Mãe

A smile on the face
A tightness in the imposed chest
Imperfect, like a burden, narrow, homesick, I've seen so much out there
Tears, crying in the corner, making others laugh
I haven't forgotten about you cleaning the floor of these asshole boys
So much humiliation is not revenge, today it's redemption
A life of ill will, I didn't see faith
Deeply seeing the weight of the world on a woman's shoulders
Alexandre in prison, me thinking about suicide at eight years old, girl
Where did you get your strength from?
Proud to walk with the thieves, foolish
Reciting Malcolm X without the courage to wash a dish
Square talk, police, midnight and pose
The calls I didn't make are still ringing to this day
From the rec in Djose to the northern hemisphere
The dream is a time where girls don't have to be so strong

Our hands still fit right
I ask for an angel to accompany me
In everything I saw my mother's voice
In everything I saw us
Alone in this uncertain world
I ask for an angel to accompany me
In everything I saw my mother's voice
In everything I saw us

Another party, my dear, like Orkut
More than a thousand friends and I don't remember anyone
Grunge, Alice in Chains
Where either you live Lady Gaga or die Pepê and Neném

Daily struggle, razor's edge
Marks? Several
Slave quarters, cesareans, scars
Stretch marks, varicose veins, crises
Like Lulu, it's not always so easy
For us, punk is who breastfeeds while facing the war
The tanks, the dirty clothes, life without fabric softener
Bombs at every moment, in a random frame
Which is just a frame and the defendant's bench, without a warrant
Even my way is hers
Blind love, listening with the heart to the light of her chest
Describes her effect: Brief, intense, immense
To the point of thanking even her flaws
These days I found your handwriting in my handwriting
And tears wet the pen
Challenges, it's gonna be a mess
When I say I saw God
He was a black woman

Our hands still fit right
I ask for an angel to accompany me
In everything I saw my mother's voice
In everything I saw us
Alone in this uncertain world
I ask for an angel to accompany me
In everything I saw my mother's voice
In everything I saw us

Our hands still fit right (right)
I ask for an angel to accompany me (wherever)
In everything I saw my mother's voice (everything)
In everything I saw us (in everything I saw us)
Alone in this uncertain world (uncertain)
I ask for an angel to accompany me (wherever)
In everything I saw my mother's voice
In everything I saw us

The third child was born
It's a boy
No, he's still a boy
Miguel drank for three days of joy
I said he would come, he was born
And I didn't even know what it would be like
Someone warned
A child is for the world
No, mine is mine
I felt the need to have something in life
I sought the love of desired things
So I thought I would love much more
Someone who came out from inside me and nothing else
I felt like the earth: Sacred
And what a noise, what a mess
Jumped from my womb, content, and seemed to say: It's Saturday, folks
The nun who supported him tried to hold his two little feet without success
And she said: What a naughty boy
What are you going to call him, mother?
Leandro