É Legal
Song Lyrics
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É Legal, É Legal
jogar capoeira e tocar berimbau
É Legal, É Legal
Oi joga Capoeira è um negocio legal
A capoeira ela é luta e brincadeira
não importa se é ligeira se angola ou regional
A capoeira tem madinga tem rasteira
você planta bananeira
você ginga e da mortal
É Legal, É Legal
jogar capoeira e tocar berimbau (bis)
É Legal, É Legal
Oi joga Capoeira è um negocio legal
A capoeira essa luta brasileira de malicia e brincadeira
Pois eu nunca vi igual
na capoeira você joga bate palma
você canta ladainha, Ainda toca berimbau
É Legal, É Legal
jogar capoeira e tocar berimbau
English Translation
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It's Cool, It's Cool
play capoeira and play berimbau
It's Cool, It's Cool
Oi plays Capoeira is a cool business
Capoeira she is fighting and playing
it doesn't matter if it is mild if angola or regional
Capoeira has madinga has rasteira
you banana plant
you swing and the deadly
It's Cool, It's Cool
play capoeira and play berimbau (bis)
It's Cool, It's Cool
Oi plays Capoeira is a cool business
Capoeira this Brazilian fight of malice and play
Cause I've never seen it
in capoeira you play clap
you sing ladainha, still play berimbau
It's Cool, It's Cool
play capoeira and play berimbau
History and sentiment behind song
The word legal (lay-GAU) has a double meaning in Portuguese. It means "legal" as in "not against the law" which is interesting because capoeira used to be illegal. The Brazilian Penal Code of 1890 prescribed two to six months in prison as a punishment for practicing capoeira or deportation for foreigners. But legal in colloquial Brazilian Portuguese also means "great," "cool," or "sweet".
