MC FIOTI - BUM BUM TAM TAM (ENGLISH TRANSLATION)

 

 ATTENTION:

At the top, you’ll find the lyrics in Portuguese.

Below, the same song is presented in the following format: first, a word-for-word translation, then a meaning-based translation.

At the end, there is a glossary with all the words from the song.

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MC Fioti - Bum Bum Tam Tam

É a flauta envolvente que mexe com a mente

It is the engaging flute that moves with the mind

It’s the catchy flute that messes with your mind

De quem tá presente

Of who is present

Of everyone who's there

As novinha saliente

The little bold girls

The flirty young girls

Fica loucona e se joga pra gente

Gets very crazy and throws herself to us

They go wild and come dancing to us

Aí eu falei assim pra ela, óh

Then I said like this to her, oh

Then I told her this, oh

(Aí eu falei assim pra ela)

(Then I said like this to her)

(Yeah, I told her this)

Vai, vai com o bum bum, tam, tam

Go, go with the bum bum, tam, tam

Go, shake that booty, tam tam

Vem com o bum bum, tam, tam, tam

Come with the bum bum, tam, tam, tam

Come on, bring that booty, tam tam tam

Vai, mexe o bum bum, tam, tam

Go, move the bum bum, tam, tam

Go, shake that booty, tam tam

Vem, desce o bum bum, tam, tam, tam

Come, go down with the bum bum, tam, tam, tam

Come on, drop it low, tam tam tam

Vai, mexe o bum bum, tam, tam

Go, move the bum bum, tam, tam

Go, shake that booty, tam tam

Vem, desce o bum bum

Come, go down with the bum bum

Come on, drop the booty low

Vai com o bum bum

Go with the bum bum

Go with your booty

Vem com o bum bum

Come with the bum bum

Come with your booty

(Com o bum bum)

(With the bum bum)

(With your booty)

(Com o bum bum)

(With the bum bum)

(With your booty)

Vai, treme o bum bum, tam, tam, tam, tam (vem)

Go, shake the bum bum, tam, tam, tam, tam (come)

Go on, shake your booty, tam tam tam tam (come)

Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam (vai)

Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam (go)

Tam tam tam tam tam tam tam tam (go)

Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam (vem)

Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam (come)

Tam tam tam tam tam tam tam tam (come)

Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam (vai)

Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam (go)

Tam tam tam tam tam tam tam tam (go)

Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam (vem)

Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam (come)

Tam tam tam tam tam tam tam tam (come)

Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam (vai)

Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam (go)

Tam tam tam tam tam tam tam tam (go)

Tam, tam, tam

Tam, tam, tam

Tam tam tam

(Note: this section is a repeated rhythmic chant — mostly musical onomatopoeia.)

Autenticamente falando

Authentically speaking

Honestly speaking

Copia aí, pô

Copy there, bro

Take note, bro

Nóis tá tipo como?

We are like how?

You know what we’re like?

Tipo Vavazinho

Like little Vava

Like Vavazinho style

E aê, Fioti?

What's up, Fioti?

Yo, what’s up, Fioti?

(E aê, Fioti)

(What’s up, Fioti)

(Yo, Fioti)

[Repeat chorus and verses as in earlier sections]

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Portuguese	English
flauta	flute
envolvente	catchy / engaging
mexe	moves / shakes
mente	mind
quem	who
tá (está)	is
presente	present / there
novinha	young girl / flirty girl
saliente	bold / flirty
fica	gets / becomes
loucona	crazy / wild
se joga	throws herself / joins in / dances hard
gente	us / people
aí	then / so
falei	I said
assim	like this
pra ela	to her
óh	oh
vai	go
vem	come
com	with
mexe	shake / move
desce	go down / drop it low
bum bum	booty / butt
tam tam	onomatopoeia of a beat
treme	shake
autenticamente	authentically / honestly
falando	speaking
copia	copy
aí	there (slang use)
pô	bro / dude (slang interjection)
nóis (nós)	we (nonstandard/slang)
tá tipo como?	what are we like? / what’s our vibe?
tipo	like (as in "like this")
Vavazinho	(nickname, slang — style reference)
e aê?	what’s up?