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Alapalá (The Myth Of Shango) Paroles

Gilberto Gil

Album Nightingale

Paroles de Alapalá (The Myth Of Shango)

Aganju, Shango
Alapala, Alapala, Alapala
Shango, Aganju

A little boy, the age of three
He asked about his family tree:
"Oh, father, who is my grand papa?"

The father said: "My boy, grandpa is dead
And right before he died
He told me who was my grandpapa

"My grandpapa, your grandpapa’s
Daddy was born in Africa
A king, a tribal king Yoruba

"So you, my boy, you’ve got to be
Yourself a little new Shango"
Oh, Aganju, baba Alapala

Aganju, Shango
Alapala, Alapala, Alapala
Shango, Aganju

Alapala, egun, spirit of the family man
Ancestral soul of our tribe until this day And that is why you should be proud, my boy