É Legal
Lyrics, Translations, Music Video and Song Meaning
Song Lyrics
0:00:07 - O É Legal É Legal
Eng: O It's Cool It's Cool
0:00:10 - jogar capoeira e tocar berimbau
Eng: play capoeira and play berimbau
0:00:12 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:00:14 - Oi joga Capoeira è um negocio legal
Eng: Oi plays Capoeira is a cool business
0:00:16 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool, It's Cool
0:00:18 - jogar capoeira e tocar berimbau
Eng: play capoeira and play berimbau
0:00:20 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:00:22 - Oi joga Capoeira è um negocio legal
Eng: Oi plays Capoeira is a cool business
0:00:24 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:00:26 - A capoeira ela é luta e brincadeira
Eng: Capoeira is fighting and playing
0:00:27 - não importa se é ligeira se angola ou regional
Eng: it doesn't matter if it is mild if angola or regional
0:00:30 - A capoeira tem madinga tem rasteira
Eng: Capoeira has madinga has rasteira
0:00:32 - você planta bananeira
Eng: you plant banana tree
0:00:33 - você ginga e da mortal
Eng: you swing and the deadly
0:00:34 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:00:36 - jogar Capoeira è um negocio legal
Eng: play capoeira and play berimbau
0:00:38 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:00:39 - Oi joga Capoeira è um negocio legal
Eng: Oi plays Capoeira is a cool business
0:00:41 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:00:43 - jogar capoeira e tocar berimbau
Eng: play capoeira and play berimbau
0:00:45 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:00:47 - A capoeira essa luta brasileira de malicia e brincadeira
Eng: Capoeira she is fighting and playing
0:00:50 - Pois eu nunca vi igual
Eng: Cause I've never seen it
0:00:51 - na capoeira você joga bate palma
Eng: in capoeira you play clap
0:00:53 - você canta ladainha, Ainda toca berimbau
Eng: you sing ladainha, still play berimbau
0:00:55 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:00:57 - jogar capoeira e tocar berimbau
Eng: play capoeira and play berimbau
0:00:59 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:01:01 - Oi joga Capoeira è um negocio legal
Eng: Oi plays Capoeira is a cool business
0:01:03 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:01:05 - jogar capoeira e tocar berimbau
Eng: play capoeira and play berimbau
0:01:07 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:01:08 - A capoeira ela é luta e brincadeira
Eng: Capoeira she is fighting and playing
0:01:11 - não importa se é ligeira se angola ou regional
Eng: it doesn't matter if it is mild if angola or regional
0:01:13 - A capoeira tem madinga tem rasteira
Eng: Capoeira has madinga has rasteira
0:01:14 - você planta bananeira
Eng: you plant banana tree
0:01:15 - você ginga e da mortal
Eng: you swing and the deadly
0:01:16 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:01:18 - jogar capoeira e tocar berimbau
Eng: play capoeira and play berimbau
0:01:20 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:01:22 - Oi joga Capoeira è um negocio legal
Eng: Oi plays Capoeira is a cool business
0:01:24 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:01:26 - jogar capoeira e tocar berimbau
Eng: play capoeira and play berimbau
0:01:28 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:01:30 - A capoeira essa luta brasileira de malicia e brincadeira
Eng: Capoeira she is fighting and playing
0:01:33 - Pois eu nunca vi igual
Eng: Cause I've never seen it
0:01:34 - na capoeira você joga bate palma
Eng: in capoeira you play clap
0:01:35 - você canta ladainha, Ainda toca berimbau
Eng: you sing ladainha, still play berimbau
0:01:38 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:01:39 - jogar capoeira e tocar berimbau
Eng: play capoeira and play berimbau
0:01:41 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:01:43 - Oi joga Capoeira è um negocio legal
Eng: Oi plays Capoeira is a cool business
0:01:45 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:01:47 - jogar capoeira e tocar berimbau
Eng: play capoeira and play berimbau
0:01:49 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:01:51 - Oi joga Capoeira è um negocio legal
Eng: Oi plays Capoeira is a cool business
0:01:53 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:01:55 - jogar capoeira e tocar berimbau
Eng: play capoeira and play berimbau
0:01:57 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:01:59 - Oi joga Capoeira è um negocio legal
Eng: Oi plays Capoeira is a cool business
0:02:01 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
0:02:02 - Oi joga Capoeira è um negocio legal
Eng: Oi plays Capoeira is a cool business
0:02:05 - É Legal É Legal
Eng: It's Cool It's Cool
History and sentiment behind song
The word legal (lay-GAU) has a double meaning in Portuguese. It means "legal" as in "not against the law" which is interesting because capoeira used to be illegal. The Brazilian Penal Code of 1890 prescribed two to six months in prison as a punishment for practicing capoeira or deportation for foreigners. But legal in colloquial Brazilian Portuguese also means "great," "cool," or "sweet".
