Lá Na Bahia Côco De Dendê
Lyrics, Translations, Music Video and Song Meaning
Song Lyrics
0:01 - Lá na Bahia côco de dendê
Eng: In Bahia there's a coconut
0:05 - Lá na Bahia côco de dendê
Eng: In Bahia there's a coconut
0:10 - Pega devagar
Eng: Take it slow
0:11 - Com dendê
Eng: With palm
0:12 - Pega devagar
Eng: Take it slow
0:13 - Com dendê
Eng: With palm
0:14 - Pega devagar
Eng: Take it slow
0:15 - Com dendê
Eng: With palm
0:16 - Pega devagar
Eng: Take it slow
0:17 - Com dendê
Eng: With palm
0:18 - Pega devagar
Eng: Take it slow
0:19 - Com dendê
Eng: With palm
0:20 - Pega devagar
Eng: Take it slow
0:21 - Com dendê
Eng: With palm
0:22 - Lá na Bahia côco de dendê
Eng: In Bahia there's a coconut
0:26 - Lá na Bahia côco de dendê
Eng: In Bahia there's a coconut
0:29 - Pega devagar
Eng: Take it slow
0:31 - Com dendê
Eng: With palm
0:32 - Pega devagar
Eng: Take it slow
0:33 - Com dendê
Eng: With palm
0:34 - Pega devagar
Eng: Take it slow
0:35 - Com dendê
Eng: With palm
0:36 - Pega devagar
Eng: Take it slow
0:37 - Com dendê
Eng: With palm
0:38 - Pega devagar
Eng: Take it slow
History and sentiment behind song
In this song the coconut is a metaphor for someone's head. Dendê refers to a type of oil (red palm oil), but in this song it has a subtler meaning of something that is delicious but also bad for you since it is slippery (like the oil).
Dende/palms/palm oil were very significant in the everyday lives of those early Capoeiristas, and could be used as an analogy for a lot of things. Food cooked without oil is maybe lacking in flavor, not very filling, and probably burnt. Capoeira, without proper dende, would suffer the same way.
