Tu Tu Tu Tupi

Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu
Tupi Tupi Tupi Tupi Tu-tupi (cuckoo) Tu-tupi (cuckoo)

Everyone's got
A little bit of Indian
Inside of them
Inside of them

Everyone speaks
The language of the Indian
Tupi Guarani
Tupi Guarani

And the old chief used to say
There are things we know
And don’t know we knew

And oh and oh

The Indian walked through Brazil
Named everything he saw
If the Indian named it, it’s named!
If the Indian said it, it’s said!
If the Indian shook it
It’s shaken!
And oh and oh

Shake the rattle
Shake the rattle
Let’s shake it
Let’s shake it
Shake the rattle
Shake the rattle
That Indian’s gonna speak

Jabuticaba Caju Passionfruit
Popcorn Cassava Pineapple
It’s all Tupi
Tupi Guarani

Anteater Vulture Jabiru
Jaracaca Boa
Armadillo
Tu Tu Tu
It’s all Tupi
Tupi Guarani

Macaw Toucan Araponga Piranha
Frog Marmoset Turtle Alligator
Alligator Alligator
Who knows what it is?
The one who looks sideways
Is it or isn’t it?

If the Indian said it, it’s said!
If the Indian shook it
It’s shaken!
And oh and oh

Maranhão Maceió
Macapá Marajó
Paraná Paraíba
Pernambuco Piauí
Jundiaí Morumbi Curitiba Parati
It’s all Tupi
Butantã Tremembé Tatuapé
Tatuapé Tatuapé
Who knows what it is?
Path of the Armadillo

Tu Tu Tu Tu
Everyone's got
A little bit of Indian
Inside of them
Inside of them
Everyone speaks
The language of the Indian
Tupi Guarani
Tupi Guarani
Hey oh hey oh, hey oh hey oh
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