Cidade 2000

Matuê bringing the lesson to you

On my list, there are a lot of people to shout out
Strength to the street kids from Ceará
You who face a lion every day
Running from Titan to Jardim América

Hey

For the youth living in neglect today
In this broken system, going to school feels like a setback
A million-dollar scheme, a front like a car wash
And our money ends up in the hands of another greedy pig

Sorry, I’m tired of living like this
Watching my brothers always one step from the end
Will I see the sun rise tomorrow?
Or will death come, or will I let it take me?
I let it take me

Yeah, living in the city (burn, yeah)
At noon in the sun, no shade, no mercy
Dust surrounds the concrete jungle of the city

Fortaleza, I represented, yeah

Rich kid passed by with a blunt in hand
If he were Black and poor, it’d be detention
They still say there’s no discrimination
While drugs and wars put poor youth in the coffin

And every day we suffer on this journey
Crooked politicians don’t get the reality
Forcing the people into crime
With laws that don’t match real problems

Yeah, living in the city, yeah

Yeah, living in the city (burn, yeah)
At noon in the sun, no shade, no mercy
Dust surrounds the concrete jungle of the city
Yeah, living in the city

Will your time come
To carry your child in your arms?
Some live like kings
While others live in the worst conditions

Is this all that’s left for us? (What’s left for us?)
I scream and no one hears my voice

Yeah, living in the city, yeah
At noon in the sun, no shade, no mercy
Dust surrounds the concrete jungle of the city
Yeah, living in the city