De Volta Para o Passado (feat. Helio Bentes)

[Fábio Brazza]
If I could go back to the past, I would go back to around 1500
And I would ask the winds to divert the caravels
From that invasion we call discovery

I would give valid advice to the indigenous people
If the Portuguese come here
Don't be fooled by the mirrors

And when slavery crosses the seas
I would mislead the bandeirantes so they never find Palmares
I would wield weapons and shields
And help Antônio Conselheiro defend Canudos

I would warn Mandela
Hold on, apartheid will end when you leave the cell
I would show Galileo a video of the man on the Moon
And say: This all started from an idea of yours

If I could go back, I would bring AIDS treatment
Just for my heroes to live longer
I would march alongside Luther King and Rosa Parks in Alabama
I would warn Brumadinho and Mariana before the mudslide

If I had the means
I would beg Chapecoense not to board that plane

[Helio Bentes]
If I could change a moment
Correct the mistakes from before, what would come next?
What would come next?
If I could change a moment
What would come next?
What would come next?

[Fábio Brazza]
If I could go back to the past, I would try to prevent some massacres
Chernobyl, Hiroshima, Nagasaki
If I reported the terrorists of 9/11
Would there have been the Iraq War?

I would warn the Black Panthers
Beware, they will try to destroy you in the crack epidemic
I would meet 2Pac, sing Changes Black President
And show a photo of Barack

If I could kill Hitler before he came to power
I would avoid so much unnecessary suffering
But if I couldn't, I would make sure to tell Anne Frank
The whole world will still read your diary

And if I changed the past, would I still exist?
And if I didn't exist, what difference would it make?
If I could know where the virus came from
I would warn the world before it became a pandemic

So much suffering in vain, the more they go
Socrates, Jesus, Tutsi or Hutus, until when, brother?
The children of the future say: Don't disappoint us
We are heirs to yesterday's mistakes

Maybe I'm thinking too much
Maybe I'm not even capable of changing even this
And if I could go back to the past, or better
And if this is already the past and someone is just waiting for me to act?

[Helio Bentes]
If I could change a moment
Correct the mistakes from before, what would come next?
What would come next?
If I could change a moment
What would come next?
What would come next?

[Helio Bentes and Fábio Brazza]
If I had the gift of foresight
If I could know what would happen
If I had that power
(What would you do?)
(We have that power!)
(And you?!)

(If I could change a moment)
(The past is now, have you ever thought about it?!)
(What will the children of the future say about us, huh?!)
(Have you ever thought about it? The past is now)