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Artist: Gilberto Gil
Canonical path: /gilberto-gil/refavela
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Refavela
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Refavela
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AIaiá, kiriê
Kiriê, iaiá
A refavela
Revela aquela
Que desce o morro e vem transar
O ambiente
Efervescente
De uma cidade a cintilar
A refavela
Revela o salto
Que o preto pobre tenta dar
Quando se arranca
Do seu barraco
Prum bloco do BNH
A refavela, a refavela, ó
Como é tão bela, como é tão bela, ó
A refavela
Revela a escola
De samba paradoxal
Brasileirinho
Pelo sotaque
Mas de língua internacional
A refavela
Revela o passo
Com que caminha a geração
Do black jovem
Do black-Rio
Da nova dança no salão
Iaiá, kiriê
Kiriê, iaiá
A refavela
Revela o choque
Entre a favela-inferno e o céu
Baby-blue-rock
Sobre a cabeça
De um povo-chocolate-e-mel
A refavela
Revela o sonho
De minha alma, meu coração
De minha gente
Minha semente
Preta Maria, Zé, João
A refavela, a refavela, ó
Como é tão bela, como é tão bela, ó
A refavela
Alegoria
Elegia, alegria e dor
Rico brinquedo
De samba-enredo
Sobre medo, segredo e amor
A refavela
Batuque puro
De samba duro de marfim
Marfim da costa
De uma Nigéria
Miséria, roupa de cetim
Iaiá, kiriê
Kiriê, iáiá.
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