Roda
Gilberto Gil
Wheel
My people, pay attention
To the wheel I made for you
I want to show those who come
What the people say
I can speak, for I know
I take others for myself
When I have lunch, I don't have dinner
And when I sing, it's like this
Now I'm going to have fun
Now I'm going to start
I want to see who will leave
I want to see who will stay
You're not obliged to listen to me
If you don't want to hear
Those who have money in the world
The more they have, the more they want to earn
And we who have nothing
End up worse off than we are
Sir, have some shame
End the shamelessness
Leave the poor man's money
And steal from another thief
Now I'm going to have fun
Now I'm going to continue
I want to see who will stay
I want to see who will leave
You're not obliged to listen
If you don't want to hear me
If the rich and the poor die
Bury the rich and me
I want to see who can separate
The dust of the rich from mine
If there's equality down below
There must be up here
Whoever wants to be more than they are
Will suffer one day
Now I'm going to have fun
Now I'm going to continue
I want to see who will stay
I want to see who will leave
You're not obliged to listen
If you don't want to hear me
Sir, be careful
With your exploitation
If not, I'll give you as a gift
Your grave in the ground
I want to see who will say
I want to see who will lie
I want to see who will deny
What I said here
Now I'm going to finish
Now I'm going to speak
Who knows everything and speaks right away
Ends up with nothing to say
I want to see who will come back
I want to see who will run away
I want to see who will stay
I want to see who will betray
That's why I close this circle
The wheel I made for you
The wheel that belongs to the people
Where what's said is said