Rock 'n' Roll

Long time ago, in old Bahia
I imitated Little Richard and twisted
People would step back thinking
I was having an epileptic
Fit (an epileptic fit)

At Vila Velha theater,
Old concept of morality
New shit for university students,
Sophisticated, intellectual
Oxalá, oxum dendê oxossi of I don't know
What. (of I don't know what)

Oh, rock'n'roll, yeah, yeah, yeah,
That's rock'n'roll

The carriage kept moving and a decade later
People said indecency was the same
As beans and rice
I couldn't appear on television
Because my band had a
Swear word name (swear word name)

And inside the dressing room in the heat
The ladies approaching
Highly succulent dishes
And by my side a hippie punk
Calling me a traitor to the movement
(see if I can take it)
(Traitor to the movement)

Oh, rock'n'roll, yeah, yeah, yeah,
that's rock'n'roll

Some say it's boring
Others say it's banal
They already put it in commercials
Background of a commercial
But it still twists my
Cervical spine (cervical spine)

Ecclesiastes already said
Two thousand years ago
Under the sun there's nothing new
Don't be foolish my boy
But I've never seen Beethoven do
What Chuck Berry does
(Chuck Berry does)

Roll over Beethoven, roll over Beethoven,
Roll over Beethoven,
Tell Tchaikovsky the news

And to finish this talk
I just wanted to say
That it doesn't matter the accent
But the way of doing
Because I've long realized that
Genival Lacerda has to do
with Elvis and Jerry Lee (Elvis and Jerry Lee)

Around here the bells toll,
That's not so bad
Because if they are death bells
They haven't rung for me yet
And until my time comes
I'll go with it to the end
(with it to the end)

Oh, Rock'n'roll, yeah, yeah, yeah...