(Where's the crowd's applause?
The applause of the hand)
Leh leh leh leh leh leh leh leh leh leh
Leh leh leh leh leh leh leh leh leh leh

In the loudspeaker service
Of the Pau da Bandeira hill
Who announces is Zé do Caroço
That tomorrow will cause a commotion
Alerting the entire favela
How I wish it were in Mangueira
That there was another Zé do Caroço (Caroço)

To tell this guy once and for all
Carnival is not this colossus
Our school is roots, it's wood
But it's the Pau da Bandeira hill
Of a true Vila Isabel
It's where Zé do Caroço works
Zé do Caroço battles
And who haggles the market prices
And at the time when Brazilian television
Distracts everyone with its soap opera
That's when Zé speaks out
Making a profound speech
He wants to see the well-being of the favela
A new leader is being born
In the Pau da Bandeira hill (it's Leci Brandão)
(A new leader is being born) oh
In the Pau da Bandeira hill
In the Pau da Bandeira hill
(In the Pau da Bandeira hill) eh eh

Leh leh leh leh leh leh leh leh leh leh (degue degue degue degue)
Leh leh leh leh leh leh leh leh leh leh (Our Lady)

(Our godmother, Leci Brandão)
In the loudspeaker service
Of the Pau da Bandeira hill
Who announces is Zé do Caroço
Tomorrow will cause a commotion
Alerting the entire favela
Ah, how I wish it were in Mangueira
That there was another Zé do Caroço, Caroço, Caroço
To tell this guy once and for all
Carnival is not this colossus
My school is roots, it's wood
This is the Pau da Bandeira hill
Of a true Vila Isabel
Zé do Caroço works
Zé do Caroço battles
And who haggles the market prices
And at the time when Brazilian television
Distracts everyone with its soap opera
That's when Zé speaks out
Making a profound speech
He wants to see the well-being of the favela
A new leader is being born (say it)
(In the Pau da Bandeira hill)
A new leader is being born
In the Pau da Bandeira hill
In the Pau da Bandeira hill
In the Pau da Bandeira hill
In the Pau da Bandeira hill
In the Pau da Bandeira hill (eh eh)

Leh leh leh leh leh leh leh leh leh leh (degue degue degue degue)
Leh leh leh leh leh leh leh leh leh leh
Asked to stop!

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