Minha Fama De Mau Lyrics in English by Erasmo Carlos, Rita Lee
Torturar means "to torture." While it might seem intense, it's used here in a dramatic, almost playful way to describe emotional distress.
In the song, the singer says, "Não quero torturar meu coração" (I don't want to torture my heart). He's exaggerating his reluctance to go to the cinema, claiming it would be too painful for his
"Minha Fama De Mau" is a playful duet about a guy protecting his tough-guy reputation. His girlfriend asks him to take her to the movies, and he keeps saying no, not because he does not want to go, but because saying yes might ruin his image as a "bad boy."
She cries and threatens to leave, and he still refuses, repeating "I have to keep my bad reputation" like a stubborn joke he cannot let go of. The song then breaks into a comic argument: she teases him back, calls him names, and threatens to tear up his magazines.
In the end his resolve melts. He agrees to go to the movies after all, on one condition: it has to be a cowboy film. The song closes tenderly, with the two of them heading out together, him calling her "my queen" and telling her how much he loves her.
It is a lighthearted look at how pride and affection can tangle together in a relationship, and how a little teasing usually wins in the end.
