"Mangueira" genre: World Fusion
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	Brazilian samba flavored jazz complete with a batucada!
	CD: The Presidents   Label: Kikidlat Records Credits: Music: Laine & Eugene Jaceldo Lyrics: Laine
	Story Behind the Song Mangueira was written about a favela in Rio De Janeiro that is known for their samba school and their unwavering optimism in the midst of social chaos in their country. Lyrics MANGUEIRA A million lights that decorate a velvet sky Heavens way of making welcome the night In Mangueira the wind carries the sound As Heaven cries its tears of stars down to the ground Drops of water drumming on their roofs of tin Mud floors slide as another storm begins If you listen you can hear the people's song They'll sing all night and pray that it won't rain too long The forgotten ones are here Morning light unmasks a desperate face Beneath a sheath of stars lies a city's disgrace In the favela a new day teases again In Mangueira heaven cries once more for them c.1993 laine

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