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Just Cinnamon Grass

People, have you heard about the beat of the fat grass they made
And it was a huge success, the beat of the fat grass
So in the countryside there's the fat grass, the angola grass, the jaraguaia grass
So now they came up with this cinnamon grass thing
I had a mare, poor thing, she was skinny
It got to the point that she was like
She looked like an old skeleton, man!
Ah! Poor mare, I even felt sorry for her
So I went to the root man and he said
Hey boy, give cinnamon grass to the mare
Ah, every day you squeeze the juice out of the cinnamon grass
And give it to the mare, she'll get fat
You know what I did, boy?
Within a week the mare was fat
And in a month the mare was really chubby
She got fat beautifully
So now I'm gonna tell you the story of the cinnamon grass
Yeah

Just cinnamon grass, just cinnamon grass
Only cinnamon grass will fatten up
This skinny mare

And if she's skinny
Be careful with her so she doesn't get worse
Don't give pharmacy medicine, drugs only serve to intoxicate
Go running to the root man
You'll find him right ahead
And the medicine that works for her
Is just cinnamon grass to fatten up the mare

And now pay close attention, for any citizen, the way to use it
Don't forget that cinnamon grass early in the morning is the first tea
It's cinnamon grass before lunch
Give cinnamon grass before dinner
Every six hours give cinnamon grass
So this skinny one will have to fatten up

There you go, my buddy!
My buddy too, you see!
Don't forget every morning a good cup
Of cinnamon grass juice
And another one at dinner
And if you can, give one at night too
A cup of cinnamon grass and you'll see
You'll even be amazed