Permiso Que Llego Van Van

Permission, Here Comes Van Van

Permiso Que Llego Van Van

Eje or my fatherEje o mi baba
Ochu Obatala YemayaOchu obatala yemaya
Chango Oggun OyaChango oggun oya
But the owners are IfaPero los dueños son ifa
And there's nothing elseY no hay más na'

These are the chantsSon estos los cantos
Oh, the saints are singingAy que los santos están cantando
To the Van Van who are celebratingA los van van que están celebrando
Their thirtieth birthday... And they're still hereSus treinta cumpleaños... Y siguen ahí

Eje or my fatherEje o mi baba
Ochu Obatala YemayaOchu obatala yemaya
Chango Oggun OyaChango oggun oya
But the owners are IfaPero los dueños son ifa
And there's nothing elseY no hay más na'

December number fourDiciembre número cuatro
Of the year 69 Van Van hitDel año 69 pegó van van
And still in 9..9 they're hittingY todavía en el 9..9 siguen pegaó
Gentlemen, until whenCaballero hasta cuando
And suddenly some Congo wizardsY de repente unos brujos congo
Took us to the mountainNos llevaron pa´l monte
They turned us into chameleonsNos convirtieron en camaleones
Into hawks, hutias, and ferretsEn gavilanes, jutías y hurones
And an iroko tree broke the spellY un iroco rompió el hechizo
Clarifying what happenedAclarando lo sucedido
It was that the mountains wantedEra que los montes querían
To give us as a giftDarnos como regalo
A staff to open pathsUn garabato pa' abrir caminos
Those are sticksEsos son palos

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Permission, here comes Van Van, permissionPermiso que llego van van, permiso

I ask for permission to enter your heartPido permiso para entrar en tu corazón
Once again... and show you my qualityUna vez mas...y demostrarte mi calidad
That here it isQue aqui si hay.

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Permission, here comes Van Van, permissionPermiso que llego van van, permiso

Now yes... with my Van Van don't scold yourselfAhora si...con mi van van no te reprendas
That my Van Van is the legend you seeQue mi van van es la leyenda tu ve´

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Permission, here comes Van Van, permissionPermiso que llego van van, permiso

Look... and this is to dance it, this is to enjoy itMira...y esto pa´que lo baile, esto pa´que lo gose
For your soul to beat and with my feeling tomorrowPa´que te palpite el alma y con mi sentimiento malana

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Permission, here comes Van Van, permissionPermiso que llego van van, permiso

From night to morning, that's why listen nowDe la noche a la mañana, por eso escucha ahora
Get out of the way I tell you, here comes the trainQuitate de la via te digo, que hay viene el tren

Move aside, for me to take over... move aside, move asideQuitate tu, pa´ ponerme yo...quitate, quitate
I am Van Van, and that's itYo soy van van, y nama´

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Van Van are Lucumi black, be careful... be carefulVan van son negro lucumi cuidao...ten cuidao´

Be careful, be careful, be careful, be carefulCuidao´, cuidao´, cuidao´, cuidadito

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Van Van are Lucumi black, be careful... be carefulVan van son negro lucumi cuidao...ten cuidao´

Look... and don't mess with my little black oneMira...y no te meta con mi negrito´
Because those blacks are prepared and highPor que eso negro´ estan preparao´ y volao´

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Van Van are Lucumi black, be careful... be carefulVan van son negro lucumi cuidao...ten cuidao´

And as if that wasn't enough, now in the orchestraY como si fuera poco, ahora ya en la orquesta
I have... two babalao'Tengo..dos babalao´

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Van Van are Lucumi black, be careful... be carefulVan van son negro lucumi cuidao...ten cuidao´

And I repeat it like this... be careful, be careful, be careful, be carefulY te repito asi...cuidao´, cuidao´, cuidao´, cuidadito

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Van Van are Lucumi black, be careful... be carefulVan van son negro lucumi cuidao...ten cuidao´

There it is, there it is, there it is...Ahi nama´, ahi nama´, ahi nama´...

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Van Van are Lucumi black, be careful... be careful (x3)Van van son negro lucumi cuidao...ten cuidao´(x3)

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Look back, look to the sidesMira pa' atrás mira pa' los lados'