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Luiz Gonzaga

Erva RasteiraCreeping Herb

Luiz Gonzaga · Juntos Together (1992)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga

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Full lyrics

Erva rasteira, erva rasteira

Erva rasteira, erva rasteira


Erva rasteira nasceu pra ser pisada

Nasce, cresce e morre bem embaixo

Mas o homem que é homem de valor

Jamais se propõe a ser capacho


Erva rasteira nasceu pra ser pisada

Nasce, cresce e morre bem embaixo

Mas o homem que é homem de valor

Jamais se propõe a ser capacho


É covarde é aquele que caído

Não tenta jamais se levantar

Sente em si tantos pés feridos

Sem lamento se deixa acomodar


Se um dia ele tenta abrir a boca

Se vê sem direito de falar

Seu destino é viver bem rente ao chão

Até que ele venha a lhe tragar


Erva rasteira, erva rasteira

Erva rasteira, erva rasteira


Erva rasteira é que pode ser pisada

Mas descuido ela paga com espinho

O homem que é homem de valor

Se levanta e conquista seu caminho


Erva rasteira é que pode ser pisada

Mas descuido ela paga com espinho

O homem que é homem de valor

Se levanta e conquista seu caminho


Erva rasteira, erva rasteira

Erva rasteira, erva rasteira

Erva rasteira, erva rasteira

Translation

Creeping plant, creeping plant

Creeping plant, creeping plant


A creeping plant is born to be stepped on

It's born, grows, and dies right underneath

But a man who is a man of value

Never proposes to be a doormat


A creeping plant is born to be stepped on

It's born, grows, and dies right underneath

But a man who is a man of value

Never proposes to be a doormat


A coward is he who, having fallen

Never tries to get up

Feels so many wounded feet within himself

Without lament, allows himself to settle


If one day he tries to open his mouth

He finds himself without the right to speak

His destiny is to live very close to the ground

Until it comes to swallow him


Creeping plant, creeping plant

Creeping plant, creeping plant


A creeping plant can be stepped on

But carelessness it pays with a thorn

The man who is a man of value

Gets up and conquers his path


A creeping plant can be stepped on

But carelessness it pays with a thorn

The man who is a man of value

Gets up and conquers his path


Creeping plant, creeping plant

Creeping plant, creeping plant

Creeping plant, creeping plant

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