Malandragem
Category: Corridos
Lyrics, Translations, Music Video and Song Meaning
Song Lyrics
00:03 - Malandragem só sai daqui
Eng: The trickery only leaves here
00:06 - Quando essa roda acabar
Eng: When this roda is over
00:09 - Se o meu mestre disser “Iê”
Eng: If my Master will say “Ie”
00:12 - Ou se Cavalaria tocar
Eng: Or if Cavalaria is played
00:14 - Capoeira é antiga arte
Eng: Capoeira is an old art
00:17 - Foi o negro inventando
Eng: Invented by the black
00:20 - Me diga quem é Brasileiro
Eng: Tell me who is Brazilian
00:23 - E não tem um pouco de malandro
Eng: And isn’t a little bit of a trickster
00:25 - Malandragem
Eng: Trickery
00:26 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
00:28 - Capoeira
Eng: Capoeira
00:29 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
00:31 - Na Bahia
Eng: In Bahia
00:32 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
00:34 - Na ladeira
Eng: On the hill
00:35 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
00:36 - Malandragem
Eng: Trickery
00:37 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
00:39 - Ginga do Capoeira
Eng: Capoeira Ginga
00:40 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
00:42 - Na Bahia
Eng: In Bahia
00:43 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
00:45 - Na ladeira
Eng: On the hill
00:46 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
00:48 - Malandragem
Eng: Trickery
00:49 - Ê, finge que vai mas não vai
Eng: He pretends to go but doesn’t go
00:50 - Bicho vem e eu me faço de morto
Eng: The beast comes and I play dead
00:53 - Mas se a coisa apertar
Eng: But if things get tight
00:56 - Pra Deus eu peço socorro
Eng: I ask God for help
00:59 - Entro e saio sem me machucar
Eng: I go in and out without hurting myself
01:02 - Subo e desço sem escorregar
Eng: I go up and down without slipping
01:04 - Vou louvando o criador da mandinga
Eng: I’m praising the creator of sorcery
01:07 - O malandro que inventou a ginga
Eng: The trickster who invented the ginga
01:09 - Malandragem
Eng: Trickery
01:11 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
01:12 - Capoeira
Eng: Capoeira
01:13 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
01:15 - Na Bahia
Eng: In Bahia
01:16 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
01:18 - Na ladeira
Eng: On the hill
01:19 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
01:20 - Malandragem
Eng: Trickery
01:21 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
01:23 - Capoeira
Eng: Capoeira
01:24 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
01:25 - Na ladeira
Eng: On the hill
01:27 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
01:29 - Na ladeira
Eng: On the hill
01:30 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
01:31 - Malandragem
Eng: Trickery
01:32 - O sol faz o chão esquentar
Eng: The sun makes the ground heat up
01:34 - Calma moça, chuva vem esfriar
Eng: Calm down, girl, rain comes to cool things off
01:37 - Expressão do rosto da menina
Eng: The expression on the girl’s face
01:40 - Ao saber que essa é a minha sina
Eng: Upon knowing that this is my fate
01:43 - Bato forte não devagar
Eng: I hit hard, not slowly
01:45 - Cuidado quando se levantar
Eng: Be careful when you get up
01:48 - Berimbau já fez sua cantiga
Eng: The berimbau has sung its song
01:51 - Coração me impulsa pra cima
Eng: My heart propels me upward
01:53 - E a malandragem
Eng: And the trickery
01:54 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
01:56 - Capoeira
Eng: Capoeira
01:57 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
01:59 - Na Bahia
Eng: In Bahia
02:00 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
02:02 - Na ladeira
Eng: On the hill
02:03 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
02:04 - Malandragem
Eng: Trickery
02:05 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
02:07 - Capoeira
Eng: Capoeira
02:08 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
02:09 - Na Bahia
Eng: In Bahia
02:11 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
02:12 - Na ladeira
Eng: On the hill
02:14 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
02:15 - Malandragem
Eng: Trickery
02:16 - Ê, finge que vai mas não vai
Eng: He pretends to go but doesn’t go
02:18 - Bicho vem e eu me faço de morto
Eng: The beast comes and I play dead
02:21 - Mas se a coisa apertar
Eng: But if things get tight
02:24 - Pra Deus eu peço socorro
Eng: I ask God for help
02:26 - Entro e saio sem me machucar
Eng: I go in and out without hurting myself
02:29 - Subo e desço sem escorregar
Eng: I go up and down without slipping
02:32 - Vou louvando o criador da mandinga
Eng: I’m praising the creator of sorcery
02:34 - O malandro que inventou a ginga
Eng: The trickster who invented the ginga
02:37 - Malandragem
Eng: Trickery
02:38 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
02:39 - Capoeira
Eng: Capoeira
02:41 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
02:42 - Na Bahia
Eng: In Bahia
02:44 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
02:46 - Na ladeira
Eng: On the hill
02:47 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
02:48 - Malandragem
Eng: Trickery
02:49 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
02:50 - Capoeira
Eng: Capoeira
02:52 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
02:53 - Na Bahia
Eng: In Bahia
02:55 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
02:56 - Na ladeira
Eng: On the hill
02:57 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
02:59 - Malandragem
Eng: Trickery
03:00 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
03:02 - Ginga do Capoeira
Eng: Capoeira Ginga
03:03 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
03:04 - Mestre Bimba
Eng: Mestre Bimba
03:06 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
03:07 - Na ladeira
Eng: On the hill
03:09 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
03:10 - Mestre Pastinha
Eng: Mestre Pastinha
03:11 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
03:13 - Mestre Besouro
Eng: Mestre Besouro
03:14 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
03:15 - Mestre Pastinha
Eng: Mestre Pastinha
03:17 - Oi malandro, é malandro
Eng: Oh trickster, he’s a trickster
03:19 - Na ladeira
Eng: On the hill
History and sentiment behind song
Malandragem is a word that comes from malandro, which means a person who possesses cunning as well as malicia (malice, in English). This, however, is misleading as the meaning of malicia in Capoeira is the capacity to understand someone’s intentions. In Brazil men who used street smarts to make a living were called malandros. Later the meaning expanded, indicating a person who is a quick thinker in finding a solution for a problem.In Capoeira, malandragem is the ability to quickly understand an opponent’s aggressive intentions, and during a fight or a game, fool, trick and deceive him.
Cavalaria is a special "warning rhythm" that used to be played on the berimbau to advise that the police were arriving.
