Sou Mandinga Balaiada

Lyrics, Translations, Music Video and Song Meaning

Sou Mandinga Balaiada

Author: Mestre Barrão

Song Lyrics

0:26 - Fui menino, fui de rua

Eng: I was a boy, I was from the street

0:30 - Sou mandinga balaiada

Eng: I am a mandinga balaiada

0:32 - Essa é verdade nua e crua

Eng: This is the naked truth

0:33 - Fui menino

Eng: I was a boy

0:36 - Fui menino, fui de rua

Eng: I was a boy, I was from the street

0:38 - Sou mandinga balaiada

Eng: I am a mandinga balaiada

0:40 - Essa é verdade nua e crua

Eng: This is the naked truth

0:42 - Fui menino

Eng: I was a boy

0:43 - Fui menino, fui de rua

Eng: I was a boy, I was from the street

0:46 - Sou mandinga balaiada

Eng: I am a mandinga balaiada

0:48 - Essa é verdade nua e crua

Eng: This is the naked truth

0:50 - Tudo na vida tem um preço

Eng: Everything in life has a price

0:52 - Pra viver tem sue valor

Eng: To live has its value

0:54 - Nunca esqueço de onde eu vim

Eng: I never forget where I came from

0:56 - Sinto orgulho de onde estou

Eng: I'm proud of where I am

0:59 - Fui menino, fui de rua

Eng: I was a boy, I was from the street

1:03 - Sou mandinga balaiada

Eng: I am a mandinga balaiada

1:04 - Essa é verdade nua e crua

Eng: This is the naked truth

1:06 - Fui menino

Eng: I was a boy

1:07 - Fui menino, fui de rua

Eng: I was a boy, I was from the street

1:11 - Sou mandinga balaiada

Eng: I am a mandinga balaiada

1:13 - Essa é verdade nua e crua

Eng: This is the naked truth

1:15 - Agradeço ao meu Mestre

Eng: I thank my Master

1:17 - Capoeira me ensinou

Eng: Capoeira taught me

1:19 - Se na escola eu não me formei

Eng: If at school I didn't graduate

1:21 - Mas na capoeira eu sou doutor

Eng: But in capoeira I'm a doctor

1:23 - Fui menino

Eng: I was a boy

1:24 - Fui menino, fui de rua

Eng: I was a boy, I was from the street

1:27 - Sou mandinga balaiada

Eng: I am a mandinga balaiada

1:29 - Essa é verdade nua e crua

Eng: This is the naked truth

1:31 - Fui menino

Eng: I was a boy

1:32 - Fui menino, fui de rua

Eng: I was a boy, I was from the street

1:35 - Sou mandinga balaiada

Eng: I am a mandinga balaiada

1:37 - Essa é verdade nua e crua

Eng: This is the naked truth

1:40 - Na vida tudo acontece

Eng: In life everything happens

1:41 - O tempo vai o tempo vem

Eng: Time goes, time comes

1:43 - Se não fosse a capoeira

Eng: If it wasn't for capoeira

1:45 - Ai meu Deus

Eng: Oh my God

1:46 - Hoje eu não era ninguem

Eng: Today I was nobody

1:47 - Fui menino

Eng: I was a boy

1:48 - Fui menino, fui de rua

Eng: I was a boy, I was from the street

1:52 - Sou mandinga balaiada

Eng: I am a mandinga balaiada

1:54 - Essa é verdade nua e crua

Eng: This is the naked truth

1:56 - Fui menino

Eng: I was a boy

1:57 - Fui menino, fui de rua

Eng: I was a boy, I was from the street

2:00 - Sou mandinga balaiada

Eng: I am a mandinga balaiada

2:02 - Essa é verdade nua e crua

Eng: This is the naked truth

2:04 - Sou capoeira e nordestino

Eng: I am capoeira and northeastern

2:06 - Não esqueço o meu natural

Eng: Não esqueço o meu natural

2:08 - E meu corpo se arrepia

Eng: And my body get chills

2:10 - Com o toque do berimbau

Eng: With the beat of the berimbau

2:12 - Fui menino

Eng: I was a boy

2:13 - Fui menino, fui de rua

Eng: I was a boy, I was from the street

2:16 - Sou mandinga balaiada

Eng: I am a mandinga balaiada

2:18 - Essa é verdade nua e crua

Eng: This is the naked truth

2:20 - Fui menino

Eng: I was a boy

2:21 - Fui menino, fui de rua

Eng: I was a boy, I was from the street

2:24 - Sou mandinga balaiada

Eng: I am a mandinga balaiada

2:26 - Essa é verdade nua e crua

Eng: This is the naked truth

2:28 - Fui menino

Eng: I was a boy

2:29 - Fui menino, fui de rua

Eng: I was a boy, I was from the street

2:32 - Sou mandinga balaiada

Eng: I am a mandinga balaiada

2:34 - Essa é verdade nua e crua

Eng: This is the naked truth

2:36 - Fui menino

Eng: I was a boy

2:37 - Fui menino, fui de rua

Eng: I was a boy, I was from the street

2:40 - Sou mandinga balaiada

Eng: I am a mandinga balaiada

2:42 - Essa é verdade nua e crua

Eng: This is the naked truth

2:44 - Fui menino

Eng: I was a boy

2:45 - Fui menino, fui de rua

Eng: I was a boy, I was from the street

2:49 - Sou mandinga balaiada

Eng: I am a mandinga balaiada

2:51 - Essa é verdade nua e crua

Eng: This is the naked truth

2:53 - Fui menino

Eng: I was a boy

2:54 - Fui menino, fui de rua

Eng: I was a boy, I was from the street

2:57 - Sou mandinga balaiada

Eng: I am a mandinga balaiada

2:59 - Essa é verdade nua e crua

Eng: This is the naked truth

3:01 - Fui menino

Eng: I was a boy

3:02 - Fui menino, fui de rua

Eng: I was a boy, I was from the street

3:05 - Sou mandinga balaiada

Eng: I am a mandinga balaiada

3:07 - Essa é verdade nua e crua

Eng: This is the naked truth

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