Pela Minha Área

I remember that a great poet once told us
Life is crazy and I'm just passing through

I'm at the party with the most stylish girl
My area is my school
I am a mirror for these young people

I'm good, I'm good
I'm much better than before

Forgive me, mother
For being so infamous
Yesterday's mistakes and today's mistakes

My area, my life
There's a church on every corner
And sin on the same sidewalk
In my area, my life

We are suicidal youth
It's kite season
And the wave of deaths at the doorstep
The closed bubble, my area my life

I'd be lying if I said it's not for the money
My preference is always expensive and I'm on the grind
It's for Nivia, Maitê, that I stay strong
My home, my kids

(One less in the statistics
One less in the statistics)

This one's for you who left home
In search of a better life, but didn't have the chance to return
For you who lost someone you love and feel lost
This one's for you
I'm one less in the statistics

One less homicidal statistic of the state
One less Black person who didn't make it past 18
I'm one less in the statistics

One less in the statistics