Los Hijos Del Hambre No Tienen Mañana
Canteca de Macao
The Hunger Kids Have No Tomorrow
With my gaze lost in those empty eye sockets
My ribs show, I must live day by day
And you worried about how to lose weight
Thinking all day about those extra pounds
Sit down for a moment and start thinking
About how others live and die
To be able to live, I must risk dying
I still have hope to keep going here
My illusions sail in a cold indigo sea
Escape from poverty, at last, at last, at last!
[x2]
And if it's worth it, we'll cross in a makeshift boat
That will sink before reaching Gibraltar
Poverty scares me, get out of here
You take our jobs and bring us cigarettes
We educate your children to steal bread
Tomorrow you'll be governing us
Turn off the TV and everything becomes real
The things you've seen will be forgotten
Wars, hunger, and precarity
Silence your conscience and let yourself be carried away
[x2]
Then all the lights in the neighborhood go out
And people sleep and don't think
About those who lose their lives daily
With my gaze lost in those empty eye sockets
My ribs show, I must live day by day
