Linha na Pipa
Vinicius Calderoni

Linha na pipa
Lenha na fogueira
Pé na tábua
Que é segunda-feira

Se ninguém levanta
Se sacode e lava o rosto
Não haverá maneira
Da vida andar

Todo mundo quer brilhar no circo
Mas não sabe que pra isso
Tem que erguer e amarrar a lona
E colar cartaz, ser bilheteiro
Cobrar escanteio e correr pra área

Fogo no rabo
Pernas para que te quero
Pra perambular sem guia

Quem tem boca vai à Roma
E agora que está em Roma
Quem diria, simbora andar

Quem na vida não quer ter sucesso?
Mas pra isso não me esqueço
De que fundamento é sola gasta
Pode pendurar a melancia
E ainda assim garanto que isso só não basta


ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Linha na Pipa is a popular expression that can be literally translated to "releasing more cord for the kite". Facilitating what you want to happen. That's the same meaning of "Lenha na fogueira" (more wood in the fire).

"Pé na tábua" is similar to "step on it" (the car gas), that today is monday! ("Que é segunda-feira")

If nobody gets up and washes their faces, there's no way life will go on.

Everybody wants to shine, it's a circus. But they don't know that, in order to shine, you have to lift up and tie the canvas, put on posters, sell tickets and "cobrar escanteio e correr pra área". This last expression relates to soccer, means you have to kick the ball and receive it yourself all across the field.

"Fogo no rabo" (fire in the tail, literally), means you can't stay put. "Pernas para que te quero" is a popular expression for running as crazy people. So you can walk through with no guide.

Who's got paladar goes to Rome, and since we're in Rome, who'd say? Let's walk!

Who doesn't want to be successful? But I can't forget that it is by walking forward and learning that you get embasement and knowledge.

You might even put on a watermelon around your neck, it's not enough.