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Clandestino

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Vou só com a minha pena da lei que me condena
Correr é o meu destino para fugir da lei
Perdido no coração dessa grande babilônia
Me chamam clandestino sem nome no papel
Numa cidade ao norte eu fui lá trabalhar
O meu amor deixei entre Celta e Gibraltar
Sou uma raia no mar, fantasma na cidade
Me chamam clandestino, yo soy fora da lei

Brasileiro, clandestino
Manu Chao, clandestino
Americano, soy latino
Marijuana, ilegal

Vou só com a minha pena da lei que me condena
Correr é o meu destino para fugir da lei
Perdido no coração dessa grande babilônia
Me chamam clandestino sem nome no papel

Brasileiro, clandestino
Cabeludo, clandestino
Tatuado, clandestino
Marijuana, ilegal

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defubuskorn On Feb 06, 2002

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2002-02-06 22:59:04

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by eleanor15

24y ago

first it's not even the goor lyrics and then for me, the real song means, a revolutionnairie contest and a reminder of the past

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by jimquk

14y ago

This appears to be a Portuguese version of the Spanish-language song Clandestino by Manu Chao.

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by Jeffreystump

14y ago

Translation... sort of ;-)

Is my pen with the law which condemns me Running my destiny to evade the law Lost in the heart of this great babilnia They call me clandestine role in unnamed In a town north I went there to work My love left between Celtic and Gibraltar I am a streak at sea, ghost in the city They call me clandestine yo soy outlaw Brazilian underground Manu Chao, clandestine American, Latin soy Marijuana, ilegalVou s with my penalty of law that condemns me Running my destiny to evade the law Lost in the heart of this great babilnia They call me clandestine role in unnamed Brazilian underground Hairy, clandestine Tattooed, clandestine Marijuana, illegal

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