Let's Escape (Vamos Fugir - Gilberto Gil, Liminha)
Let's run away
from this place, baby!
Let's escape
I'm tired of waiting
For you to carry me
Let's escape
To another place, baby!
Let's run away
Wherever you go
carry me with you
So, say you will
Irajá, Irajá
Where I only see you,
you only see me
Marajó, Marajó
Any other cliché place
Any other place
Guaporé, Guaporé
Any other place in the sun
Another place in the south
Blue sky, blue sky
Where there's only my naked body
next to your naked body
Let's run away
To another place, baby!
Let's escape
Where there's a slide
Where we slide together
And every morning
Flowers that we water
An apple band
And another reggae one
I'm tired of waiting
For you to carry me
English Version - Mariana Nolasco and Allman Brown
Gimme your love
Make me move, baby
Gimme your love
'Cause your love is paradise
Just as sweet as my reggae
Gimme your love
Make me move, baby
Gimme your love
'Cause your love is like a prize
Just as rich as my reggae
So, baby, get up
Hurry up, hurry up
Don't be too late,
I'm gonna wait until you catch me up
Hurry up, hurry up
I guess when fate is great,
I bite the bate, I won't give up
Hurry up, hurry up
Today I'm gonna be your date,
you better hurry up
Hurry up, hurry up
The reggae beat will beat
until we meet and celebrate!
Music in an image
Sunset at Trancoso, Brazil. The closest place to Eden I’ve ever been on this Earth…
Notes
This song is on my Brazil and English playlist in my Apple Music Profile. It mixes Jamaican reggae and MPB—Brazilian popular music. This version is delicious! And it gives me goosebumps because it’s so beautiful.
Mariana Nolasco and Allman Brown English version is on Mariana Nolasco Channel. Gilberto Gil’s famous original version can be found on his channel. Skank’s pop version is also excellent.
Marajó, Irajá and Guaporé are beautiful places in Brazil.
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Images: Couple on tropical beach (Pexels), Trancoso (Ana Cecilia Rocha Veiga).
