Rei do Café

For the lord cattle king
Here goes my answer
What I think about you
I don't say behind your back
You left the bar
Without hearing my answer
Know that this servant of yours
Is not afraid of a bet
If I win, what's the advantage?
And losing, nobody likes

What the dandy said
Was not endorsed by me
If I wanted to offend you
I wouldn't send you a message
Who messes with a hornet
Should expect the outcome
I believe you forget
My friend, cattle king
That a king to be king
Needs to be very polite

It's something I find ugly
A rich man making a fuss
I'm not ashamed to tell you
That I used to be a cowboy in Goiás
I've ridden wild donkeys
Even backwards
If I take off my shirt
On my chest I show signs
Of a Cuiabá ox horn
In the Pantanal region

When I see a coffee plantation
In the dust of a cattle drive
I'm proud to be an immigrant
In this blessed land
I've also drunk cachaça
Driving cattle down
If Brazil's balance
Is threatened by coffee
I'll cut down my coffee plantations
Turn everything into pasture

Stop betting, friend
Don't take a wrong step
Let's fight shoulder to shoulder
For this blessed land
Although I'm a foreigner
I want to be buried here
Where the green gold sprouts
Our famous coffee
That brings glory to Brazil
Beyond the border on the other side