Conexões de Máfia – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Matuê, Rich the Kid

Lyrics & Translation

[Portuguese]

[English]

(Grrah)

(Grrah)

Minha corrente e meu relógio têm branco e rosé

My chain and my watch are white and rose

Tudo um doce, uma bala de ver

Everything is sweet, a candy to see

Eu não vim da roça, eu vou vingar os

I didn't come from the countryside, I'm going to take revenge on

Que me vingaram só pra fuder você (oh)

Those who got back at me just to mess with you (oh)

Desacredita? É só pagar pra ver (yeah)

Don't believe it? Just pay to see (yeah)

Quer um show? É só pagar pra ver (yeah)

Want a show? Just pay to see (yeah)

Uma vez tentaram me enrolar

Once they tried to trick me

Ver meu corpo noticiado na TV

See my body reported on TV

Eu tenho conexões de máfia

I have mafia connections

Ninguém nunca vai me atrasar

No one will ever hold me back

Condições especiais

Special conditions

Não se compara, não somos iguais

Can't compare, we're not the same

Ficção, na TV, yeah

Fiction, on TV, yeah

Vai matar ou morrer? Yeah (grrah)

Will you kill or die? Yeah (grrah)

Ye-yeah, eis a questão

Ye-yeah, here's the question

Eis a questão

Here's the question

Had to stash the whole milli in the ceiling

Had to stash the whole milli in the ceiling

Need a visa for a bitch in brazilly (bitch)

Need a visa for a girl in Brazil (bitch)

Mob boss, my wrist is like two fifty

Mob boss, my wrist is like two fifty

Might fly to Brazil and pull out the Bentley

Might fly to Brazil and pull out the Bentley

Show love to the kids I'm passing money

Show love to the kids I'm passing money

Hundreads, fiftys make it rain twentys

Hundreds, fifties make it rain twenties

Overseas bitch saying make it rain on me

Overseas girl saying make it rain on me

I was in the trap before I had a chain on me

I was in the trap before I had a chain on me

Cuidado com a vida, mano (mano, yeah)

Watch out for life, man (man, yeah)

A morte já é garantia, mano (mano, yeah)

Death is already guaranteed, man (man, yeah)

Cuidado onde você pisa, mano (mano)

Watch where you step, man (man)

Pode ser armadilha, mano (mano)

Could be a trap, man (man)

Três da manhã com a MAC na virilha

Three in the morning with the MAC in my groin

E eu só vazo quando for dia, mano

And I only leave when it's daytime, man

É como minha vó dizia, mano (ye-wo-yeah)

It's like my grandma used to say, man (ye-wo-yeah)

Pra que ter vida se não vai ser pra ser vivida?

What's the point of living if it's not to be lived?

Põe limão na ferida

Put lemon on the wound

Coisa ruim vira notícia

Bad things become news

Sem espaço pra quem vacilar

No space for those who slip up

Coisa não ficar mais séria ainda

Things can't get more serious

Eu tenho conexões de máfia

I have mafia connections

Ninguém nunca vai me atrasar

No one will ever hold me back

Condições especiais

Special conditions

Não se compara, não somos iguais

Can't compare, we're not the same

Ficção, na TV, yeah

Fiction, on TV, yeah

Vai matar ou morrer? Yeah (grrah)

Will you kill or die? Yeah (grrah)

Ye-yeah, eis a questão (yeah, yeah)

Ye-yeah, here's the question (yeah, yeah)

Eis a questão (yeah, yeah)

Here's the question (yeah, yeah)

(Mob Ties, mob ties)

(Mob Ties, mob ties)

Just for rack, my niggas they getting you wet

Just for rack, my niggas they getting you wet

(Mob ties, mob ties)

(Mob ties, mob ties)

I feel like Al Capone, Big Meech

I feel like Al Capone, Big Meech

Real so they give me love in the streets

Real so they give me love in the streets

Like the way that she feel (way she feel)

Like the way that she feels (way she feels)

Took her home from Brazil (home from Brazil)

Took her home from Brazil (home from Brazil)

Mayweather its hand like a pro boxer (pro boxer)

Mayweather its hand like a pro boxer (pro boxer)

Kick'er out the crib like I play soccer

Kick her out the crib like I play soccer

Freaky little bitch like to play doctor

Freaky little girl likes to play doctor

Mama walked in my room seen a real choppa

Mama walked in my room saw a real chopper

We got big guns like the mafia (mafia)

