La Fantastica
Carlos Vives
The Fantastic
Manuel Zapata told me
Domingo Benkos Biohó
He freed himself in Cartagena
And in La Matuna he founded
Palenque
To escape his fate
To call his people
To sing for his sorrows
He told me
Lemaitre also told me
That Spain did not surrender
That the English pirates
Tested their patience
And raised a very strong wall
To save their people
To protect their flag
He told me
Drums, drums
For the children of the plum tree
Sweet potato, sweet potato
For the joy of the house
Money, money
For the old companions
Of the music scene
Of the local scene
God bless Cartagena
The fantastic
Long live Africa
Long live Africa
God bless Cartagena
The fantastic
Long live Africa
Long live Africa
Sweet potato called Pechiche
Graciela played next
And a legend answered
Named Justo Valdez
And Sofro sang like this with Senelia
And in the present burning
As if singing his sorrows
I told you
Drums, drums
For the children of the plum tree
Sweet potato, sweet potato
For the joy of the house
Money, money
For the old companions
Of the music scene
Of the local scene
God bless Cartagena
The fantastic
Long live Africa
Long live Africa
God bless Cartagena
The fantastic
Long live Africa
Long live Africa
No one dances
Like the fantastic dances
Romantic
Not so plastic
Iconoclastic
Hip movement
Very artistic
More elastic
Chambacú
Torices
Barú
Bazurto
God bless Cartagena
The fantastic
Long live Africa
Long live Africa
God bless Cartagena
The Romantic
Long live Africa
Long live Africa
God bless Cartagena
The fantastic
Long live Africa
Long live Africa
Long live Africa
Long live Africa
