Videoclip
Rica
There’s a heat in the pavement, my mercury’s raising
– Tin un calor riba e pavimento, mi mercurio ta subi
Don’t know if it’s love or if it’s ovulation
– Mi no sa si ta amor òf si ta ovulashon
When you’re holding a hammer, everything looks like a nail
– Ora bo ta tene un hamber, tur kos ta parse un klou
The mist from the fountain is kissing my neck
– E nebia di e fuente ta sunchi mi kara
The liquid crystal is in my grip
– E kristal likido ta den mi man
Anyone with a snake tongue, I show ’em the chambers of my heart
– Ken ku tin lenga di sero, mi ta mustra e kambernan di mi kurason.
Now I know you don’t deal much in love and affection
– Awor mi sa ku bo no ta trata hopi ku amor i afekshon
But I really do think there could be a connection
– Pero mi ta kere ku por tin un konekshon
I burn and I sing and I scheme and I dance
– Mi ta kima mi mes i kanta i mi ta planeá i baila
Some days I’m a woman, some days I’m a man, oh
– Algun dia mi ta un muhé, algun dia mi ta un hòmber, oh
I might have been born again
– E por a nase di nobo
I’m ready to feel like I don’t have the answers
– Mi ta kla pa sinti ku mi no tin e kontestanan
There’s peace in the madness over our heads
– Tin pas den loko riba nos kabes
Let it carry me o-o-o-o-on
– Laga e hiba mi o-o-o-on
On
– Na
Ah
– Ah
Ah
– Ah
Today, I’ll go to Canal Street, they’re piercing my ears
– Awe mi ta Bai Canal Street, nan ta perforando mi orea.
I’m making a wish when the needle goes in
– Mi ta pidi un deseo ora e aguila drenta
Take an aura picture, read it and tell me who I am (Show me who I am)
– Tuma un potret di e aura, lesa e i bisa mi ken mi ta (Mustra mi ken mi ta)
Now I know you don’t deal much in love and affection
– Awor mi sa ku bo no ta trata hopi ku amor i afekshon
But I really do think you can make an exception
– Pero mi ta kere ku bo por hasi un eksepshon
It’s a beautiful life, so I play truant
– E ta un bida bunita, p’esei mi ta hunga falta di klas
I jerk tears and they pay me to do it, oh
– Mi ta sakudí mi lágrima i nan ta paga mi pa hasié, oh
I might have been born again
– E por a nase di nobo
I’m ready to feel like I don’t have the answers
– Mi ta kla pa sinti ku mi no tin e kontestanan
There’s peace in the madness over our heads
– Tin pas den loko riba nos kabes
Let it carry me o-o-o-o-on
– Laga e hiba mi o-o-o-on
On
– Na
Ah
– Ah
Ah
– Ah
Ah
– Ah
Ah
– Ah
Ah, ah, ah
– Ah, ah, ah
Ah
– Ah
Let it break me down till I’m just a wreck
– Laga e kibra mi te ora e ta un desaster so
Till I’m just a voice living in your head
– Te ora mi ta solamente un bos ku ta biba den bo kabes
It’s a fucked-up world, been to hell and back
– E ta un mundu kibra, mi tabata den fièrnu i mi a bolbe
But I’ve sent you a postcard from the edge
– Pero mi a manda un karta di post for di e bordo
The edge
– E bordo
Mm, oh
– Mm, oh
Oh
– Oh, ta ta
