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Artist: Elymar Santos
Canonical path: /elymar-santos/africo
Related lyric paths: 6
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Áfrico
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Áfrico
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Quem foi que fez brasileiro bater
Tambor de jongo?
De onde é que sai quem batuca com o pé
Terno-de-Congo?
Quem é, me ensina quem foi
Que fez o povo dançar
Tambor-de-Mina, Bumba-meu-boi,
Boi-bumbá,
O bambaquerê,
O samba, o ijexá,
Quando o Brasil resolveu cantar?
Quem foi que pôs o lamento na voz
Da lavadeira?
Quem fez aqui baticum, candomblé
E a capoeira?
Quem trouxe o maracatu?
Quem fez o maculelê,
Mineiro-pau, côco, caxambu,
Bangulê,
A xiba, o lundu,
O cateretê,
Quando o Brasil resolveu cantar?
Me diz quem foi que fez
A dor se transformar
Em som de carnaval,
Em batucada,
Em melodia?
Que força fez mudar
Toda tristeza
Em alegria,
Quando o Brasil resolveu cantar?
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