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Papa Legba Lyrics

You'll be, hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm, magnet for money
You'll be, mm-mm-mm-mm, magnet for love
You'll feel, hmm, light in your body
Now I'm gonna say, gonna say these words:

Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo
Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo

It might hmm-mmm-mm-mm...It might rain money
It might hm-hi-hi-hi...It might rain fire
Now I'm gonna call,
Gonna call on Legba.
Get yourself a sign
Get your love and desire.

Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo
Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempou
Papa Legba,
Come and open the gate.
Papa Legba,
To the city of camps.
Now, we're your children
Come and ride your horse
In the night
In the night
Come and ride your horse

There is a queen
Of six sevens and nines
Dust in your garden
Poison in your mind
There is a king
That will steal your soul
Din't let him catch you,
Don't let him get control.

Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo
Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo

Papa Legba,
Come and open the gate
Papa Legba,
To the city of camps
Now, we're your children
Come and ride your horse

In the night
In the night, come and ride your horse
In the night
In the night, come and ride your horse
In the night
In the night, come and ride your horse
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Cover art for Papa Legba lyrics by Talking Heads

I love the beautiful and varied percussion in this one, a very underrated TH song.

Papa Legba is invoked first and last in any Voodoo ceremony, as the mediator between the loa and the mortal world. The lyrics are quite literally describing / transcribing the ceremony.

Cover art for Papa Legba lyrics by Talking Heads

Papa Legba governs the threshold to the spirit world. As master of the crossroads, he can help you find the way if you are lost.

Cover art for Papa Legba lyrics by Talking Heads

Papa Legba is a Voodoo god.

No he isn't.

 
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