Gilberto Gil — Tradição song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Tradição" by Gilberto Gil.
Lyrics
Conheci uma garota que era do Barbalho
Uma garota do barulho
Namorava um rapaz que era muito inteligente
Um rapaz muito diferente
Inteligente no jeito de pongar no bonde
E diferente pelo tipo
De camisa aberta e certa calça americana
Arranjada de contrabando
E sair do banco e, desbancando, despongar do bonde
Sempre rindo e sempre cantando
Sempre lindo e sempre, sempre, sempre, sempre, sempre
Sempre rindo e sempre cantando
Conheci essa garota que era do Barbalho
Essa garota do barulho
No tempo que Lessa era goleiro do Bahia
Um goleiro, uma garantia
No tempo que a turma ia procurar porrada
Na base da vã valentia
No tempo que preto não entrava no Bahiano
Nem pela porta da cozinha
Conheci essa garota que era do Barbalho
No lotação de Liberdade
Que passava pelo ponto dos Quinze Mistérios
Indo do bairro pra cidade
Pra cidade, quer dizer, pro Largo do Terreiro
Pra onde todo mundo ia
Todo dia, todo dia, todo santo dia
Eu, minha irmã e minha tia
No tempo quem governava era Antonio Balbino
No tempo que eu era menino
Menino que eu era e veja que eu já reparava
Numa garota do Barbalho
Reparava tanto que acabei já reparando
No rapaz que ela namorava
Reparei que o rapaz era muito inteligente
Um rapaz muito diferente
Inteligente no jeito de pongar no bonde
E diferente pelo tipo
De camisa aberta e certa calça americana
Arranjada de contrabando
E sair do banco e, desbancando, despongar do bonde
Sempre rindo e sempre cantando
Sempre lindo e sempre, sempre, sempre, sempre, sempre
Sempre rindo e sempre cantando
Lyrics translation
I met a girl who was from the Barbalho
A girl from the noise
I dated a boy who was very smart
A very different boy
Smart no way to put on the tram
And different by type
Open shirt and certain American pants
Smuggled
And get out of the bank and, debunking, get off the tram
Always laughing and always singing
Always beautiful and always, always, always, always, always
Always laughing and always singing
I met this girl who was from the Barbalho
This girl from the noise
At the time Lessa was Goalkeeper of Bahia
A goalkeeper, a guarantee
In the time that the class was going to look for beat
On the basis of vain courage
In the time that Black did not enter the Bahian
Not even through the kitchen door
I met this girl who was from the Barbalho
In the stocking of freedom
That passed through the point of the fifteen mysteries
Going from the neighborhood to the city
For the city, I mean, Pro Largo do Terreiro
Where everyone was going
Every day, every day, every holy day
Me, my sister and my aunt
At the time who ruled was Antonio Balbino
In the time I was a boy
Boy I was and see that I already noticed
On a Barbalho girl
I noticed so much that I ended up already noticing
In the boy she dated
I noticed the boy was very smart.
A very different boy
Smart no way to put on the tram
And different by type
Open shirt and certain American pants
Smuggled
And get out of the bank and, debunking, get off the tram
Always laughing and always singing
Always beautiful and always, always, always, always, always
Always laughing and always singing