Gilberto Gil
One Drop lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2002
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 5:04
Feel it in the one drop
Feel it in the one drop
And we'll still find time to rap
And we'll still find time to rap
We're making the one stop
We're making the one stop
The generation gap
The generation gap
So feel this drum beat
So feel this drum beat
As it beats within
As it beats within
Playing a rhythm
Playing a rhythm
Resisting against the system
Resisting against the system
Ooh-we I know JAH'd never let us down
Ooh-we I know JAH'd never let us down
Pull your rights from wrong
Pull your rights from wrong
I know JAH'd never let us down
Eu sei que JAH nunca nos deixará na mão
Oh no! oh no! oh no!
Oh no! oh no! oh no!
I mean it, when I analyse the stench
Eu quero dizer isso, quando analiso o fedor
To me, it makes a lot of sense
To me, it makes a lot of sense
How the Dreadlock
How the Dreadlock
Rasta was the Buffalo Soldier
Rasta was the Buffalo Soldier
And he was taken
E ele foi levado
From Africa, brought to America
From Africa, brought to America
Fighting on arrival
Lutando na chegada
Fighting for survival
Lutando pela sobrevivência
They made the world so hard
They made the world so hard
Everyday we got to keep on fighting
Every day we got to keep on fighting
They made the world so hard
They made the world so hard
Everyday people are dying
Everyday people are dying
From hunger and starvation
From hunger and starvation
Lamentation
Lamentation
But read it in Revelation
But read it in Revelation
You'll find your redemption
You'll find your redemption
And then you give us
And then you give us
The the teaching of His Majesty
The teaching of His Majesty
For we no want no devil philosophy
For we don’t want no devil philosophy
Give us the teaching of His Majesty
Give us the teaching of His Majesty
For we no want no devil philosophy
For we don’t want no devil philosophy
Feel it on the one drop
Feel it on the one drop
And we still find time to rap
And we still find time to rap
We're making the one stop
We're making the one stop
And we fill in the gap
And we fill in the gap
So fell this drum beat
So feel this drumbeat
As it beats within, playing a rhythm
As it beats within, playing a rhythm
Fighting against ism and skism
Fighting against ism and schism
I know JAH'd never let us down
I know JAH would never let us down
Pull your rights from wrong
Claim your rights from the wrongs
I know JAH'd never let us down
I know JAH would never let us down
Oh no! oh no! oh no!
Oh no! oh no! oh no!
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Key vocabulary
- we'll
- we will
- to
- am
- we're
- we are
- so
- only
- ooh-we
- ooh
- i
- and
- jah'd
- Jah
- analyse
- analyze
- you'll
- you will
- then
- então
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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.