Tão Iguais

I cry for my country
Who pretends
The absurdities so normal
Where am I?

I wished for your place
I wanted to act the same way
Here everyone is equal!

Impunity used to win
Bought with your votes
And your omission
Legislate or ask for bread
Don't be so honest
Or you will die!
Resign and accept
If there are only ten of them?
You won't get your share
As dirty as theirs

Normality!
Common sense!

(I remember as if it were yesterday my father telling me
For me to study to be someone in life
And he said things about the Aracelli and Ana Angélica case
And he said it wouldn't amount to anything
I remember your speeches about honesty
Of how we should be and act)

I wished for this place
I wanted to act the same way
Accept those who are most equal!

I wished for my place
I will act in my own way
I want more real things!

Try to conceive! Try
Glimpse!
Which is as equal as the
What a hater!
Will all this change?

(Some time later my old man passed away and I discovered that knowing was not enough)
(It needed to be someone and have a name, a cousin or a godfather)
(I wouldn't give up what I learned to be what they wanted me to be)
(That's why I promised to do something, for all who are honest)
(For me, for La Madre, my grandmother, my loves, friends, brothers)
(And for all who suffer in this state of Espírito Santo)