Tumba La É Ca

Lyrics, Translations, Music Video and Song Meaning

Tumba La É Ca



Song Lyrics

0:00:01 - Eu vi a luta, eu tava la

Eng: I saw the fight, I was there

0:00:04 - Eu vi a luta, eu tava la

Eng: I saw the fight, I was there

0:00:06 - Dois guerreiros se pegando dentro do canavial

Eng: Two warriors fighting beneath the reeds

0:00:10 - Eu vi a luta, eu tava la

Eng: I saw the fight, I was there

0:00:14 - Eu vi a luta, eu tava la

Eng: I saw the fight, I was there

0:00:16 - Dois guerreiros se pegando dentro do canavial

Eng: Two warriors fighting beneath the reeds

0:00:20 - Eu vi a luta, eu tava la

Eng: I saw the fight, I was there

0:00:24 - Eu vi a luta, eu tava la

Eng: I saw the fight, I was there

0:00:26 - Dois guerreiros se pegando dentro do canavial

Eng: Two warriors fighting beneath the reeds

0:00:30 - Eu vi a luta, eu tava la

Eng: I saw the fight, I was there

0:00:33 - Eu vi a luta, eu tava la

Eng: I saw the fight, I was there

0:00:36 - Dois guerreiros se pegando dentro do canavial

Eng: Two warriors fighting beneath the reeds

0:00:39 - Lutava Maculelê na terra do Manganga

Eng: They fought maculele in the land of Manganga

0:00:43 - Um gritava para o outro

Eng: One yelled to the other

0:00:46 - Tumba ê caboclo

Eng: the conga (rhythm) is of caboclo

0:00:48 - Tumba la é ca

Eng: Beat the conga there and here

0:00:49 - E tumba ê guerreiro

Eng: the conga is of warriors

0:00:51 - Tumba la é ca

Eng: Beat the conga there and here

0:00:52 - E tumba ê Popo

Eng: The conga is of Popó

0:00:54 - Tumba la é ca

Eng: Beat the conga there and here

0:00:56 - E nao me deixe so

Eng: Don't leave me alone

0:00:58 - Tumba la é ca

Eng: Beat the conga there and here

0:00:59 - Tumba e caboclo

Eng: the conga (rhythm) is of caboclo

0:01:01 - Tumba la é ca

Eng: Beat the conga there and here

0:01:02 - E tumba ê santamar

0:01:04 - Tumba la é ca

Eng: Beat the conga there and here

0:01:05 - E tumba ê Popo

Eng: The conga is of Popó

0:01:07 - Tumba la é ca

Eng: Beat the conga there and here

0:01:09 - E nao me deixe so

Eng: Don't leave me alone

0:01:11 - Tumba la é ca

Eng: Beat the conga there and here


History and sentiment behind song

In the song caboclo refers to a person of mixed Indigenous Brazilian and European ancestry and the word popó refers to the nickname of a person.


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