Gilberto Gil
Them Belly Full (but We Hungry) lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2002
- Genre
- Samba
- Length
- 4:03
Them belly full but we hungry
Them belly full but we hungry
A hungry mob is an angry mob
A hungry mob is an angry mob
A rain a-fall but the dirt it tough
The rain is falling but the ground is tough
A pot a-cook but the food no 'nough
A pot is cooking but the food's not enough
You're gonna dance to JAH music, dance
You're gonna dance to JAH music, dance
We're gonna dance to JAH music, dance
We're gonna dance to JAH music, dance
Forget your troubles and dance
Forget your troubles and dance
Forget your sorrow and dance
Forget your sorrow and dance
Forget your sickness and dance
Forget your sickness and dance
Forget your weakness and dance
Forget your weakness and dance
Cost of living get so high
Cost of living get so high
Rich and poor, they start a cry
Rich and poor, they start a cry
Now the weak must get strong
Now the weak must get strong
They say, "What a tribulation"
They say, 'What a tribulation'
Them belly full but we hungry
Them belly full but we hungry
A hungry mob is an angry mob
A hungry mob is an angry mob
A rain a-fall but the dirt it tough
A rain a-fall but the dirt it tough
A pot a-cook but the food no 'nough
A pot a-cook but the food no 'nough
We're gonna chuck to JAH music, chuckin'
We're gonna chuck to JAH music, chuckin'
Chuckin' to JAH music, chuckin'
Chuckin' to JAH music, chuckin'
Cost of living get so high
Cost of living gets so high
Rich and poor, they start a cry
Rich and poor, they start to cry
Now the weak must get strong
Now the weak must grow strong
They say, "Oh, what a tribulation"
They say, "Oh, what a tribulation"
A belly full but we hungry
A belly full, but we're still hungry
A hungry mob is an angry mob
A hungry mob is an angry mob
A rain a-fall but the dirt it tough
A rain falls, but the ground is tough
A pot a-cook but the food no 'nough
A pot's cooking, but the food's not enough
We're gonna chuck to JAH music, chuckin'
We're gonna dance to JAH music, dancing
Chuckin' to JAH music, we're chuckin' (3x)
Dancing to JAH music, we're dancing (3x)
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Key vocabulary
- mob
- crowd
- an
- one
- a-fall
- fall
- a-cook
- cook
- nough
- enough
- you're
- you’re
- gonna
- going
- to
- am
- jah
- God
- we're
- we are
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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.