Raizes do Brasil

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