Saudades

Longing
Longing is what we feel only for the good things
People, moments that stayed in our memory
It’s like, bro, it seems that longing makes things
Stop in time, oh

I’m grateful for the lessons my folks gave me
And I’m convinced they did the best they could
Today this vibe is my life and I take it seriously

And if there’s no loyalty, it’s gonna be cheating
I’m an inquiry, I’m an inquiry, and I’ll go to the end
Resisting, bothering like a stone in the kidney
It’s like this, it’s in me, I don’t forget

It doesn’t erase, just calms down, but now and then I remember
Someone, some place, some time
Some vibe that happened ages ago
A dear person who left a mark till today
A friend, a girl, a relative, whatever

Bro, longing hurts like a splinter
Tigrão Sumaré cried for his loss
But God knows everything, as they say
He’s got the hammer and the whistle, he’s the judge

When the sun rises and the day comes warming the heart
Time will pass, I just want to remember what was good
Why does it have to be like this, a beautiful start and a sad end
I wish I could go back to change everything that’s passed

I learned that in life everything has its path
The wheat’s path is bread, the grape’s is wine
From dirt comes soap, from gossip the neighbor
From the big guy the top, from the snitch alone
Yeah! Bro, can’t leave a hole

Slacker, here there’s more past than future
On the streets, the game is tough, doing what we gotta do
If a fly gets left behind like a VHS tape
The kids don’t want Mobilettes anymore, just to do
The cops evolved from Ipanema to Blazers
In my time, weekends in the park
Happy was the kid who had a Monark
Nowadays just crack, just junkies, what a mess
Time passed and we’re back to the Stone Age
All because of that damn drug
Yeah... On a one-way trip, no return!

When the sun rises and the day comes warming the heart
Time will pass, I just want to remember what was good
Why does it have to be like this, a beautiful start and a sad end
I wish I could go back to change everything that’s passed

Ah, the fence grows along with the violence
We have more division, less togetherness, who knows?
Maybe it’s because we’re like concrete! You know?
Some become walls, others become bridges someday, someday!

What happened? No one listens, doesn’t understand
The walls have ears, the ears have walls
Heh heh, no matter how much life here is a mess
I can’t run away or disappear like a comet
I have to face the problems, the responsibilities
If I stay home waiting, only bills will come

Complaining doesn’t help, crybaby, bring a tissue
Finding a solution, good people is what I try
Yeah, and only those who had to bury a friend
Who left too soon, who was young and could be here alive
Know that crime isn’t worth half
When the police or the longing invades

When the sun rises and the day comes warming the heart
Time will pass, I just want to remember what was good
Why does it have to be like this, a beautiful start and a sad end
I wish I could go back to change everything that’s passed.