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Nelly Furtado Lyrics

Peso..Joga..Ginga..Hoda
The singer is using Portuguese words to express herself

Vera's face burnt as a memory of bedroom fun
Vera has a burnt face which serves as a reminder of an incident that happened during sexual activity

With a lighter and some hairspray
The burnt face was caused by using a lighter and hairspray together

Smoking in the girls' room
The incident happened in the bathroom where they were smoking

Not worse than Shelley's rape behind the McDonald's
Another girl named Shelley was raped behind McDonald's, which is equally terrible to Vera's incident

By a man she thought was fine, didn't tell anybody
Shelley was raped by someone she trusted and didn't talk about it with anyone

Or maybe back then we just thought that she was getting some
At that time, they might have assumed that Shelley was having consensual sex instead of getting raped

Now we look back and see that she didn't know how
In retrospect, it is clear that Shelley was not aware of the gravity of the situation

We never thought that we'd get caught up
The singer and her friends never thought they would be involved in such situations

Stuck in the teenage waste
They feel trapped in a cycle of youthful recklessness

As we explode
As they engage in their wild and reckless behavior

Then getting drunk in the bushes by the road outside the Kmart
The singer and her friends also got drunk in the bushes near Kmart

Rolling around in them to see if you would get prickled
They rolled around in the bushes to see if they would get hurt

Slip the acid on your tongue rooftop mall parkade
They took acid while on the rooftop of a mall parking lot

We couldn't get enough
They were addicted to the thrill they got from their reckless behavior

Then count the stars and the ten million woes
They would look at the stars and contemplate their problems

Just you and the universe judging each other
They feel judged by the universe

It's a fight, it's a fight and you finally belong
They feel like they finally fit in by engaging in this behavior

Got a shiner now and it's more than a battle scar
They have a black eye, which is more than just a physical wound

More than a battle scar, such a good, good story to tell
Despite the negative consequences, they see their reckless behavior as a story worth telling

At lunch break, lunch break, lunch break, lunch break
They have these experiences during their lunch break

You bully, you break, you bully, you break
They feel like they are being bullied and broken down by life

You fake, you fake, you fake, you fake
They try to fake their way through life

You smoke, you toke, you want, you flaunt, you hit it and you're in it and it's spinning
They engage in drugs and risky behavior

And it's wild
Their behavior is unrestrained and free-spirited

We're counting the stars
They look at the stars, which symbolizes their yearning for something more

We're gonna go far, we're gonna go far
They believe they will have a bright future

It's you and me in the open air
The singer is addressing someone, and they are together in nature

It's truth or dare, we don't care
They play games like Truth or Dare, without a care in the world