandigueiro
With my viola I've traveled the whole world
Roots
[Capú/DF]
The seed when it sprouts
Not always someone went to cultivate
I know I came from far
For you to trust me
I was filled with betrayal
Under my nose
When salvation comes
That springs from a root
Roots of Brazil (Choir)
When it sprouted, it appeared
Roots of Brazil
In the capital of my Brazil
Roots of Brazil
It came about because God asked
Roots of Brazil
Cerrado, root of Brazil
Hey, reverse that gunga
The game will start
The medium and the viola
Who came to accompany
The tambourine and the atabaque
The palms of my brothers
I took this song
From inside the heart
CHORUS
Bahia
Capoeira won't leave my head
Capoeira doesn't leave the heart
Capoeira who plays and mandingueiro
Capoeira and brother game
Capoeira
Eee... Beauty
Capoeira
Eee... Tradiçâo
Capoeira
Tem fundamento
Capoeira
E vibraçâo
Capoeira nasceu foi no quilombo
Olha no sofrimento da senzala
o nego cantava ladainha
Enquanto a cana era cortada
Capoeira
Eee... Beleza
Capoeira
Eee... Tradiçâo
Capoeira
Tem fundamento
Capoeira
E vibraçâo
Na roda de capoeira
pode-se matar ou morrer
Mas também se joga limpo
o que e bonito e pra se ver
Capoeira
Eee... Beleza
Capoeira
Eee... Tradiçâo
Capoeira
Tem fundamento
Capoeira
And vibration
And to be good at capoeira
Aptitude is not enough
You have to give yourself your soul
And sing from the heart
Gratitude
This life is so hard
I can tell you this
But in capoeira life
I don't have to complain
Hey, my master
Who taught me how to play (2x)
Since childhood
It was you who taught me
Everything I know today
It was you who taught me
CHORUS
In the time of CEBEN*
You were there to teach me
He taught so willingly
In your eyes you could see
CHORUS
You are the light that illuminates me
You are the light of my shine
If you lose your shine
I don't know where I'm going to look
CHORUS
Your song gives me chills
It's a singer's song
It's a capoeira song
It's a player's corner
CHORUS
lamp
Hey!
Time flies, time passes
Leave it on the way
Stories that people talk about
I close the door and window
Diving into memories
From the heat of my countryside
From the famous Virgulino
Known Lampião
He killed snakes with his mouth
He caught a jaguar with his hand
I ran after a fox
And faced a battalion
Fearless and respected
Yet he was ambushed
Taken by treason
They cut off his head
To deliver to the captain
And that day all the cangaço stopped
Just to hear the news
That soon became widespread
And today few remember
Whether it was cowardice or glory
The story I told here
The death of a great man
Who for many was a king
It's a lamp, it's a lamp, it's a lamp
It's lampa, it's Lampião (Choir)
He killed snakes with his mouth
He caught a jaguar with his hand
CHORUS
The famous Virgulino
Male backcountry goat
CHORUS
There's also Maria Bonita
It was Lampião's wife
CHORUS
Manumission
In the time of slavery,
Black man slept in the slave quarters (2x)
Oh, the whip was beating
In my trunk of worth
My body was shaking
And my blood ran
CHORUS
Eh, but the guy wouldn't give up
In need to survive
I spoke louder and he mixed
I played capoeira for real
CHORUS
Zombie was killed in quilombos
Almost all destroyed
But the nigga with his will
He resisted anyway
CHORUS
Oh, the whip hit me
In the time of slavery,
Black man slept in the slave quarters
My body was shaking
In the time of slavery,
Black man slept in the slave quarters
And my blood ran
In the time of slavery,
Black man slept in the slave quarters
All this is over
In the time of slavery,
Black man slept in the slave quarters
I'm leaving...
Trickery
Trickster, Trickster (Chorus)
Capoeira
Trickster, trickster
In Bahia
Trickster, trickster
On the slope
Trickster, trickster
Trickery
Trickster, trickster
In culture
Trickster, trickster
Negro sings
Trickster, trickster
Play and jump
Trickster, trickster
Yeah, pretend you're going but you're not going
Animal comes and I play dead
But if things get tough
I ask God for help
I get in and out without getting hurt
I go up and down without slipping
I will praise the creator of the mandinga
The trickster who invented ginga
Trickery
CHORUS
Foreman
Remembrance of slavery
Of a black man in the slave quarters
It's engraved in your mind
Of an old black man who talks
A different dance
From black people to defend themselves
If you don't go black
Black gives you
Foreman wants to hit me
My God, I don't know why (Choir)
I didn't deserve it
CHORUS
My God, I don't know why
CHORUS
There is a blood stain on the trunk
It's a sign of suffering
And when the black man ran away
Take an oath to death
Foreman is fearless
Says the black guy will get it
And came back loaded
From the capoeira forest
CHORUS
You say it's capoeira
Talks a lot and does nothing
I want to see you get into the circle
Waver take a beating
A Brazilian art
That mixes good and evil
The black man's blood is wine
Inside the sugarcane field
CHORUS
Vila Planalto
[Master Edinho/DF]
That's how it started
Can you believe
I woke up very early
I went to the village to teach
At Cebem and in the square
In the cerrado and in the church
There are people playing ball
And training capoeira
Good village to live in
Many I have already met
But just like Vila Planalto
It's hard to exist
Look at the village there
Look at the village there (Choir)
The capoeira circle
It goes until dusk
CHORUS
When I play the berimbau
Put the broth to boil
CHORUS
There is a circle there in Cebem
In the square, just want
CHORUS
Capoeira there in the village
It's really delicious
CHORUS
Who doesn't have pure capoeira
Look here so you can see
CHORUS
Starts in the afternoon
It goes until dusk
NOTE: These songs are taken from the book of song lyrics collected by Comprido