RPM
Radio pirata lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1985
- Length
- 4:00
Um, dois, três, quatro
One, two, three, four
Abordar navios mercantes
Boarding merchant ships
Invadir, pilhar, tomar o que é nosso
Invading, plundering, taking what's ours
Pirataria nas ondas do rádio
Piracy on the radio waves
Havia alguma coisa errada com o rei
There was something wrong with the king
Preparar a nossa invasão
Prepare our invasion
E fazer justiça com as próprias mãos
And take justice into our own hands
Dinamitar um paiol de bobagens
Blow up a storehouse of nonsense
E navegar o mar da tranquilidade
And sail the sea of tranquility
Toquem o meu coração, façam a revolução
Touch my heart, start the revolution
Que está no ar, nas ondas do rádio
That's in the air, on the radio waves
No submundo repousa o repúdio
In the underworld rests the disdain
E deve despertar (uoh)
And it must awaken (uoh)
Uoh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh (yeah)
Uoh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh (yeah)
Uoh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
Uoh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
Disputar em cada frequência
Competing on every frequency
Um espaço nosso nessa decadência
Our own space in this decay
Canções de guerra, quem sabe canções do mar
War songs, maybe songs of the sea
Canções de amor ao que vai vingar
Love songs for what will thrive
Toquem o meu coração, façam a revolução
Touch my heart, make the revolution
Que está no ar, nas ondas do rádio
That's in the air, on the radio waves
No underground repousa o repúdio
In the underground lies the rejection
E deve despertar, uoh
And it must awaken, uoh
Oh, uoh-oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh, uoh-oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh, uoh-oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh, uoh-oh-oh, oh-oh
Yeah, oh, uoh
Yeah, oh, uoh
Uoh-oh-oh, oh-oh
Uoh-oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh, uoh-oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh, uoh-oh-oh, oh-oh
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Key vocabulary
- invadir
- invadeA2
- navios
- shipsA2
- ondas
- wavesA2
- quatro
- fourA2
- tomar
- takeA2
- três
- threeA2
- dois
- twoA2
- abordar
- approach
- mercantes
- merchant
- pilhar
- plunder
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About this song
RPM is a Brazilian pop rock band formed in 1983 by Paulo Ricardo, Luiz Schiavon, Fernando Deluqui, and Paulo Pagni, known for its prominence in Brazil’s 1980s pop rock scene.