Текст и перевод песни Helio Batalha - Ka Ta Da

Ka Ta Da

Nsa bem konta nhos um stória
Um stória tristi
Sim pamodi é tristi ki omis ta txora
Kantu bes ki n txora
Kantu bes kes diskriminam só pamodi nha kor di pele
Es txomam di mandjaka la skola, n txora, n txora
Inda más tristi óki es disprezo ta bem di bu propi rasa

Mamadou sai di Guiné ku 20 di idadi
Bem pa CV ku munti planu muda rialidadi
Dentu Bissau dexa familias tudu ku sodadi
Ku speransa Mamadou muda nisisidadi
Dentu di Praia Mamadou grandi trabadjador
Ta koba txom dentu di sil, mon karegadu suor
E tra di bolsu fotu di si mai, laguas kai
E fla tudu ta muda, sinku anu n tem ki bai
Mamadou munti bes dja pasa mal
Oji é dia ki patron na pagamentu injurial
Ê na zona tudu dia jovem so ta inguisal
Ês ka ta respetal só di mandjaku es ta txomal

Ê fla mi é forti, ma ka tem nada más ki ta paral
Pa se familia trabadju ka ta matal
Ma alves ê ka ta aguenta, lagua ta baza
Óki dor invadi petu e kurason ta fala

Vivi nes angustia, manu ka ta da
Tratamentu moda bitxu, manu ka ta da
Fomi ku mizeria, manu ka ta da
Prekonseitu na trabadju, manu ka tada
Ser umanu ku djuda, ma ka ta da
Tristi realidade da vergonha fla
Ka bu txomam mandjaku, manu ka ta da
Afrikanu moda bo, nha manu kontrola

Ma ê txora, tudu bes ke lembra na se mai
Sodadi di se tera ta pol lagua kai
Ma ê txora, tudu dia ê sa ta pensa bai
Ê fla ê sa fartu prekonseitu, na me sa ta bai
Ê txora, tudu bes ki jovens inguisal
Ê fal me feiu ma se rostu é ka normal
Ma ê txora, tudu bes ki emprezas sa sploral
Onti fazi mas di um mes ma inda es ka pagal

Ibraima é vendedor ambulante
Ta anda zona a zona ku banhera na se dianti
Ta kata poku poku ma Ibraima sa konfianti
Ê fla sa djunta moeda paga se mai um transplanti
Se mai tem andadu na Guiné dentu di ospital
Ibraima ntom ka ta diskansa na si kabidal
Oji é dia kobra divida, oji é fim di mes
Oji vizinhu tem ki paga fazi kuatu mes
"Min ka ta debi branku, ki fari pretu moda bo
Toma bu moeda, sai di nha porta antes din dou ku mo
Nunka mas trividu, mandjaku di nosekê
Ba bu téra makaku, sa txera mofu també"

Ê fla mi é forti, ma ka tem nada más ki ta paral
Pa se familia trabadju ka ta matal
Ma alves ê ka ta aguenta, lagua ta baza
Óki dor invadi petu e kurason ta fala

Vivi nes angustia, manu ka ta da
Tratamentu moda bitxu, manu ka ta da
Fomi ku mizeria, manu ka ta da
Prekonseitu na trabadju, manu ka tada
Ser umanu ku djuda, ma ka ta da
Tristi realidade da vergonha fla
Ka bu txomam mandjaku, manu ka ta da
Afrikanu moda bo, nha manu kontrola

Ê txora, tudu bes ke lembra na se mai
Sodadi di se tera ta pol lagua kai
Ê txora, tudu dia ê sa ta pensa bai
Ê fla ê sa fartu prekonseitu, na me sa ta bai
Ê txora, tudu bes ki jovens inguisal
Ê fla me feiu ma se rostu é ka normal
Ê txora, tudu bes ki emprezas sa sploral
Onti fazi mas di um mes ma inda es ka pagal

Mariana txora, txora, txora
Tudu bes kes txomal mandjaka
Mariana txora, txora, txora
Na koredoris di salas di aula
Oh oooh, se fitxa odju ki lagua ta pinga
Oh oooh, ê fla me forti ê ka ta dizanima

