[Hook: Rallying kuduro male MC, rallying, shouted] Dance on it before it dries Twenty years of mud and the road arrive Put your heel in the black, let the whole bairro ride Dance on it before it dries [Verse 1: Rallying kuduro male MC, rallying, fast and loud] Twenty years we walking in the red red clay Shoes in a bag and we carry 'em halfway Rainy season taxi won't come down the hill Kota with the cart, he got stuck there still Mama selling bread with the mud to her knee Every promise from the city came and went like a breeze Then a Monday in October, here come the machines Yellow trucks, orange vests, and the tar steaming clean Kids up on the wall with their mouths wide open Old men watching like the sky just spoken Smell of it rising, it's thick, it's hot Black river running down the hill to the lot [Hook: Rallying kuduro male MC, rallying, shouted] Dance on it before it dries Twenty years of mud and the road arrive Put your heel in the black, let the whole bairro ride Dance on it before it dries [Bridge: Rallying kuduro male MC, steamroller pass, slow and heavy, then the whole beat jumps] Here come the roller, slow, slow, slow Last pass, last pass, everybody hold Wait for the man in the vest, wait for the wave Now jump, bairro, jump on the brand new pave [Verse 2: Rallying kuduro male MC, rallying, faster] Foreman shouting, it ain't set, it ain't set Too late, chief, we ain't finished yet Grandma on the corner with her slippers in her hand Kids doing kuduro on the hot new land Footprints, heelprints, everybody stamp Tia Nanda dancing by the light of the lamp Uncle with the radio up on his shoulder Twenty years waiting and he dancing like he's younger, not older Bora, bora, nobody sleep Every step we take, we gon' let it keep Morning come up and the road set hard Every step from the night pressed in like a card Hundred little footprints that'll never wash out That's the map of the bairro, that's what we about [Final Hook: Rallying kuduro male MC, rallying, shouted, full beat] Dance on it before it dries Twenty years of mud and the road arrive Put your heel in the black, let the whole bairro ride Dance on it before it dries [Outro: Rallying kuduro male MC, rallying, the beat rides out and the last kick rings and fades] Before it dries, bairro Footprints in the road for good Before it dries [End]
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