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Artist: Gilberto Gil
Canonical path: /gilberto-gil/rei-do-maracatu
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Rei do Maracatu
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Rei do Maracatu
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Nego caiu no samba sem parar
Pulou pra qui pulou pra lá
Mas não pediu licença pra sambar
Coitado do nego, o nego vai apanhar
Mas nego não precisa de licença
Pois nego é nego tu
O nego não vai apanhar
Pois nego é rei, rei, rei
É rei do maracatu
Toda vida trabalhando, se virando
E o capitão da mata procurando
Um jeito de evitar que o nego
Bote pra quebrar
Pois ele é nego tu
Pois ele é rei, rei, rei
É rei do maracatu
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Gilberto Gil performs "Rei do Maracatu", and this lyric page sits inside the Gilberto Gil catalog on LyroVerse.
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