BR

Trago de lá comigo
A força de um povo
Da cidade
Salvador

Vou lá, jogar capoeira de Angola
Vou lá, mostrar capoeira de Angola

Força que tem la na terra,
Chamada Bahia,
Esta força,
Sempre estar

Vou lá, jogar capoeira de Angola
Vou lá, mostrar capoeira de Angola

Subo la no Bonfim,
Para pedir a benção a nosso senhor,
Desço com muita paz,
Sentindo alegria e muito amor
Para dizer para esse povo,
Dançar, gingar e lutar

Vou lá, jogar capoeira de Angola
Vou lá, mostrar capoeira de Angola


EN


I bring it back with me
The strength of a people
From the city
Salvador

I'm going to play capoeira de Angola
I'm going there to show capoeira de Angola

The strength of the land,
called Bahia,
This force,
Will always be there

I'm going to play capoeira de Angola
I'm going there to show capoeira de Angola

I'll go up to Bonfim
To ask our Lord for his blessing,
I come down with a lot of peace,
Feeling joy and love
To tell these people
Dancing, swinging and fighting

I'm going to play capoeira de Angola
I'm going to show capoeira de Angola

You were over there,
And I needed to be,
As close to something,
That looks like you and me,
That looks like you and me,
Those yellow falling leaves.

That I recall,
They're going south for the winter,
Leaving it all,
With you my life’s just better,
Ohhhh.

You would sit across,
That dusty hall,
And I asked myself some questions,
Can I fly or will I fall,
Can I fly or will I fall,
Can I be with you at all?

And I recall,
Your breath in the cold dark winter,
Leaving it all,
With you my life’s gets better,
Ohhhh.

I bit the dust,
And it tasted sweet,
Like candy,
I hit the road and,
I had nothing left to lose,
And all the choices,
I felt I should be making,
Then seems to me,
There’s nothing left to choose.

So I'm speeding up,
I've got my left foot down,
No looking back,
I'm on my way,
The wind’s got me now,
It takes me anywhere,
I'll pick the slack right up,
Another day.

My left foots down,
Is there any better feeling?
I can't recall,
And I don't think I want to know,
I'm good for now,
Who knows about forever,
Forever’s blurry in my mind,
Like long ago.