WAR – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Filipe Ret

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Filipe Ret's "WAR" and explore the powerful narrative of resilience and dream-chasing. This song offers a unique blend of Brazilian hip-hop and trap, encouraging listeners to confront life's challenges head-on and to never give up on their aspirations. Learn through its potent lyrics how to navigate adversity and find strength in your own 'war'.

[English]

I'll build the best castle stacking my cash

For me, the minimum is to give my all

Born with the god of war evoked in my body

The desire to be happy is for the weak, yeah, yeah

Today I'm only depending on myself

You gotta know how to believe in yourself

She wants to sit with her little friends

My seed is good, I'm harvesting green

Today my money works for me

I know this fight will never end

It's just that she loves me 'cause I'm like this

But she'll never understand how I got here, yeah

The suckers are so nice, let's step on them

If they talk about compassion, I'll laugh until I cry

I don't know if the sound is Beatles or AK shots

Enemies without breathing make me sing

Because

Wars don't end, they exist until you die

My dear

Wars don't end, they exist until you die

War, war, war

War, war, war

War, war, war

War, war

Ahn, light the lighter

In the highest rank, I keep throwing the whorehouse around

High all day, she sits on the fur

Slow motion while I roll the joint

The law of the jungle and the law of crime go hand in hand

Totally broken, I consider and am considered (ua, ua)

I shoot, then I ask if it hurt

I put on the band-aid, this is my form of love

Without urucum, but so much blood camouflaged me

Bacterium or God, I can't tell you who I am

The suckers are so nice, let's step on them

If they talk about compassion, I'll laugh until I cry

I don't know if the sound is Beatles or AK shots

Enemies without breathing make me sing

Because

Wars don't end, they exist until you die

My dear

Wars don't end, they exist until you die

War, war, war

War, war, war

War, war, war

War, war

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[Portuguese]

Vou construir o melhor castelo empilhando o meus paco

Pra mim o mínimo do mínimo é dar meu máximo

Nasci com o deus da guerra no meu corpo evocado

O desejo de ser feliz é a meta dos fracos, yeah, yeah

Hoje só tô dependendo de mim

Tu tem que saber acreditar em si

Ela quer sentar junto com as amiguinha

Minha semente é boa, tô colhendo green

Hoje minha grana trabalha pra mim

Sei que essa luta nunca vai ter fim

É que ela me ama, porque eu sou assim

Mas nunca vai entender como eu cheguei aqui, yeah

Os otário são tão bonzinho, vamo pisar

Se falarem de compaixão, vou rir até chorar

Não sei se o som é Beatles ou tiro de AK

Inimigos sem respirar me fazem cantar

Porque

Guerras não acabam, até morrer elas existem

Meu bem

Guerras não acabam, até morrer elas existem

War, war, war

War, war, war

War, war, war

War, war

Ahn, acende o isqueiro

Na patente mais alta, sigo tacando o puteiro

O dia inteiro chapado, ela senta no pelo

Câmera lenta enquanto aperto o baseado

A lei da selva e a lei do crime andam lado a lado

Toda quebrada eu considero e sou considerado (ua, ua)

Disparo, depois pergunto se machucou

Jogo o band-aid, essa é minha forma de amor

Sem urucum, mas tanto sangue me camuflou

Bactéria ou Deus, não sei te dizer quem sou

Os otário são tão bonzinho, vamo pisar

Se falarem de compaixão, vou rir até chorar

Não sei se o som é Beatles ou tiro de AK

Inimigos sem respirar me fazem cantar

Porque

Guerras não acabam, até morrer elas existem

Meu bem

Guerras não acabam, até morrer elas existem

War, war, war

War, war, war

War, war, war

War, war

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
guerras /geˈʁɐs/ B2	noun - wars
morte /ˈmɔʁt/ B2	noun - death
amor /aˈmoʁ/ B2	noun - love
cessar /seˈsaʁ/ B2	verb - to stop
conquistar /kõkɾisˈtaʁ/ B2	verb - to conquer
luta /ˈluta/ B1	noun - fight, struggle, battle
justiça /ʒusˈti.sa/ B2	noun - justice
poder /poˈdeʁ/ B2	noun - power
resistir /ʁeziˈʃtiʁ/ B2	verb - to resist
sangue /ˈsɐ̃w̃g/ B2	noun - blood
morte /ˈmɔʁt/ B2	noun - death
grau /ʁaʁ/w/ B2	adjective - gray
força /ˈfɔɾsɐ/ B1	noun - strength, force

Key Grammar Structures

• Vou construir o melhor castelo empilhando o meus paco

  ➔ Future tense (ir + infinitive)

  ➔ The phrase "Vou construir" uses "ir" (to go) in the present tense + the infinitive "construir" (to build) to express a near future action. It's equivalent to "I am going to build."

• Pra mim o mínimo do mínimo é dar meu máximo

  ➔ Emphatic structure using repetition (the minimum of the minimum)

  ➔ The repetition of "mínimo" emphasizes how even the smallest effort from the speaker is a significant undertaking. It's a rhetorical device used for emphasis.

• O desejo de ser feliz é a meta dos fracos, yeah, yeah

  ➔ Infinitive as a noun ('ser feliz' - to be happy)

  ➔ Here, "ser feliz" (to be happy) functions as the subject of the sentence, behaving like a noun. This is a common way to express abstract concepts in Portuguese.

• Hoje minha grana trabalha pra mim

  ➔ Present tense to describe a general truth/habitual action.

  ➔ The sentence is a statement reflecting the speaker's current reality - his money works for him. The present tense expresses this ongoing condition.

• Se falarem de compaixão, vou rir até chorar

  ➔ Conditional sentence (Type 1): 'Se' clause + future tense

  ➔ This sentence uses a conditional structure. "Se falarem" (If they talk) introduces the condition, and "vou rir" (I will laugh) is the result in the future if the condition is met. This expresses a likely future scenario.

• Não sei se o som é Beatles ou tiro de AK

  ➔ Indirect question with "se" (whether/if)

  ➔ The "se" introduces an indirect question, meaning "I don't know *whether* the sound is Beatles or an AK shot."

• A lei da selva e a lei do crime andam lado a lado

  ➔ Parallelism (law of the jungle and law of crime)

  ➔ The structure "A lei da selva e a lei do crime" creates parallelism, highlighting the comparison between the two concepts.

• Disparo, depois pergunto se machucou

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after question word "se"

  ➔ Although the verb is "machucou", in a case like that, the subjuntive mood (machucou) is used.