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São Bento Me Chama, São Bento Me Quer
Oô… São Bento me chama
Oh Sownh BEHNH-tooh meeh SHAH-mah
Oh... Sao Bento calls me
Oô… São Bento me quer
Oh Sownh BEHNH-tooh meeh kehrh
Oh... Sao Bento wants me
Oô… São Bento me chama
Oh Sownh BEHNH-tooh meeh SHAH-mah
Oh... Sao Bento calls me
Oô… Capoeira me quer
Oh... Sao Bento wants me
Oh... Capoeira wants me
(coro/chorus)
Oô… São Bento me chama
Oh Sownh BEHNH-tooh meeh SHAH-mah
Oh... Sao Bento calls me
Oô… São Bento me quer
Oh Sownh BEHNH-tooh meeh kehrh
Oh... Sao Bento wants me
Oô… São Bento me chama
Oh Sownh BEHNH-tooh meeh SHAH-mah
Oh... Sao Bento calls me
Oô… Capoeira me quer
Oh... Sao Bento wants me
Oh... Capoeira wants me
Berimbau, reco reco
Beeh-reehnh-BOW, HEH-kooh HEH-kooh
Berimbau, reco reco
Pandeiro, atabaque, agogô
Pahn-DEY-rooh, ah-tah-BAH-keeh, ah-goh-GOH
Pandeiro atabaque agogô
Caxixí chiando mansinho
Kah-sheeh-SHEEH sheeh-AHN-dooh mahn-SEEHNH-yooh
Caxixi hissing softly
Capoeira me chama que eu vou
Kah-pooh-EY-rah meeh SHAH-mah keeh eh/ooh voh
Capoeira calls me that I go
Me chama..
Meeh SHAH-mah
He calls me
(coro/chorus)
Oô… São Bento me chama
Oh Sownh BEHNH-tooh meeh SHAH-mah
Oh... Sao Bento calls me
Oô… São Bento me quer
Oh Sownh BEHNH-tooh meeh kehrh
Oh... Sao Bento wants me
Oô… São Bento me chama
Oh Sownh BEHNH-tooh meeh SHAH-mah
Oh... Sao Bento calls me
Oô… Capoeira me quer
Oh... Sao Bento wants me
Oh... Capoeira wants me
Capoeira é pra homem
Kah-pooh-EY-rah eh/ah prah OH-mehnh
Capoeira is for man
Pra menino e pra mulher
Prah meh-NEEHNH-nooh eeh prah mooh-LYEHRH
For kid and women
Capoeira é pra todo mundo
Kah-pooh-EY-rah eh/ah prah TOH-dooh MOOHN-dooh
Capoeira is to everyone
Mas nem todo mundo a capoeira quer
mahs nehnh TOH-dooh MOOHN-dooh ah kah-pooh-EY-rah kehrh
But not everyone capoeira wants
(coro/chorus)
Oô… São Bento me chama
Oh Sownh BEHNH-tooh meeh SHAH-mah
Oh... Sao Bento calls me
Oô… São Bento me quer
Oh Sownh BEHNH-tooh meeh kehrh
Oh... Sao Bento wants me
Oô… São Bento me chama
Oh Sownh BEHNH-tooh meeh SHAH-mah
Oh... Sao Bento calls me
Oô… Capoeira me quer
Oh... Sao Bento wants me
Oh... Capoeira wants me
Capoeira é luta nossa
Kah-pooh-EY-rah eh/ah LOOH-tah NOH-sah
Capoeira is our fight
É cultura popular
Eh/ah koohl-TOOH-rah poh-pooh-LAHRH
It is a popular culture
É herança dos escravos
Eh/ah eh-RAHN-sah doos ehs-KRAH-voos
It is an inheritance of the slaves
É um geito de se mandingar
Eh/ah oohnh ZHEY-tooh deeh seeh mahn-deehnh-GAHRH
It is a way to mandinga
(coro/chorus)
Oô… São Bento me chama
Oh Sownh BEHNH-tooh meeh SHAH-mah
Oh... Sao Bento calls me
Oô… São Bento me quer
Oh Sownh BEHNH-tooh meeh kehrh
Oh... Sao Bento wants me
Oô… São Bento me chama
Oh Sownh BEHNH-tooh meeh SHAH-mah
Oh... Sao Bento calls me
Oô… Capoeira me quer
Oh... Sao Bento wants me
Oh... Capoeira wants me