Vieram Três Pra Bater No Negro

Three came to beat the black man
Three came to beat the black man
They brought a knife, a club, and a machete
They brought a knife, a club, and a machete
You don’t know what the black man can do
You don’t know what the black man can do
Switch your hands for your feet and your feet for your hands
Switch your hands for your feet and your feet for your hands
Switch your hands for your feet and your feet for your hands
Switch your hands for your feet and your feet for your hands
Slap in the face, trip on the ground
Slap in the face, trip on the ground
You don’t know what the black man can do
You don’t know what the black man can do

Switch your hands for your feet
Your feet for your hands
Switch your hands for your feet
Your feet for your hands
Switch your hands for your feet
Your feet for your hands
Switch your hands for your feet
Your feet for your hands

Nineteen sixty-three
Nineteen sixty-three
There was a scene that gave chills
There was a scene that gave chills
The cops breaking down the heels
The cops breaking down the heels
I want to drink a bottle of rum to fall asleep
I want to drink a bottle of rum to fall asleep (chorus)

Capoeira
Oh lelê (chorus)
Capoeira
Oh lalá (chorus)
Capoeira
Oh lelê (chorus)
Lelê lelê lelê lalá

Capoeira
Oh lelê (chorus)
Hey, capoeira
Oh lalá (chorus)
Capoeira
Oh lelê (chorus)
Lelê lelê lelê lalá

I want to live in this life a big transformation
To play capoeira around the world
And spread myself on the ground
Capoeira with good friends
Capoeira from the heart
Capoeira for the rest of the world
We are all brothers

Capoeira
Oh lelê (chorus)
Capoeira
Oh lalá (chorus)
Capoeira
Oh lelê (chorus)
Lelê lelê lelê lalá

There are four things in this world
There are four things in this world
That make my heart race
It’s a house [?]
It’s a horse neighing
It’s a boy crying
It’s a jealous woman
I’ll find a way for all of this