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Here Comes Brazil Going Down the Hill

Moraes Moreira

Lá Vem o Brasil Descendo a Ladeira

Quem desce do morro
E não morre no asfalto
Lá vem o Brasil
Descendo a ladeira

Na bola, no samba
Na sola, no salto
Lá vem o Brasil
Descendo a ladeira

Da sua escola é passista
De primeira
Lá vem o Brasil
Descendo a ladeira

No equilíbrio da lata
Não é brincadeira
Lá vem o Brasil
Descendo a ladeira

E toda a cidade
Que andava quieta
Naquela madrugada
Acordou mais cedo

Arriscando um verso
Gritou o poeta
Respondeu o povo
Num samba sem medo

E enquanto a mulata
Em pleno movimento
Com tanta cadência
Descia a ladeira

A todos mostrava
Naquele momento
A força que tem
A mulher brasileira

Here Comes Brazil Going Down the Hill

Who comes down from the hill
And doesn't die on the asphalt
Here comes Brazil
Going down the hill

In the ball, in the samba
In the sole, in the jump
Here comes Brazil
Going down the hill

From your school is a top-notch
Passista
Here comes Brazil
Going down the hill

In the balance of the can
It's no joke
Here comes Brazil
Going down the hill

And the whole city
That was quiet
In that early morning
Woke up earlier

Risking a verse
The poet shouted
The people answered
In a fearless samba

And while the mulatta
In full movement
With so much cadence
Went down the hill

She showed everyone
In that moment
The strength that
The Brazilian woman has

Escrita por: Moraes Moreira / Pepeu Gomes