Meu Kota

My kota, so many battles
And my life doesn't prosper
Colleges and courses on the waiting list
What will be the solution
Kota

My kota, here it costs money to play music
When it doesn't play here, it plays abroad
It hurts in the heart
Kota

My kota, so many battles
And my life doesn't prosper
Colleges and courses on the waiting list
What will be the solution
Tell me
Kota

My kota, here it costs money to play music
When it doesn't play here, it plays abroad
It hurts in the heart
Kota

But I don't give up, I persist
I swear I insist
And facing this I know that my time
My kota, will come

I have faith in the heart
But I don't give up
Like my mother who wakes up in the morning
To put bread on that humble table
That's how I fight for my dreams, my dreams

But I don't give up
Like the peasant in the field cultivating
Who sows early and without worry
My friend says, there's land to cultivate
My father used to say, the kota used to say, used to say
Monandengue, malembe, malembe, you'll go far
Because you know that habit makes a monk
Be inspired by the struggle of this people, battle
Monandengue, there were 500 years of slavery
But today we have a rich nation
Be inspired by the struggle of this people, battle

So don't give up, always insist, swear to me that you persist
And facing this, I know that your time
My son will come, keep faith in the heart, okay Dad
But I don't give up like that street vendor who wakes up in the morning
To put bread on that humble table
That's how I fight for my dreams, my dreams
But I don't give up, like the peasant in the field cultivating
Who sows early and without worry
My friend says, there's land to cultivate
My friend, the country is already changing