A tropical take on the politics of violence: this is gorgeous. It's got Brazil's veteran MCs Cidinho e Doca going to work on a baile funk tune, with incredible results.
The song's about the Morro do Dende favela, which is dominated by drug trafficking and in which the only police presence is heavily-armed incursions to arrest dealers (often with significant civilian casualties). Their chorus is "Mais Morro Do Dendê também é terra de Deus" - "But Morro Do Dende is also God's earth"
Humanitarianism and babes in bikinis - what's not to like? Also, the tune is phenomenal. I am going to be playing this until my neighbours start joining in with the chorus
Incidentally, it was these guys who made funk carioca mainstream in 1994, with this
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