Preto Velho

Recited:
"Hey grandpa, this song's for you
For your time on this earth...108 years of struggle...of fight.
For everything you taught me.
From when you used to say: old black man can't take it anymore.
You said..."

Old black man wants to die... old black man can't take it anymore.
Old black man is a hundred years old... old black man never had peace.
Old black man wants to die... old black man... can't take it anymore.
Old black man is a hundred years old... old black man never had peace.
Hey... Mother Janaína (Mother Janaína)... hey my father Xangô (my father Xangô)
Old black man has gone away, capoeira cries for its creator.
Old black man has gone away, capoeira cries for its creator.
Old black man wants to die... old black man can't take it anymore.
Old black man is a hundred years old... old black man never had peace.
Old black man wants to die... old black man can't take it anymore.
Old black man is a hundred years old... old black man never had peace.
Hey Mother Janaína (Mother Janaína)... hey my father Xangô (my father Xangô).
Old black man has gone away, capoeira cries for its creator.
Old black man has gone away, capoeira cries for its creator.
Old black man wants to die... old black man can't take it anymore.
Old black man is a hundred years old... old black man never had peace.
Old black man wants to die... old black man can't take it anymore.
Old black man is a hundred years old... old black man never had peace.
Hey zambuê... hey zambuê...