Nego Maluco Lyrics Translation in English

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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Eu tava jogando vinte e um

I was playing twenty-one

Um nego maluco apareceu

A crazy guy appeared

Vinha com um baita de um rádio no colo

Carrying a huge radio on his lap

Tocando um samba a mil

Playing a samba at full blast

E dizia pro povo que o samba era meu

And telling the people that the samba was mine


Pintou saia justa no salão

An awkward situation arose in the hall

Por culpa daquele fariseu

Because of that Pharisee

Dando, batendo no mesmo bordão

Repeating, hitting the same note

Toma aqui, toma aqui

Take it here, take it here

Toma que o samba é teu

Take it because the samba is yours


Sou da banda do jazz

I'm from the jazz band

Ganzá jamais me apeteceu

I never liked the Ganzá

Não conheço o rapaz

I don't know the guy

Tenho família e esse samba não é meu

I have a family, and this samba is not mine

Added by Teresa Costa
Beira, Mozambique September 6, 2024
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