Eminência Parda Lyrics in English Emicida , Dona Onete, Jé Santiago E Papillon

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Eminência Parda by Emicida from Portuguese to English.

Tiny muriquinho, tiny muriquinho

'Purugunta' where you're going, 'purugunta' where you're going

I escaped death, now I know where I'm going

I know it wasn't luck, I always wanted to be where I am

I don't trust anybody, no

Much less the po-po

Money in my pocket, my wrist totally froze

It was before the shows

Way before the blow

I was with my bros, before the hype and some haters

I escaped death, now I know where I'm going

I know it wasn't luck

They were abyssal grudges

I made faith echo like cathedrals

Sacred like Torahs, I kill like corals

Voracious shark of oriental knowledge

My chant turned the Atlantic into a quantum detail

Find me in the storms

You don't measure courage in times of peace

Style Jesus 2.0

I walk over the water of the sorrow of the suckers

Who sh*t these rules they imposed on me

I was a nothing, today I hold an infinity

I feel like the invention of zero

I'm not conceited I'm convincing

So, see in the street what the rhymes did

From base paste to base in the briefcase, the big world drags

At a million my caste flies, ping-pong

Push sh*t away, enough, rasta mind vibrates

Recalibrates the yin-yang

Like a filmmaker, I look for the gap, I outshine the party

I aim at the forehead, I launch the Kim Jong

I decide if y'all will deal with King

Or if you'll deal with Kong

In gold like Aztec, I came from a dry life

Everything was a Sahara, the Sahara, the Sahara

Abundance is the goal, like Mecca

I'm Thomas Sankara who faces and fixes

Fresh-born, surrounded by checks

Blend of Vivara, Guevara, Lebara

My pen's f*cking with white history

And the world screams, don't stop, don't stop, don't stop

So get over the old fetish on that caravel

Seriously, stop, fella, fling the screen wide open in perspective

I rise, break everything and they call it concept

I think that somehow I bring Shiva's hand

This is God speaking through the homies

It's me aiming and killing the Klu

Only whoever dribbled death through the North gets it

That it was never luck, it was always Exu

I rock a suit for fun

Is it subaltern or subversion?

Everything was hell, I made an inversion

The goal is the eternal, the immensity

Like bees gather under the tile

I shepherd the black sheep that wandered dispersed

Pollination frames the conversation

Until they call us reverse colonization

There's no pain that will endure

Nor will your hate disturb

The mission is to recover

Cooperate and empower

It's been many years on defense

But black don't cry, bro, get up

Don't beg, pawn the white flag

Don't tire your throat with dumbasses, it ain't worth it

Focus and attention on our ascension

F*ck oppression

There's no other option

Till everything's on clean plates, no soap

From now on it's straight talk, no detour

Look straight into a black man's eyes without fear

They say I crossed the finish line

For me I haven't even started

I came, rhymed, won, I'm king

I escaped death, now I know where I'm going

I know it wasn't luck, I always wanted to be where I am

I don't trust anybody, no

Much less the po-po

Money in my pocket, my wrist totally froze

It was before the shows

Way before the blow

I was with my bros, before the hype and the jealous

I escaped death, now I know where I'm going

I know it wasn't luck, I've always wanted to be where I am

Tiny muriquinho, tiny muriquinho

'Purugunta' where you're going, 'purugunta' where you're going

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SONG MEANING

Eminência Parda feels like an action-packed movie told through rhymes. Emicida and his guests celebrate surviving close calls, turning street hustle into lyrical muscle, and proving that their rise was never luck. The hook "Escapei da morte, agora sei pra onde eu vou" sets the tone: they dodged death, found purpose, and now stride through life with pockets full of confidence, ice on the wrist, and a mind sharpened by ancient wisdom. References to Exu, Jesus 2.0, and quantum oceans mix spirituality with science, showing that Black knowledge is vast and unstoppable.

The second half flips from personal triumph to collective mission. The rappers call for reversing colonial narratives, empowering the Black community, and refusing to beg for peace. They swap despair for determination, shouting "Fuck a opressão" while pledging cooperation, abundance, and eternal growth. In short, the song is a swagger-filled manifesto: it honors ancestors, mocks haters, and invites listeners to walk on water alongside them—because once you escape death, anything is possible.

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