ALAPALA (THE MYTH OF SHANGO)

    (Babá Alapalá, de Gilberto Gil)
    versão de Gilberto Gil e Carol Rogers
    (1979)

    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
    The tribe of Aganju-Shango, an axe is in his hand
    His lightning axe could strike the sky above
    And make the sound of crashing
    thunders threaten God
    And that is why Shango became a God himself
    And that is why you should be proud, my boy

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