Rajada de Grave – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: MC Jacaré, Tribo da Periferia

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Look, it's morning again

Once more, we're here again

And these girls are already going crazy

Holding up their gin glass

Let the beats keep hitting

In the night, I'll be out there

Out there

The street is ours, believe it

We just let it flow with faith

Let it flow

Bass pounding, I'm feeling bold tonight

I'll stir up trouble with these wild ones

We're not sleeping with hats on

Hats on

Just smoke and kissing all night

Bass pounding, I'm feeling bold tonight

Bold tonight

I'll stir up trouble with these wild ones

Wild ones

We're not sleeping with hats on

Hats on

Just smoke and kissing all night

Feels like I've been here before

It's looking like déjà vu

So many lips I've kissed already

So many things in common too

Feels like I've been here before

I felt it when the sun came shining

Bass playing softly in the back

While we were making love

Everything repeats itself

I hit the store, pick up a pack

Everything repeats itself

Everything, everything repeats itself

The team won again tonight

And the strings are chiming

Everything repeats itself

Everything repeats itself

Cinderellas step down from their heels at seven in the morning

We're all going crazy

Ice, balena and apple jack

The vuvuzela sounds

The night's too short

So much Macallan

That we found it too little

Just turbulence, pure soul and a clear mind

Bass pounding, I'm feeling bold tonight

Bold tonight

I'll stir up trouble with these wild ones

Wild ones

We're not sleeping with hats on

Hats on

Just smoke and kissing all night

Bass pounding, I'm feeling bold tonight

Bold tonight

I'll stir up trouble with these wild ones

Wild ones

We're not sleeping with hats on

Hats on

Just smoke and kissing all night

[Portuguese]

Olha de novo amanheceu

Mais uma vez a gente está aqui

E essas donas já estão tudo louca

Segurando a taça de gin

E deixa os evoques bater

Na madrugada vou está por aí

Por aí

A rua é nossa pode crer

Só na fé nós vai deixar fluir

Deixar fluir

Rajada de grave eu tô poucas

Eu vou bagunçar com essas loucas

Nós não está dormindo de touca

Touca

Só fumaça e beijo na boca

Rajada de grave eu tô poucas

Poucas

Eu vou bagunçar com essas loucas

Loucas

Nós não está dormindo de touca

Toucas

Só fumaça e beijo na boca

Acho que já estive aqui

Tá parecendo deja-vú

Várias bocas que já beijei

Vários pontos em comum

Acho que já estive aqui

Senti quando esse sol brilhou

O grave tocando baixinho

E a gente fazendo amor

Tudo se repete

Vou no posto, compro um pack

Tudo se repete

Tudo, tudo se repete

O time ganhou de novo

E as corda reflete

Tudo se repete

Tudo se repete

Cinderelas descem do salto às 7 da manhã

Nós tá tudo louco

Gelo, balena e jack de maçã

Soa a vuvuzela

A noite é pequena

É tanto Macallan

Que nós achou pouco

Só turbulência, alma pura e mente sã

Rajada de grave eu tô poucas

Poucas

Eu vou bagunçar com essas loucas

Loucas

Nós não está dormindo de touca

Touca

Só fumaça e beijo na boca

Rajada de grave eu tô poucas

Poucas

Eu vou bagunçar com essas loucas

Loucas

Nós não está dormindo de touca

Touca

Só fumaça e beijo na boca

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amanhecer /a.mɐ̃.ɲeˈseɾ/ A2	verb - to become daybreak noun - dawn
rajada /ʁaˈʒa.dɐ/ B2	noun - burst; rapid succession
grave /ˈɡɾa.vi/ B1	noun - bass (low sound) adjective - serious; solemn
louca /ˈlow.kɐ/ A2	adjective - crazy (feminine) noun - a crazy woman
beijo /ˈbej.ʒu/ A1	noun - kiss
boca /ˈbo.ka/ A1	noun - mouth
fumaça /fuˈma.sa/ A2	noun - smoke
touca /ˈtow.ka/ A2	noun - cap; head covering
sol /sɔl/ A1	noun - sun
brilhar /bɾiˈʎaʁ/ B1	verb - to shine
cinderela /sĩdeˈɾela/ B1	noun - Cinderella (fairy‑tale heroine)
vuvuzela /vuvuˈzɛ.la/ C1	noun - vuvuzela (plastic horn)
turbulência /tuɾbuˈlẽsja/ C1	noun - turbulence
alma /ˈaw.ma/ B1	noun - soul
mente /ˈmẽ.tʃi/ B1	noun - mind
pura /ˈpu.ɾa/ A2	adjective - pure
sã /sɐ̃/ B2	adjective - healthy; sane
bagunçar /ba.ɡũˈsaʁ/ B1	verb - to mess up; to disorder
fluir /fluˈiɾ/ B2	verb - to flow
repetir /ʁeˈpe.tiɾ/ B1	verb - to repeat

Key Grammar Structures

• [translate:Olha de novo amanheceu]

  ➔ Elliptical sentence (omitting the subject).

  ➔ The verb 'amanheceu' ('it dawned') implies the subject 'it', which is omitted as common in Portuguese.

• [translate:Mais uma vez a gente está aqui]

  ➔ Use of 'a gente' as informal subject meaning 'we'.

  ➔ 'A gente está' uses singular verb 'está' even though it means 'we are'.

• [translate:E deixa os evoques bater]

  ➔ Imperative mood form 'deixa'.

  ➔ 'Deixa' means 'let' or 'allow', giving an order or suggestion to let something happen.

• [translate:Só na fé nós vai deixar fluir]

  ➔ Use of vernacular non-standard form 'vai deixar' instead of 'vamos deixar'.

  ➔ Reflects colloquial speech in Brazilian Portuguese, common in funk and hip-hop lyrics.

• [translate:Rajada de grave eu tô poucas]

  ➔ Use of 'tô' as a colloquial contraction of 'estou'.

  ➔ Used in informal registers to show relaxed, spontaneous speech.

• [translate:Nós não está dormindo de touca]

  ➔ Non-standard agreement: 'nós' with singular verb 'está'.

  ➔ Reflects colloquial spoken Portuguese; proper form should be 'nós estamos dormindo'.

• [translate:Acho que já estive aqui]

  ➔ Use of present perfect 'já estive' for completed actions with relevance to the present.

  ➔ Implies the speaker has been to this place before but is recalling it now.

• [translate:O grave tocando baixinho]

  ➔ Use of gerund phrase to describe simultaneous action.

  ➔ 'Tocando' shows the bass is still playing softly at that moment.

• [translate:O time ganhou de novo]

  ➔ Use of simple past tense ('ganhou') to describe a completed event.

  ➔ Indicates the team won again; expresses a completed result.

• [translate:Cinderelas descem do salto às 7 da manhã]

  ➔ Idiomatic use of literal phrase 'descer do salto'.

  ➔ Means 'to drop pretensions' or 'relax after the night'; not literal 'coming down from heels'.