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Hello!
Hello Pepe Moreno
What do you want, young man?
I want to sing a song for you!
Do you have a song for me, do you?
Can I sing for you?
Sure, I have the keyboard on
I'll drop the beat and you sing along

Alright, listen up, okay?!
At the count of three, you sing

I'm calling you
From a payphone on the street
To ask you, sir
To take me off the street
You are very valuable
Pepe Moreno, please
I'm counting on your help!

Are you listening, Pepe Moreno?
Don't hang up!

No, sing, go ahead, okay, go!

It was in downtown São Paulo
I got separated from my brother
I'm only 9 years old
I want to find my mother
I lost everything I had
I collect cans
Junkyard and cardboard

Pepe Moreno, are you enjoying?
Will you help me?

You can sing, I'm enjoying it, go!

When I walk the streets
Cars throw mud at me
They hit my cart
Everyone just complains
No one wants to be my friend
I live in constant danger
I feel like nobody loves me

Beautiful boy, I'm recording, okay?

Give me a hand, take me off the street, Pepe Moreno

Sing for me, come on, I'm listening, sing!

My life is like this
I don't hide it from anyone
The sadness in my chest
Hurts and wounds as well
My eyes cry smoke
I sleep on the park bench
Until the guard comes

Oh Pepe Moreno! Help me!

Hey, don't cry, young man
Oh, your song is very beautiful, you know?

I have faith in the mother of God
Every night I ask her
To change my destiny
To give me another beautiful life
For me to smile again
Take me away from here
In the name of her son!

Have faith in God, you will find your mother and father, I'm praying for you!
I'll help you!

Will you help me?
Come quickly to pick me up
Do me this favor
I'm a street boy
I know I have no value
If you help me
I promise to study
And one day become a doctor
If you help me
I promise to study
And one day become a doctor

I'll help you, what's your name?
Hello, hello, boy, boy!