Negro

Where I come from we have nothing easy, nothing easy
If we don't run after it
If you come from where I come from
Lived what I lived and won
You are the best at what you do
We are discredited, diminished, the minority, the little people
We had to get used to running twice as much
To get halfway there

It's tough, I know it is
But you know why I speak? Because I lived and won!
This is our reality
Only those who are from here or who have been here know
Who has been through here never forgets
Broken, favela our root!
The people who even having little
Or having nothing, always try to stay happy
Sadness is temporary, I know that
Because I don't just count the victories
False ones at the top are temporary
Hey, you'll get off at the next stop
I've been in this hustle for a long time
And it still seems like very little
My friends have been hustling for a long time
Because it was the only way to make some money

Because only spare change is left for the Brazilian worker
In the politicians' wallets, there's no more room
Guess where the money comes from
I shouldn't even be talking about politics
I've already excluded that crap from my life
As Mano Brown said, politics has no rhyme
No swing, no rhythm, nothing that interests me
And so I move forward, and so we move forward
With our feet on the ground, choices in hand
Faith in the heart and hope in the mind
There is only One who can do everything, there is only One who commands
In front of us we see no barriers
They become invisible like Wakanda
We can't set fire to a joint
But they can burn nature
Our reality is different
For every 3 black panthers, 2 are imprisoned
I pass by and the siren goes off, my color, a rare gem
You see Jhony, they see a criminal
A monster, a bunch of sons of bitches
Didn't know crime had a color or face

I stand proud, I am black
I am not Afro-descendant, I am black
I am not little black, I am black
And screw it if it's not written on the birth certificate anymore
That's the truth, I was born black, I will die black
And if even white people want to be black
Why should I be ashamed of my color? Huh?
The blacks understood the message

I had much more than I deserved
Even though my family always had little
That's why everything I had, my son has to have double
And that's why I run after it
So my loved ones never have to worry about money again
I make money, I make views, I make hits and none of that makes me
Record what I'm going to tell you
What has to be, will be
Go after what's yours, that was just waiting for you to go get it
Record what I just finished telling you
Get up, stop resting
Go after what's yours and it was just waiting for you to grab

I stand proud, I am black
I am not Afro-descendant, I am black
I am not little black, I am black
And screw it if it's not written on the birth certificate anymore
That's the truth, I was born black, I will die black
And if even white people want to be black
Why should I be ashamed of my color?
The blacks understood the message
The blacks understood the message