When the agogô sounds the clang of iron on iron
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It'll be like the calf's bellow
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Bled to please great Ogum
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When the hand strikes the drum
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Life and death so it's watched over
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By the orixá and by the egum
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Keep singing the ijexá to Father Xangô
It'll always be like this
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It'll be peace, it'll be war, seraphim
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Through Exu's mischief
Despite the rough crossing
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It must always be stone upon stone
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It must be brick upon brick
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And the solace is knowing it won't end
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Keep singing the ijexá to Father Xangô
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Keep singing the ijexá to Father Xangô
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Like God, there's none