Controla – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: CESF, Elji Beatzkilla

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic world of 'Controla' by CESF and Elji Beatzkilla. While the song is primarily in a Lusophone language (likely Cape Verdean Creole or Portuguese given the artists' background and distributor location), the powerful beat and the universal themes of attraction and control offer an immersive experience. Learning a few key phrases from this track can give you a taste of the vibrant contemporary music scene from that region, all set to an infectious rhythm.

[English]

I don't know if it's destiny or karm a I'm paying for

You're dressed against what I thought was cool

From so much envy, my mind can't even stop

A senseless loss that I can't stand today

Treat me like I'm stuck, you think I'll stay

Just let me turn up my extremeness, you can scream if you want

Make me end these crazy nights so tomorrow you'll remember my smile there

So I can get over you, make it easy for me

And tell me with a cart that I'm believing

Stay jealous, Teresa

Raise my spirits, I've got nothing

I don't know how I'm starting

Come closer, you can tease me, tease me

Let me breathe so I can control, control

But do you think I stayed if all your tricks were to catch me?

Come closer, you can tease me, tease me

Let me breathe so I can control, control

But do you think I stayed if all your tricks were to catch me?

It's only you who turns me on, I behave

Without much talk

Make me end these dizzy nights so tomorrow you'll remember my smile there

Get me high to elevate, saliva to lubricate

I'm going to light up the house

Yeah, I'm nasty with it, cook and feet

One spot to come

I'm going to put catupiry on your belly

I'm keeping an eye out if you were lost

Baby, today I'm putting it in the mode that it's both of us

Tomorrow I'm far away, no time for crazy stuff

Even the neighbors are knocking on the door

No one cares, no one reports

We know, to feel it knows

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Come closer, you can tease me, tease me

Let me breathe so I can control, control

But do you think I stayed if all your tricks were to catch me?

Come closer, you can tease me, tease me

Let me breathe so I can control, control

But do you think I stayed if all your tricks were to catch me?

[Portuguese]

N ka sabe s'é distinu o s'é di karma ki N sa paga

Abo bistidu okontráriu ki N kre flaba

Di tantu odja kurva, nha pineu dja ka sa trava

Un perda di sintidu ki ti oji N sa sen para

Parse-m si stika, bu ta kre fika

Ale-m ta subi nha son, bu pode grita

K'o faze fita, xa-m kóre fita

Pa N pode txiga na bo, faze-u livita

E fla-m k'un kareta m'e kre

Fika di jelu, Tareza

Labanta-m spritu, po-m pensa

N ka sabe mó N ta kumesa

Pode aprusima, bu pu-m doda, pu-m doda

Dexa-m raspira pa N kontrola, kontrola

Mó ki bo kria pa N fikaba si tudu bus tókis ta po-m agara?

Pode aprusima, bu pu-m doda, pu-m doda

Dexa-m raspira pa N kontrola, kontrola

Mó ki bo kria pa N fikaba si tudu bus tókis ta po-m agara?

É so bo liga-m, N ta parse

Sen mucha kunvérsa

Faze-m kaba tónte ves ke manhan bu ta kordá la di sima

Sativa pa levita, saliva pa lubrifika

N ta po-be lumi na kaza

Yeah, I'm nasty with it, koxu e dji

Um ponto a kumer

N po catupiry na bu belly

N ta spiá móda si bo tava perdida

Baby, oje N ta po-be el mode ke mi é dos

Manhan, N ta lonje, sen tenpe pa faze xis koza doida

Ate vizin ta batê na pórta

Nen no ka ta liga, nen no ka ta nporta

Nu ta sábe, pa sinti sábe

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Pode aprusima, bu pu-m doda, pu-m doda

Dexa-m raspira pa N kontrola, kontrola

Mó ki bo kria pa N fikaba si tudu bus tókis ta po-m agara?

Pode aprusima, bu pu-m doda, pu-m doda

Dexa-m raspira pa N kontrola, kontrola

Mó ki bo kria pa N fikaba si tudu bus tókis ta po-m agara?

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
kontrola /kɔnˈtɾɔlɐ/ A2	verb - to control
paga /ˈpaɡɐ/ A2	verb - to pay
fika /ˈfikɐ/ A2	verb - to stay
subi /ˈsu bi/ A2	verb - to go up
grita /ˈɡɾitɐ/ A2	verb - to shout
faze /ˈfa zɛ/ A2	verb - to do
kria /ˈkɾiɐ/ B1	verb - to create
raspira /ɾaˈspiɾɐ/ B1	verb - to breathe
levita /lɛˈvitɐ/ B2	verb - to levitate
lubrifika /lubeˈɾifikɐ/ B2	verb - to lubricate
sativa /saˈtivɐ/ C1	noun - sativa (type of cannabis)
catupiry /kɐtuˈpiɾi/ C1	noun - catupiry (Brazilian soft cheese)
moda /ˈmɔdɐ/ B1	noun - fashion
tenpe /ˈtẽpẽ/ B1	noun - time
xis /ˈʃis/ B2	noun - kiss

Key Grammar Structures

• N ka sabe s'é distinu o s'é di karma ki N sa paga

  ➔ Use of contraction ('s'é) and interrogative structure

  ➔ The contraction 's'é' is a shortened form of 'se é' (if it is), and the sentence uses an interrogative structure to express uncertainty.

• Abo bistidu okontráriu ki N kre flaba

  ➔ Use of the past tense ('bistidu') and relative pronoun ('ki')

  ➔ The verb 'bistidu' is in the past tense, and 'ki' is used as a relative pronoun to introduce a relative clause.

• Di tantu odja kurva, nha pineu dja ka sa trava

  ➔ Use of preposition ('di') and negation ('ka sa')

  ➔ The preposition 'di' is used to indicate cause, and 'ka sa' is a negation structure meaning 'no longer'.

• Parse-m si stika, bu ta kre fika

  ➔ Use of imperative ('parse-m') and conditional ('ta kre')

  ➔ The imperative 'parse-m' means 'tell me', and 'ta kre' is a conditional structure meaning 'you want to'.

• Dexa-m raspira pa N kontrola, kontrola

  ➔ Use of infinitive ('raspira') and repetition for emphasis

  ➔ The infinitive 'raspira' means 'to breathe', and the repetition of 'kontrola' emphasizes the action.