We got big guns like the mafia (mafia)

When you're getting to the money

When you're getting to the money

Aain't no stoppin' you (stoppin' you)

Ain't no stopping you (stopping you)

They call me the kid like a toddler (toddler)

They call me the kid like a toddler (toddler)

Bullet proof car like a mobster (mobster)

Bulletproof car like a mobster (mobster)

Eu tenho conexões de máfia

I have mafia connections

Ninguém nunca vai me atrasar

No one will ever hold me back

Condições especiais

Special conditions

Não se compara, não somos iguais

Can't compare, we're not the same

Ficção, na TV, yeah

Fiction, on TV, yeah

Vai matar ou morrer? Yeah (grrah)

Will you kill or die? Yeah (grrah)

Ye-yeah, eis a questão

Ye-yeah, here's the question

Eis a questão

Here's the question

...

...

Cuidado com a vida, mano

Watch out for life, man

Cuidado onde você pisa, mano

Watch where you step, man

Pode ser armadilha, mano

Could be a trap, man

Três da manhã com a MAC na virilha

Three in the morning with the MAC in my groin

E eu só vazo quando for dia, mano

And I only leave when it's daytime, man

É como minha vó dizia, mano

It's like my grandma used to say, man

São conexões de máfia

These are mafia connections

Ninguém nunca vai me atrasar

No one will ever hold me back

Condições especiais

Special conditions

Não se compara, não somos iguais

Can't compare, we're not the same

Ficção, na TV, yeah

Fiction, on TV, yeah

Vai matar ou morrer? Yeah

Will you kill or die? Yeah

Eis a questão, eis a questão

Here's the question, here's the question

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
corrente /koˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi/ A2	noun - chain
relógio /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒju/ A1	noun - watch, clock
doce /ˈdo.si/ A2	adjective - sweet noun - candy, sweet
vingar /vĩˈɡaɾ/ B2	verb - to avenge
pagar /paˈɡaɾ/ A1	verb - to pay
corpo /ˈkoɾ.pu/ A1	noun - body
máfia /ˈma.fjɐ/ B1	noun - mafia
atrasar /ɐ.tɾaˈzaɾ/ B2	verb - to delay, hold back
condições /kõ.diˈsõɪ̯s/ B1	noun - conditions
especiais /es.peˈsiajs/ B1	adjective - special
comparar /kõ.paˈɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to compare
iguais /iˈɡwajs/ A2	adjective - equal, same
ficção /fikˈsɐ̃w/ B2	noun - fiction
matar /maˈtaɾ/ A2	verb - to kill
morrer /muˈʁeɾ/ A2	verb - to die
cuidado /kwiˈda.du/ A2	noun - care
vida /ˈvi.dɐ/ A1	noun - life
morte /ˈmɔɾ.t͡ʃi/ A2	noun - death
armadilha /aɾ.maˈdi.ʎɐ/ B2	noun - trap

Key Grammar Structures

• Eu não vim da roça, eu vou vingar os / Que me vingaram só pra fuder você (oh)

  ➔ Relative Pronouns (Que)

  ➔ The word "Que" acts as a relative pronoun, linking the clause "Que me vingaram só pra fuder você" to "os". It means "who" or "that" in this context, referring to those who were revenged.

• Uma vez tentaram me enrolar / Ver meu corpo noticiado na TV

  ➔ Infinitive as Noun (Ver)

  ➔ Here, "Ver" (to see) is used as a noun, representing the act of seeing the body reported on TV. The whole phrase serves as the object of "tentaram me enrolar".

• Had to stash the whole milli in the ceiling

  ➔ Past Modal Verb (Had to)

  ➔ "Had to" expresses past obligation or necessity. It's the past tense of "have to" and indicates that the action of stashing the money was something that was required.

• Pra que ter vida se não vai ser pra ser vivida?

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (vai ser pra ser vivida)

  ➔ The phrase "se não vai ser pra ser vivida" (if it's not going to be lived) uses a future subjunctive construction, expressing a hypothetical or desired outcome. It emphasizes the purpose or reason behind having a life.

• Just for rack, my niggas they getting you wet

  ➔ Informal Pronoun Usage

  ➔ The sentence structure and pronoun usage ("my niggas they") are informal and common in certain dialects/slangs. It highlights a more casual or colloquial style.