Bantu Kaoma
(Bantu or Banto is the name of a group of about 400 African tribles. A lot of them were brought to Brazil as slaves during the Portuguese colonization and contributed a lot to the Brazilian Culture).
Chorus:
Bantu ê (ê = something like yeah!)
Bantu ê de lata pra tocar tu-Ban (the word bantu inverted)
Bantu, with cans in hands to make music (The word can = lata in this case is a kind of reference to the drums that people use to play some of the Brazilian rithms like Samba. You can make some noise with them, imitating the drums.)
É bom
Its good
Bantu ê
Bantu ê ô ê ô
Bantu é uma canção de alegria
Bantu is a song for the Joyness (Happiness)
Liberdade
For the liberty
Alforria (It was the name of a document that the slaves used to receive from their owners when they wanted to give them slaves Freedom. It became a synonym for Freedom in Brazil.)
For the Alforria
Cabindas, Benguelas, Congos
Cabindas, Benguelas, Congos (some of the African Tribles that came to Brazil and became part of the population. Examples of Bantu people)
Numa festa em harmonia
Celebrating in a party, in harmony
Bantu é amor ê ô
Banto is Love
Bantu é União
Bantu is Union
Gente linda
Beautiful people
Valentia
Courage
Tens ainda
And you'll also find
Desta terra
In this land
Passos firmes
Firm steps (perseverance)
Marcas tristes
Sad past memories
Coração
And Heart
Bantu é amor ê ô
Bantu is Love
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