Mangueira - Samba-Enredo 2000

Dom obá ii - king of the ragged, prince of the people

Axé, mother Africa
Cradle of the Yoruba nation
Where I inherited the blue blood of royalty
I'm a warrior from Oyo
Son of the gods
I came from the court of the backlands
To defend our dear homeland
I'm 'dom obá', the prince of the people,
King of the rabble
In my delusions, a new world
I have faith

In the river over there
Luxury and wealth
In the river over here
Trash and poverty

I frequented the imperial palace
Critiqued the elite in the newspaper
I desired freedom
500 years of Brazil
And the black race didn't see
The light of equality
Making the black man breathe happiness

Dream or reality?
A gift from heaven (from heaven, from heaven)
I saw in the Mangueira hill
Samba with the flag bearer
Princess Isabel