Yaya, oh yaya
My sweetie does not know what I know
What I saw in the places where I went
When I tell you, yaya, you will be amazed
When I tell you, yaya, you will be amazed
I saw a different kind
Robbing the people who are employed
Living on a very dangerous hill
Today someone named Skull* controls the steam
That's when the little boy
Poor young brod, met with Skull
Shook out of fear, fell on the slope
Yaya, my sweetie, died of silliness, ô yaya
I stopped by the city
Yaya my sweetie, had I known, I wouldn’t have gone
Just saw wrong doing, just saw cowardice
I don’t know how anyone can live there
When I saw the wage the poor workman gets to supports his family
I was scared, yaya, my daughter
Got back on the horse and came back to you, oh yaya
I stopped by the voodoo, went to see the gathering
I worked on my demand, sang for Calunga, and left the favors**
I payed respect to the spirits, closed my body
Yaya, I did everything right
I bowed to the saint, shaved, cleansed
Leave me alone, evil spirit
I'm blessed, I'm within the law, ô yaya