Ê txora, tudu bes ke lembra na se mai
Sodadi di se tera ta pol lagua kai
Ê txora, tudu dia ê sa ta pensa bai
Ê fla ê sa fartu prekonseitu, na me sa ta bai
Ê txora, tudu bes ki jovens inguisal
Ê fla me feiu ma se rostu é ka normal
Ê txora, tudu bes ki emprezas sa sploral
Onti fazi mas di um mes ma inda es ka pagal

"Dja tem tempu um bokadu des polémika
Kel nome asim, kel nomi ki es ta kumenta ku nos
Kes ta fla mandjaku, dja bu ntendi
Kela é um nomi ki pa mi nta atxa ma é feiu"

Ka Ta Da

I'm going to tell you a story
A sad story
Yes, because it is when it is sad that men cry
How many times have you cried
How many times you have been discriminated against just because of your skin color
They call you mandjaka at school, you cry, you cry
Even sadder when this contempt comes from your own race

Mamadou left Guinea at the age of 20
Just with a CV and a lot of plans to change reality
In Bissau he left his family all with longing
With hope Mamadou changes need
In Praia Mamadou great worker
He digs the ground with the strength of his soul, his forehead laden with sweat
He works with a picture of his mother in his pocket, tears fall
He says everything is changing, five years without going
Mamadou has had a hard time many times
Today is the day the boss insults him for his payment
He is in the area all day, young people are only being insulted
You don't respect, you just call the mandjaku

He tells me to be strong, but there is nothing left to stop
For his family work doesn't kill
But then he can't take it anymore, the tears start to flow
When pain invades the chest and the heart speaks

Living in this anguish, bro, I can't take it
Treatment like an animal, bro, I can't take it
Hunger and misery, bro, I can't take it
Prejudice at work, bro, I can't stand it
To be a human being with help, but it's not enough
The sad reality of shame to speak
Don't call me mandjaku, bro, I can't take it
African like you, bro, control yourself

But he cries every time he remembers his mother
Missing his land makes tears fall
But he cries, every day he thinks about leaving
He says he's tired of prejudice, he's going to leave
He cries, every time young people are insulted
They call me ugly but their face is not normal
But he cries, every time companies cry out
Yesterday it was more than a month ago, but you still haven't paid

Ibraima is a street vendor
He walks from area to area with a bathtub in front of him
He looks for little by little but Ibraima is confident
He says he is collecting coins to pay for his mother's transplant
His mother has been in the hospital in Guinea
Ibraima then doesn't rest in his struggle
Today is the day to collect debts, today is the end of the month
Today the neighbor has to pay four months' worth of work
"I don't owe white people anything, what do you want black like you
Take your coins, get out of my door before I hit you
Never trifled with, mandjaku from who knows where
Go to your monkey land, I'll throw poop too"

He tells me to be strong, but there is nothing left to stop
For his family work doesn't kill
But then he can't take it anymore, the tears start to flow
When pain invades the chest and the heart speaks

Living in this anguish, bro, I can't take it
Treatment like an animal, bro, I can't take it
Hunger and misery, bro, I can't take it
Prejudice at work, bro, I can't stand it
To be a human being with help, but it's not enough
The sad reality of shame to speak
Don't call me mandjaku, bro, I can't take it
African like you, bro, control yourself

He cries every time he remembers his mother
Missing his land makes tears fall
He cries, every day he thinks about leaving
He says he's tired of prejudice, he's going to leave
He cries, every time young people are insulted
They call me ugly but their face is not normal
He cries, every time companies cry out
Yesterday it was more than a month ago, but you still haven't paid

Mariana cries, cries, cries
Every time they call her mandjaka
Mariana cries, cries, cries
In the corridors of classrooms
Oh oooh, her look of hatred makes tears fall
Oh oooh, she tells me to be strong, she won't be discouraged

He cries every time he remembers his mother
Missing his land makes tears fall
He cries, every day he thinks about leaving
He says he's tired of prejudice, he's going to leave
He cries, every time young people are insulted
They call me ugly but their face is not normal
He cries, every time companies cry out
Yesterday it was more than a month ago, but you still haven't paid

"It's been a while since a little controversy
That name like that, that name you're commenting on to us
Those who say mandjaku, you already understand
That's a name that I find ugly"