Gilberto Gil
Pela internet lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1997
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 4:05
Criar meu web site
Build my website
Fazer minha homepage
Make my homepage
Com quantos gigabytes
With how many gigabytes
Se faz uma jangada e um barco que veleje
Do you make a raft and a sailing boat?
Criar meu web site
Build my website
Fazer minha homepage
Make my homepage
Com quantos gigabytes
With how many gigabytes
Se faz uma jangada e um barco que veleje
Do you make a raft and a sailing boat?
Que veleje nesse info-mar
That sails in this info-sea
Que aproveite a vazante da info-maré
That takes advantage of the ebb of the info-tide
Que leve um oriki do meu velho orixá
Let it carry an oriki from my old orixá
Ao porto de um disquete de um micro em Taipé
To the port of a diskette from a micro in Taipei
Um barco que veleje nesse info-mar
A boat that sails on this info-sea
Que aproveite a vazante da info-maré
That takes advantage of the ebb of the info-tide
Que leve meu e-mail lá até Calcutá
That takes my email all the way to Calcutta
Depois de um hot-link
After a hot-link
Num site de Helsinque
On a site in Helsinki
Para abastecer
To refuel
Eu quero entrar na rede
I want to enter the network
Pra manter o debate
To keep the debate alive
Juntar via Internet
Join together online
Um grupo de tietes de Connecticut
A group of groupies from Connecticut
Eu quero entrar na rede
I want to get into the network
Promover o debate
Promote the debate
Juntar via Internet
Join together online
Um grupo de tietes de Connecticut
A group of groupies from Connecticut
De Connecticut acessar
Accessing from Connecticut
O chefe da Mac-milícia de Milão
The boss of the Mac-militia in Milan
Um hacker mafioso acaba de soltar
A mafia hacker just unleashed
Um vírus pra atacar programas no Japão
A virus to attack programs in Japan
Eu quero entrar na rede pra contactar
I want to get online to make contact
Os lares do Nepal, os bares do Gabão
The homes of Nepal, the bars of Gabon
Que o chefe da polícia carioca avisa pelo celular
That the chief of police in Rio warns on his cell phone
Que lá na praça Onze tem um vídeo-pôquer para se jogar
That down at Praça Onze there's video poker to play
Jogar
Play
Jogar
Play
Jogar
Play
Eu quero entrar na rede
I want to get online
Promever um debate
To promote a debate
Juntar via Internet
To connect over the Internet
Um grupo de tietes de Connecticut
A group of fans from Connecticut
Eu quero entrar na rede
I want to get into the network
Promover o debate
Promote the debate
Juntar via Internet
Join via the Internet
Um grupo de tietes de Connecticut
A group of fans from Connecticut
De Connecticut acessar
Access from Connecticut
O chefe da Mac-milícia de Milão
The chief of the Mac-militia in Milan
Um hacker mafioso acaba de soltar
A mafia hacker just released
Um vírus pra atacar programas no Japão
A virus to attack programs in Japan
Eu quero entrar na rede pra contactar
I want to get into the network to contact
Os lares do Nepal, os bares do Gabão
The homes of Nepal, the bars of Gabon
Que o chefe da polícia carioca avisa pelo celular
That the chief of police in Rio alerts via cell phone
Que lá na praça Onze tem um vídeo-pôquer para se jogar
That in Praça Onze there's video poker to play
Jogar
Play
Jogar
Play
Jogar
Play
You, you misunderstood me
You, you misunderstood me
You misunderstood me!
You misunderstood me!
I'm trying to connect, Connecticut
I'm trying to connect, Connecticut
But you cut my connection
But you cut my connection
I tried to connect, Connecticut
I tried to connect, Connecticut
But you cut my connection
But you cut my connection
You misunderstood me!
You misunderstood me!
Every time I connect, you cut
Every time I connect, you cut
I connect again, you cut
I connect again, you cut
Once again
Once again
I connect, you cut
I connect, you cut
Please, you misunderstood me
Please, you misunderstood me
I'm trying to connect, Connecticut
I'm trying to connect, Connecticut
Don't cut my connection
Don't cut my connection
Don't cut my connection
Don't cut my connection
Don't cut my connection, please!
Don't cut my connection, please!
Get no
Get no
Connection
Connection
Get no
Get no
Connection
Connection
I can't get no
I can't get no
Connection
Connection
I can't get no
I can't get no
Connection
Connection
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Key vocabulary
- criar
- createA2
- fazer
- doB2
- quantos
- how manyA1
- faz
- does
- jangada
- raftB2
- barco
- boatA1
- veleje
- —
- info-mar
- sea info
- aproveite
- take advantage
- vazante
- ebb
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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.