ZUMBI

Zumbi dos Palmares

Freedom yeah you got it

Zumbi dos Palmares

Fierce and never lost it yeah

Zumbi dos Palmares woah

From Angola you brought it

From Kongo yeah you brought it

Descended from Imbandala warrior

Founders of the Kasanje barrier

Brave in battle never tarrier

You did not trust their hysteria

You could never be converted no no

Spiritual power and the ancestors you know

No assimilation you sit upon your throne yeah

You dash away the yoke

Chorus

King of the Palmares

Defender of your people

Black Liberation

Your dream was to be equal yeah

But many were deceitful

No justice never peaceful

Courage unrivaled

You never love the steeple

Determination like the lion never feeble yeah

The battlefield your easel

You crushed them out like beetle

You were sold out and betrayed by your people

Beheaded by the ones who were pure evil

Still you live on and soar like an eagle

Your memory’s forever...