Um mulato baiano,
Muito alto e mulato
Filho de um italiano
E de uma preta hauçá
Foi aprendendo a ler
Olhando mundo à volta
E prestando atenção
No que não estava a vista
Assim nasce um comunista
Um mulato baiano
Que morreu em São Paulo
Baleado por homens do poder militar
Nas feições que ganhou em solo americano
A dita guerra fria
Roma, França e Bahia
Os comunistas guardavam sonhos
Os comunistas. Os comunistas
O mulato baiano, mini e manual
Do guerrilheiro urbano que foi preso por Vargas
Depois por Magalhães
Por fim, pelos milicos
Sempre foi perseguido nas minúcias das pistas
Como são os comunistas
Não que os seus inimigos
Estivessem lutando
Contra as nações terror
Que o comunismo urdia
Mas por vãos interesses
De poder e dinheiro
Quase sempre por menos
Quase nunca por mais
Os comunistas guardavam sonhos
Os comunistas. Os comunistas
O baiano morreu
Eu estava no exílio
E mandei um recado:
"eu que tinha morrido"
E que ele estava vivo,
Mas ninguém entendia
Vida sem utopia
Não entendo que exista
Assim fala um comunista
Porém, a raça humana
Segue trágica, sempre
Indecodificável
Tédio, horror, maravilha
Ó, mulato baiano
Samba o reverencia
Muito embora não creia
Em violência e guerrilha
Tédio, horror e maravilha
Calçadões encardidos
Multidões apodrecem
Há um abismo entre homens
E homens, o horror
Quem e como fará
Com que a terra se acenda
E desate seus nós
Discutindo-se Clara
Iemanjá, Maria, Iara
Iansã, Catijaçara
O mulato baiano já não obedecia
As ordens de interesse que vinham de Moscou
Era luta romântica
Ela luz e era treva
Venta de maravilha, de tédio e de horror
Os comunistas guardavam sonhos
Os comunistas, os comunistas.
Caetano Emanuel Viana Telles Veloso (Salvador, April 7, 1942) is one of the most influential singer-songwriters in Brazil. Born into a bourgeois family, he developed a passion for music at a young age, embracing bossa nova and rock. In the 1960s, in Rio de Janeiro, he became part of the Tropicália movement, a cultural explosion that blended traditional Brazilian elements with international influences such as pop, psychedelic, and jazz. Caetano Veloso is known for his innovative melodies, poetic lyrics, and distinctive voice. A key figure in the Tropicália movement, he collaborated with artists like Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé, and Gal Costa. In 1968, following military censorship in Brazil, he was exiled to London. After returning home, he continued to produce highly successful music, exploring new genres such as world music and electronic. Among his most famous songs are "Alegria, Alegria", "Sozinho", "Sampa", and "O Leãozinho". Caetano Veloso is considered a Brazilian cultural icon, whose impact on the music and society of his country remains profound.
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