Composer: Zito Borborema
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Vou cantar baião inté amanhiçá
Quero ver no fim no que é vai dar
Se houver saceiro não peço socorro
Neste baião doido
Hoje eu mato ou morro
Nunca me aperto se há confusão
Com três dedos de cana resolvo a questão
Sou meio aluado vim de pá quebrada
Quando bato o prego a ponta sai virada
Quando o burro manca precisa ferrar
Cabra saliente precisa apanhar
Nasci na caatinga vim do pajeú
Sou mais ouriçado do que caititu
Mas olhe quando amarro burro
Prendo a barrigueira
Não procuro o umbu em pé de goiabeira
Sou de boa paz se não me atiçar
Quem mexe em mato conde mangagá pode ferrar
Translation
I'll sing baião until dawn
I want to see what it will lead to in the end
If there's trouble, I won't ask for help
In this crazy baião
Today I kill or die
I never get stressed if there's trouble
With three fingers of sugarcane liquor, I solve the issue
I'm a bit crazy, I came from a broken shovel
When I hammer the nail, the point comes out turned
When the donkey limps, it needs shoeing
A cheeky guy needs a beating
I was born in the caatinga, I came from the Pajeú
I'm pricklier than a caititu
But look, when I tie up a donkey
I fasten the girth
I don't look for umbu on a guava tree
I'm peaceful if they don't provoke me
Whoever messes in the woods, the mangangá wasp can sting
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