Mestre Índio aplicando um vôo de morcego no Xarope
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Quem quiser pode ouvir Quem quiser diga que não Quem quiser diga que sim Agradeço a escravidão Quem quiser que ache asneira Mas se não fosse o escravo Não existia a capoeira Zum zum zum, capoeira mata um Zum zum zum, capoeira mata um Zum zum zum, capoeira mata um Zum zum zum, capoeira mata um Cuidado com o preto velho Que ele pode machucar No tempo da escravidão Já jogava o pé pro ar Zum zum zum, capoeira mata um Zum zum zum, capoeira mata um Zum zum zum, capoeira mata um Zum zum zum, capoeira mata um O filho do meu patrão Ia na escola estudar E a caneta do escravo Era no canavial Zum zum zum, capoeira mata um Zum zum zum, capoeira mata um Zum zum zum, capoeira mata um Zum zum zum, capoeira mata um |
Look, I will tell
Anyone who wants to can hear Anyone who wants to can say no Anyone who wants to can say yes I thank slavery Anyone who wants to can think it’s messed up But if not for the slaves Capoeira wouldn’t exist Zum zum zum, capoeira kills one Zum zum zum, capoeira kills one Zum zum zum, capoeira kills one Zum zum zum, capoeira kills one Be careful with the old black man Because he can hurt you In the time of slavery He already played capoeira Zum zum zum, capoeira kills one Zum zum zum, capoeira kills one Zum zum zum, capoeira kills one Zum zum zum, capoeira kills one The son of my master Went to school to study And the slave’s pen (education) Was in the sugarcane field Zum zum zum, capoeira kills one Zum zum zum, capoeira kills one Zum zum zum, capoeira kills one Zum zum zum, capoeira kills one |
Explanation: This song expresses the viewpoint that capoeira was one good thing to come out of the institution of slavery. It also describes the deadliness of capoeira, calling attention to the experience of the "old black man" and saying that capoeira can kill. Finally, it describes the inequalities between the children of the slave masters, who were educated in school, and the slaves, who were "educated" through forced labor in the cane fields.
I love Capoeira who doesnt