Sou Carioca, Sou do Rio de Janeiro

I'm a Carioca, I'm from Rio de Janeiro

I'm feeling
Focused
I'm thinking
Thinking about what?
About Rio de Janeiro
In Rio de Janeiro, in January, in January
I'm a Carioca, I'm from Rio de Janeiro
And our Rio is not just March and February
There's pagode all year round
Hello big pagode group
Hello Cacique de Ramos
People from Terreirão
Martinho, is sambanejo samba?
It's Gabriel, it's relative (there are controversies)
But it's not the same, hello Fundo de Quintal
Few preserve traditional samba
It's roots, it's original music
It's Rio de Janeiro, it's the whole world, it's Brazil
But some jerks come to tell me that good samba disappeared
It fell, it fell on April 1st...
May, June, July, August
September - Save the children
October - It's heating up
November - it's hot
December - it's summer
January - forty degrees
February - it's carnival
And hail Banda de Ipanema!
And Cordão do Bola Preta
It's carnival...
Then comes Ash Wednesday, how cool
Ah... Cool?
(But Lent in the hill is colorful)
Yes Gabriel. Results of the parades...
What else?, opening of the envelopes, (ten, ten), scoldings, celebrations...
Is there more?
Free beer at the champions' courts
And on Friday?
There's the Cremation Ball
It's the Devil's Ball
In the middle of Lent
What a sin...
No sin
God forgives
God forgives because God is a Carioca
He's a Carioca, he's a Carioca, he's a Carioca
Jesus Christ is a Carioca...
Oh! I remembered Candelária
(And the Vicar) General... Oh Jesus!
Christ the Redeemer
Arms wide open...
Jesus Christ is a Carioca namesake
Is he?
Oh!... now you confused me
Here there's massacre
(it's the beast, it's the beast...)
Lynching, kidnapping, robbery...
Yes, there are kids, beggars, smugglers, drug dealers
Police, thief, potholed streets... Lack of sanitation
Lack of transportation, lack of general conditions, lack of education, health
Bread and security for adults, for children
This city is chaos
Whoever talks makes it worse...
It gets worse but doesn't lie
The Carioca lives dangerously...
Calm down, calm down, calm down
And it's not just here...
You said it right namesake!
At least around here (?) when everything calms down
There's a sparkling blonde beer
Soda
Chopinho is our thing
Caipirinha is our thing
Angu à baiana, feijoada...
And the mocotó? (what a thing!)
Steak with fries...
Oxtail with watercress
Good woman is here
Ah!... Hold on, hold on
Good woman is everywhere...
And the guy... there
Sword!
Got it
But they all end up coming here,
Gabriel (Better)
If you Carioca (come on)
Get the swing, the rhythm in the walk, it's beauty...
And ugly woman?
There's no ugly woman who's a good person
Woman is like the moon
(Say it)
If chubby, if plump, if waning, if waxing
If she's young, very skinny
There's always something attractive...
You said it all...
Brazilian woman, Brazilian citizen
And dumb woman?
Oh... Don't talk to me about dumb women
It doesn't matter if she's hot, it doesn't matter if she's pretty
If she's blonde, if she's brunette, if she's dark-skinned
Dumb people irritate me
Oh, I got irritated, bye
Me too, bye
(I'm... out of here, out of here...)
Hold on Martinho, where are you going?
I'm... to Vila Isabel
Oh, I was born there...
Yay, Yay (Who's born in Vila...)
Then come with us, namesake
We'll find some smart women...
Ah!... suddenly the good humor is coming back...
And we'll talk about our city...
I'm a Carioca, I'm from Rio de Janeiro
From Rio de Janeiro, in January, in January...
I'm feeling
Focused
I'm thinking