Causa e Efeito

MV Bill

Cause and Effect

Huh
Not much has changed
The one responsible for our tragedy hasn't assimilated
That to change, more than a speech is necessary
On the way, I talked to stupid people
I think about what our flag says, it leaves me in doubt
What do they think of us
that we don't know how to speak?
that we don't know how to vote? Huh

Our voice is in the air
Even though I have a spirit of change
I see contradictions that cause me despair
Tired of seeing so many ignorant people
Treating humble people arrogantly
Rude in dealing with the majority
Who speak with a periphery accent
In a rush, surviving cowardice
From those who repay us with antipathy

Overcoming moves me
But the apathy of our brothers disappoints me
We live in a democracy that doesn't work
Social condition that imprisons
Many will fall
Sitting in the armchair
Receiving orders that will be dictated on the big screen
And leave us as a legacy
A true eruption of children in my memory
Can't forget what I saw (in my memory)
Can't forget what I felt
I realized

That the police continue to be the government's arm
In the favela, spreading evil
With their uniforms and armored vehicles
At the service of those who control opinions, who steal
millions, owners of mansions
Building wealth with the weakness of crowds
Sharks
swallow the small fish
I don't see a coca plantation in our land
Goes beyond... I see plantations of life
of dreams, of death, of wounds
That don't heal, that don't ease
If the atmosphere is tense, peace doesn't stabilize
For me, it's very easy to understand
Without education, many of us will turn into criminals
And our punishment is not lenient
We lose childhood, youth, time goes by
Except for those with wealthy families
Who pay for their child's mistakes all the time
Actions I don't identify with
They hit the maid just because the father is rich
A father who goes public speaking about ethics
Without knowing that his son is involved with synthetic drugs
Hectic life, making mistakes on the street
With the certainty that justice is less energetic
It's not like that for us
New police operation takes the soul of an innocent
Leaves the child wounded
With a stray bullet
More punishment as a measure
Revealing incompetence
I have a complement in the chorus that follows

A fighter doesn't accept
Command of scoundrels who don't respect us
Excluded, deluded
Those born in the favela are seen as criminals
Steals a lot, magnate
Doesn't go to jail and wears a suit and tie
Cause and effect
Only duty without right

Corruption allows
atrocities to exceed their limit
Even though part of the elite avoids it
An afrogenocide exists
where people die because of their skin color
With a common last name, we have no value
Artist dog, who speaks of love
Doesn't stand by us even in times of pain
That's why I make my stage a pulpit
using my voice against a corrupt Brazil
Impunity speaks louder
The men in black go up the hill to defend the asphalt
who helplessly watch the tragedy
In the gap between the favela and the middle class
Treating the ghetto as if it were Africa
at a distance that isn't even geographical

Distancing caused by prejudice
As if being born here was a defect
It's not!
It's part of a destiny that you helped write
when you didn't want to get involved
Come, come here to fight the consequence of an absence policy
that results in violence
If the focus isn't changed, there won't be results
and hatred in youth is a trend
Without school, without choice
Life expectancy until crime takes you
Many on the good side are pushed to the bad
victims of social convulsion
Tropical country, sensual people
Factory of people in marginal conditions
who can't think, who can't speak
Parasites won't thrive