Gilberto Gil
Crazy Pop Rock lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1971
- Genre
- Bossa Nova
- Length
- 4:14
From the city runs electricity in my veins
From the city runs electricity in my veins
From the cars runs gasoline up in my veins
From the cars runs gasoline up in my veins
Oh, my blood intoxicated by 27 trips
Oh, my blood intoxicated by 27 trips
My eyes hallucinated by the holy ghost I met
My eyes hallucinated by the holy ghost I met
When I talk I cannot talk
When I talk I cannot talk
Only gotta sing loud, loud
Only gotta sing loud, loud
That crazy pop rock, uh-uh
That crazy pop rock, uh-uh
Only gotta sing loud, loud
Only gotta sing loud, loud
That crazy pop rock
That crazy pop rock
From the city runs electricity in my veins
From the city runs electricity in my veins
From the cars runs gasoline up in my veins
From the cars runs gasoline up in my veins
I'm part of the problem, I'm not the solution
I'm part of the problem, I'm not the solution
I'm really the product of city pollution
I'm really the product of city pollution
When I talk I cannot talk, uh-uh
When I talk I cannot talk, uh-uh
Only gotta sing loud, loud
Only gotta sing loud, loud
That crazy pop rock, uh-uh
That crazy pop rock, uh-uh
Only gotta sing loud, loud
Only gotta sing loud, loud
That crazy pop rock
That crazy pop rock
From the city runs electricity in my veins
From the city runs electricity in my veins
From the cars runs gasoline up in my veins, oh yeah
From the cars runs gasoline up in my veins, oh yeah
Baby, baby, baby, I'm the electric man
Baby, baby, baby, I'm the electric man
Come and get a shock, I'm the electric man
Come and get a shock, I'm the electric man
When I talk I cannot talk
When I talk I cannot talk
Only gotta sing loud, loud
Only gotta sing loud, loud
That crazy pop rock, uh-uh
That crazy pop rock, uh-uh
Only gotta sing loud, loud
Only gotta sing loud, loud
That crazy pop rock
That crazy pop rock
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Baby, baby, baby, I'm the electric man
Baby, baby, baby, I'm the electric man
Come and get a shock, I'm the electric man
Come and get a shock, I'm the electric man
When I talk I cannot talk
When I talk I cannot talk
Only gotta sing loud, loud
Only gotta sing loud, loud
That crazy pop rock, uh-uh
That crazy pop rock, uh-uh
Only gotta sing loud, loud
Only gotta sing loud, loud
That crazy pop rock, come on
That crazy pop rock, come on
Only gotta sing loud, loud
Only gotta sing loud, loud
That crazy pop rock, uh-uh
That crazy pop rock, uh-uh
Only gotta sing loud, loud
Only gotta sing loud, loud
That crazy pop rock, okay
That crazy pop rock, okay
Only gotta sing loud, loud
Only gotta sing loud, loud
That crazy pop rock, uh-uh
That crazy pop rock, uh-uh
Only gotta sing loud, loud
Just gotta sing it loud, loud
That crazy pop rock, come on
That crazy pop rock, come on
Only gotta sing loud, loud
Just gotta sing it loud, loud
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Key vocabulary
- runs
- run
- veins
- vein
- cars
- car
- intoxicated
- drunk
- trips
- trip
- hallucinated
- hallucinate
- i
- and
- met
- meet
- gotta
- must
- uh-uh
- no
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About this song
Gilberto Gil was a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter associated with Tropicália and other innovative trends in Brazilian music. He is known for expanding Brazilian musical language through late-1960s and 1970s recordings and for combining an active political career, including serving as Brazil’s minister of culture, with ongoing work as a recording artist.