Obrigado Pai Natal

2007 started amidst rain and champagne
No one predicted that there would still be a lot of lead and blood coming
We were all hungover, end of year babalaze
People dance so they don't cry, it looks like an Indian film
January:
It starts with Soico and the courts
"Pledged assets returned", read on every
newspapers
And we received the controversial oriental visit
The President of China, Mr. Hu Jintao
And of course we signed several pragmatic agreements
A Dam on the Zambezi, and the construction of the new
Stadium
And China is generous...
he just wants wood in exchange
And deforest our forest, with our labor
Cheap, and you don't boycott like in Zambia
Let people just talk while our business goes on
Cahora Bassa opens floodgates floods Zambezi valley
Leaves families out in the open, this happens in February
Meanwhile Cyclone Flavio takes other hostages
And help is welcome, in cash or goods
Calamities do not rest, they test our
people
There is so much help to manage, it puts our pockets to the test
March:
22nd, Thursday
Our magazine exploded, there were bangs and dust
Terror in Laulane, Bagamoyo, and Malhazine
From Jardim to Hulene, Airport and Magoanine

CHOIR:
For the cases we suppress
For the cars we import
The salary we earn
Thank you Santa

You're welcome, son.
You're welcome, son.
You're welcome, son.
You're welcome, son.

For the people we rob
For the damage we caused
And in the end we don't pay
Thank you Santa

You're welcome, son.
You're welcome, son.
You're welcome, son.
You're welcome, son.

II
The people...
Ask for the minister's head
There in front of the assembly,
I've never seen anything like this
But the police had and there
And arrested the protesters
Restored peace, law and order...
Within the rulers
Inquiries yielded nothing
Another natural accident
Caused by heat, only funeral expenses
If there is no evidence there is no crime
Almost a thousand dead and injured
It's the balance sheet of the Malhazine Magazine.

April:
The police shot in the moonlight
There in the Costa de Sol neighborhood
That didn't shine at that time
The PGR surrendered the famous old fight
Against Organized Crime
In the Assembly of the Republic
(he) I wanted to fish with a fine net for big fish
Nobody went to the hearings,
Never seen such an insult

May:
Another Shopping Center in Maputo
It is absolute poverty combatted with luxury
And the Ministry of Agriculture burned its
files
Another short circuit, there is no evidence or defendants
There went the PROAGRI database
June, July, August, the country just burns
Welcome given to old Judge Paulino
The new Attorney General got 7 out of the way
It's good that he comes slowly
Because things are hot in the Land of Foguinho.

CHOIR:
For the cases we suppress
For the cars we import
The salary we earn
Thank you Santa

You're welcome, son.
You're welcome, son.
You're welcome, son.
You're welcome, son.

For the people we rob
For the damage we caused
And in the end we don't pay
Thank you Santa

You're welcome, son.
You're welcome, son.
You're welcome, son.
You're welcome, son.

III
"Now they kill each other
Betrayal in the corporation"
It seems that Azagaia was right.

Augustine Chaúque
The man who ruined his health
From ruthless police to Chaúque crime
Don't waste time with fraud
This man robs banks
Drown Mambas in Rio,
Only in the police were there so many
And the let-walk didn't fail to win one more time
award
Mo-Ibraim, congratulations comrade, you are a genius
Excellent governance,
The president without government
Now I believe there is
Eternal paradise.

November:
We all feel the heat of Tete
The PR gets excited about his masterstroke
The debt that is still debt is no longer debt for
the people
And it doesn't matter who doubts, if the doubter is not the
people
And it's a well-kept secret in state affairs
This plot of swearing in... what we ask for
borrowed
With the help of this very well selected Bank
"Cabora Bassa is already ours", everyone takes their piece.

CHORUS 2X:
For the cases we suppress
For the cars we import
The salary we earn
Thank you Santa

You're welcome, son
You're welcome, son
You're welcome, son
You're welcome, son

For the people we rob
For the damage we caused
And in the end we don't pay
Thank you Santa

You're welcome, son
You're welcome, son
You're welcome, son
You're welcome, son