CUANDO EU VENHO DE LUANDA

INTRODUCTION

In your land, black people were people

Chorus: more was ripped from there

In his land, black people were strong

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In his land, black people were beautiful, they were pure

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In his land, black people were warriors

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In his land the black man was king

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Here the black is nothing, now the black is little

humiliated, beaten

your courage in frails

but sleeps in the chest of black people, latent in hatred

a cry for freedom

CHORUS: When I come from Luanda, yeah! I don't come alone (bis)

Hi, I bring my tired body

bitter heart

longing is what makes the pain

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ENCORE CHOIR

I was pressured into betrayal

bringing cowardice

and if i can fight honestly from there

no one brought me,

on my skin I brought the night

the air shines in the mouth

I bring the strength and present magic of the Orixás

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I bring burning in my back

weight of this evil

I bring it echoing in my chest

a cry for freedom

It's the cry of a noble race

cry of a warrior race

It's a black race scream

It's a capoeira scream

CHORUS