Don't hold me down
No money
But beauty
No money
The dark skin
No money
The stiff flesh
No money
Black gal
From Curuzu
Pure beauty
Federation
Pure beauty
River mouth
Pure beauty
No money
When that black gal
Starts grooming
Her hair
It is something to stare at
All the braid plot
Hair sex
Seashells
She sends for
To place in her hair
All the detail
All the delight
Don't hold me down
No money
But elegance
Don't hold me down
No money
But the culture
No money
The dark skin
No money
The stiff flesh
No money
Beautiful gal
From Badauê
Pure beauty
From Ilê-Aiê
Pure beauty
Money, yeah
Pure beauty
No money
Inside that turban
Of Gandhi's son
That's what there is
Everything is too fancy
Everything is very elegant
Ask to place
Fine straws from the coast
And that everything braids
All the shells
All the leisure
All the shells
All the leisure
Yeah
Don't hold me down
No money
But the mysteries
Don't hold me down
No money
But the beauty
The dark skin
The stiff flesh
No money
Black gal
From Curuzu
Pure beauty
Federation
Inside that turban
Of Gandhi's son
That's what there is
Everything is too fancy
Everything is very elegant
Ask to place
Fine straws from the coast
And that everything braids
All the shells
All the leisure
All the shells
All the leisure
Yeah
All the detail
All the delight
All the detail
All the delight
All the shells
All the leisure
All the shells
All the shells
All the shells
The leisure