Solta todo aquele axé que tá dentro de você
Deixa ele te ganhar te levar e te envolver
Solta o seu axé que tá dentro do seu corpo
Segura a saudade moço, berimbau já vai tocar
Solta o seu axé que tá dentro do seu corpo
Segura a saudade moço, berimbau já vai tocar
Acarajé é igual roda
Tem que ter dendê
Pra fazer o axé
Acarajé é igual roda
Tem que ter dendê
Pra fazer o axé
A palma de Seu Bimba e de terreiro importa
Pra fazer a roda se emocionar
As palmas juntas, faz a energia nascer
Faz a roda crescer pro capoeira vadiar
Acarajé é igual roda
Tem que ter dendê
Pra fazer o axé
O canto é igual tempero de acarajé
Porque o óleo de dendê não vai faltar
Fogo sem brasa é igual uma roda seca
Por conta disso vatapá não vai faltar
Acarajé é igual roda
Tem que ter dendê
Pra fazer o axé
A baiana tem, tem pimenta tem sabor
E o vegetal para comida salgar
Porque o gosto tá na sua experiência
E o capoeira boa é sim pra se testar
Acarajé é igual roda
Tem que ter dendê
Pra fazer o axé
Acarajé é igual roda
Tem que ter dendê
Pra fazer o axé
Acarajé é igual roda
Tem que ter dendê
Pra fazer o axé
Solta o seu axé que tá dentro do seu corpo
Segura a saudade moço, berimbau já vai tocar
Solta o seu axé que tá dentro do seu corpo
Segura a saudade moço, berimbau já vai tocar
Release all that axé that’s inside you
Let it win you over, take you and envelop you
Release your axé that’s inside your body
Hold on to your longing, boy, the berimbau is about to play
Release your axé that’s inside your body
Hold on to your longing, boy, the berimbau is about to play
Acarajé is like a roda
You have to have palm oil
To make axé
Acarajé is like a roda
You have to have palm oil
To make axé
The clapping of Mestre Bimba and of the terreiro matters
To make the roda move
The clapping together makes the energy come alive
Makes the roda grow for capoeira to wander
Acarajé is like a roda
You have to have palm oil
To make axé
The singing is like acarajé seasoning
Because there will be no shortage of palm oil
Fire without embers is like a dry roda
Because of this, there will be no shortage of vatapá
Acarajé is like a roda
You have to have palm oil
To make axé Axé
The Bahian woman has it, has pepper, has flavor
And vegetables for salty food
Because taste is in your experience
And good capoeira is indeed for testing
Acarajé is like a roda
It has to have palm oil
To make axé
Acarajé is like a roda
It has to have palm oil
To make axé
Acarajé is like a roda
It has to have palm oil
To make axé
Release your axé that is inside your body
Hold on to your longing, boy, the berimbau is about to play
Release your axé that is inside your body
Hold on to your longing, boy, the berimbau is about to play
Did you know?
Berimbau
- The berimbau is a single-string musical bow of African origin that functions as the absolute leader and commander of the roda.
- The instrument dictates the exact speed, stylistic tone, and combat intensity of the capoeiristas through specific rhythms known as toques.
- A traditional berimbau is constructed from a wooden staff, a steel wire, a hollowed gourd resonator, a small stone or coin, a bamboo shaker, and a wooden thin stick.
- In a traditional orchestra, three distinct pitches are used: the deep-toned gunga to lead the group, the medium médio to hold the rhythm, and the high-pitched viola to improvise.
- Enslaved Africans historically used the live music of the bow to camouflage their outlawed martial art, making the training look like an innocent dance to colonial authorities.
- Today, the instrument holds a sacred status within the art, and capoeiristas show immense reverence toward it, celebrating its spiritual voice in countless traditional songs.
Dendê
- Dendê refers to the vibrant palm oil imported from West Africa that became a fundamental element in Afro-Brazilian cooking, spiritual rituals, and capoeira culture.
- In the context of the roda, the word represents the vital energy, spice, intensity, and deep passion that capoeiristas bring to their physical game.
- When a match becomes exceptionally dynamic, fast-paced, and full of creative cunning, it is frequently described as having a lot of dendê.
- Capoeiristas regularly invoke the term in traditional songs to request spiritual strength, alertness, and an energetic spark from the musicians.
- It serves as a cultural symbol of resilience, honoring the historical preservation of African identities and survival strategies in Brazil.
- Today, having this quality means playing with authentic soul and drive, ensuring the performance remains captivating, sharp, and powerful.
Mestre Bimba
Mestre Bimba (Manuel dos Reis Machado) was the legendary founder of Capoeira Regional, a faster and more combative style of the art.
- Mestre Bimba (1899–1974) revolutionized the discipline by creating Capoeira Regional, modernizing the traditional Afro-Brazilian art.
- He integrated elements of Batuque and gymnastics to make capoeira a highly effective and structured martial art.
- In 1932, he founded the world's first official capoeira academy in Salvador, Bahia, establishing a rigorous training method.
- He successfully convinced President Getúlio Vargas to lift the legal ban on capoeira, declaring it Brazil's national sport.
- He introduced systematic innovations like white uniforms, a formal graduation system using colored scarves, and standardized combat sequences.
- Disillusioned by a lack of government support in Bahia, he moved to Goiânia, where he tragically died in poverty a year later.
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