Arrancado de Lá Luanda (Quando Eu Venho de Luanda)
Mestre Toni Vargas
Torn from Luanda (When I Come from Luanda)
When I come from Luanda I don't come alone
When I come from Luanda I don't come alone
When I come from Luanda I don't come alone (chorus)
When I come from Luanda I don't come alone (chorus)
I bring my tired body, bitter heart
Longing that hurts
When I come from Luanda I don't come alone
When I come from Luanda I don't come alone
When I come from Luanda I don't come alone (chorus)
When I come from Luanda I don't come alone (chorus)
I was betrayed, brought in cowardice
If it were an honest fight, no one would bring me from there
I carried the night on my skin, the moonlight shines in my mouth
I bring the strength and magic, the presence of the orixás
When I come from Luanda I don't come alone
When I come from Luanda I don't come alone
When I come from Luanda I don't come alone (chorus)
When I come from Luanda I don't come alone (chorus)
I carry burning on my back the weight of this evil
I carry echoing in my chest the cry for freedom
It's the cry of a noble race, the cry of a warrior race
It's the cry of the black race, the cry of capoeira
When I come from Luanda I don't come alone
When I come from Luanda I don't come alone
When I come from Luanda I don't come alone (chorus)
When I come from Luanda I don't come alone (chorus)
