Samba-Enredo 2012 - Vou Festejar! Sou Cacique, Sou Mangueira

Come celebrate, with open hands
I am the samba, the voice of the hill!
Can't hold back this emotion
Chief and Mangueira in one heart

Hail the tribe of the cool
Where a simple verse becomes a song
Hail the new Palace of Samba
The sweet refuge for inspiration
Under the tamarind tree
Oxóssi the warrior made me remember
A place, my cradle in a new home
Keeping my feet on the ground
Roots that became a religion
Of the bohemian life, of the old carnivals
I will never forget!

Keep the beat, I want to samba
Take me! The Surdo One throws a party
Forget the pain of life, oh
Chiefing down the avenue

Yeah
I saw the block passing
The noble praying and the people singing

Yeah
It was a lump in my throat
To see the Bafo da Onça parade

Crying
The time has come, I won't care
My culture is folk art
Born in Fundo de Quintal
I'm Immortal and I'll say
To agonize is not to die
Mangueira made my dream come true

The people never lose the joy of singing
Across the universe my voice echoed
Respect those who made it here
To where we have arrived!