Hoje Eu Vou Me Libertar

I can't stay here
I don't want to go to the slave quarters
Today I will free myself
I'll go to Capoeira, I'll meet Zumbi

I can't stay here
I don't want to go to the slave quarters
Today I will free myself
I'll go to Capoeira, I'll meet Zumbi

Still inside a slave ship
Who I loved left
I saw children and women being tied by the foot
And thrown into the sea from Angola

I can't stay here
I don't want to go to the slave quarters
Today I will free myself
I'll go to Capoeira, I'll meet Zumbi

God appeared to me with closed eyes
I asked Oh God why so much suffering?
God told me that man is like this
Stop and think a little
Jesus died on the cross without sin

I can't stay here
I don't want to go to the slave quarters
Today I will free myself
I'll go to Capoeira, I'll meet Zumbi

I will venture into the forest
I'll go after my freedom
The overseer won't catch me
Today he will eat dust, I'll find Palmares

I can't stay here
I don't want to go to the slave quarters
Today I will free myself
I'll go to Capoeira, I'll meet Zumbi

I may not free myself but I try
This is for you who only live in lament
Go after what you want
Whether you're a man or a woman
You are greater than everyone thinks

I can't stay here
I don't want to go to the slave quarters
Today I will free myself
I'll go to Capoeira, I'll meet Zumbi