Minha Galera Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Laís 

Cover art for Minha Galera lyrics by Manu Chao

The lyrics are kinda misspelled and the correct translation is that:

My marijuana My supporters My darling My crew

Oh, my waterfall My girl My flamenga My capoeira Oh, my girl My darling My Valéria

My maloca My munchies My rum My crew

My tramp Oh, my life My mambembe My steep path

Oh my girl My darling My Valéria My supporters My flamenga My jail

Oh my marijuana My supporters My darling My crew My tramp My mambembe My beauty

Oh my girl My darling My Valéria My capoeira

My supporters My flamenga My jail

Oh my marijuana My supporters My darling My crew

Valéria is a female name. Larica is hunger. Usually after you smoke weed... Torcida is mostly used when referring to soccer fans so supporters would be like "my fellow soccer friends" or something like that. Galera first meant 'the cheapeast place in a football stadium' and where the coolest and most excited fans went to. Now it means 'a close group of friends'. Flamenga doesn't really make sense, unless you think of it as the female form of Flamengo, which is one of the most popular soccer teams in Brazil. The team is a pretty big deal so I think "flamenga" would be the word for a girl who is a Flamengo fan. Capoeira is a Brazilian fighting-art Maloca is slang for a modest, simple house And mambembe is another slang with a few different meanings. 'Mambembe life' would be 'life like a circus', but mambembe by itself means "ordinary, low quality, useless".

Yeah, I guess that's about it.