Talib Kweli - Favela Love lyrics
rate me[Intro:]
Uh uh, yeah yeah uh uh
Turn the music up, uh uh
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah
OK, OK, we almost there
Let's go let's go, uh uh
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Portuguese lyrics:]
Last night I had a dream that was so real
I woke up in a cold sweat, it felt so ill
I stared into the face of an angel
Tainted by the city,
You ain't from this place it'll change you
Walking by, I thought I was sly
Offered to try, at first I thought she was shy
Til I saw this guy at the bar talking to her reckless
She ignored him, cast a glance in my direction,
Started dancing to my section
Her body flyer than a jet pilot
What a smile and the eyes like wet violets
They flutter by like the wings of the butterfly
Keep it tight, Eva Mendes in "The Other Guys"
Got me in another zone
They call her Sunshine like
"Put your mother on the phone,
I ain't coming home!"
Put a deposit on a place in her heart
All along she a place from the start
My favela love,
Man, I fell in love,
Man, I fell in love
Man, I fell in love,
Man, I fell in love
Man I,
Man, I fell in love
Man I, man I, uh
[Portuguese lyrics:]
A feeling of panic engulfing the whole planet
Yet my words are slow dancing,
My language is romantic
Vocabulary that's busting your capillaries
My freedom will taste sweeter than juices of blacker berries.
My adversaries speak ill of my name, I'm so sick
Attack is very guerilla, my game is so pimp
Everything fall into place, it's gravitational
Profit stay in the black, the shade is so …
Healthy relationship make your other ones better
I'm Lee Scratch Perry, they call me the up setter
For the cheddar get the bread up
Mr. International call it the …, the spiritual newsletter
I wish you knew the arc of the story and knew your part
You're looking into my heart or just looking to be a part
From a boss in my prime, look how we crossing the finish line
Are you tired,
I stay wired like I was offered a line!
[Portuguese lyrics:]
I don’t wanna bang it or beat it, hit it or stab it
Listening to voodoo, I call it the black magic
Jamming up the traffic, you bubble and don’t stop
It might blow up, but it won’t go pop!
Hell, that’s the sound like onomatopoeia
Got me flowing when you’re rocking my boat when you’re…
Got the African features like people out in Bahia
Mix it back with the… like you was European!
I wanna leave them on a mission official like…
Wanna come back around, take me out on a jam
You can show me how you put it down, my favela love!
Man, I fell in love,
Man, I fell in love
Man, I fell in love,
Man, I fell in love
Man I,
Man, I fell in love
Man I, man I, uh
[Portuguese lyrics:]
