Fim de Semana No Parque

1993, fundamentally returning, Racionais
Using and abusing our freedom of expression
One of the few rights that the young black person still has in this country
You are entering the world of information
Self-knowledge, denunciation, and fun
This is the X-ray of Brazil, welcome

To the entire poor community of the South Zone

Weekend arrives, everyone wants fun
Only joy, we are in the summer, January
São Paulo, South Zone
Everyone at ease, hot blue sky
I want to enjoy the sun
Meet the buddies for a basketball game
Nothing's wrong
I'm an hour away from my hood
Soon, I want to see everyone in peace

One, two, three cars on the sidewalk
Happy and excited, all the rich kids
The garages open, they wash the cars
They waste water, they have a blast
Various styles, bums, motorcycles
Rich old man with an open mouth, favorite bait

Fluorescent green, burnt, smiling
The same blonde cow circulating as always
The playboys from Guarujá show off
Many guys forget, in my hood it doesn't grow
I'm like this and I'm fine, even if you take it the wrong way
Mischievous and realistic, that's me, Mano Brown

Give me 4 good reasons not to be
Look at my people in the favelas and you'll see
From here I see a brand new car
Fully equipped and an old man driving
With his kids by his side, they're going to the park
Excited electronic toys
Automatically, I imagine
The kids from the area, how they are
Probably running around here and there
Playing barefoot soccer on the dirt streets
Yeah, they play however they can

Shouting curse words is their way
They don't have video games and sometimes not even a TV
But they all have a gift, Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian
The only protection

Last Christmas, Santa Claus hid a toy
Silver, shining in the middle of the bushes
A 10-year-old boy found the gift
It was iron with 12 bullets in the clip
The end of the year was better for many

They would also like to have bicycles
To see their father jogging like an athlete
They like going to the park and having fun
And for someone to teach them how to drive
But they just want peace and even then it's a dream
Weekend in Santo Antônio Park

Let's take a walk in the park
Let the kid play
Weekend in the park
Let's take a walk in the park
I'll pray for this Sunday not to rain

Look at that cool club
Look at that court, look at that field, look
Look at how many people
There's an ice cream parlor, cinema, heated pool
Look at all the rich kids, look at all the girls
Drown that cow in the pool
There's a go-kart race, you can see
It's just like what I saw on TV yesterday

Look at that cool club
Look at the little black kid watching everything from outside
Doesn't even remember the money he has to bring
His dad, all crazy, shouting inside the bar
Doesn't remember yesterday, today, or the future
He just dreams through the wall

Thousands of houses piled up
Dirt streets, that's the hill, my area awaits me
Shouting at the fair (we're arriving)
Believe me, I like this, more human warmth

In the periphery, joy is the same
It's almost noon, the excitement is general
That's where my brothers, my friends live
And most around here look like me
And I'm also the big shot and the one in charge
People have been at the samba since 10 in the morning
Pay attention to the drumming and the chord
(How is it, Mano Brown?)
Believe me, in order

The number, number 1 in low income in the city
South Zone community, dignity
There's a body on the stairs, the old lady descends the hill
Police, death, police, help
I don't see any sports club around here
For the kids to attend, no encouragement
Investment in leisure is very scarce
The community center is a failure
But hey, if you want to destroy yourself, you're in the right place
There's alcohol and cocaine always nearby
Every corner, 100, 200 meters
It's not always good to be smart

Schmidt, Taurus, Rossi, Dreher or Campari
Pleasant pronunciation, inevitable damage
Foreign names that are among us to kill
SHIT
As if it were yesterday, I still remember
7 o'clock on Saturday
December 4th
A bullet, a motorcycle with 2 idiots
Killed our guy who made the hill happier
And indirectly still does, Mano Rogério, rest in peace
Watching from above
The kids from Regina Park

Let's take a walk in the park
Let the kid play
Weekend in the park
Let's take a walk in the park
I'll pray for this Sunday not to rain

I'm tired of this shit
All this nonsense
Alcoholism, revenge, trouble, trickery
Anxious mother, problematic son
Destroyed families, tragic weekends
The system wants this, the kids have to learn
Weekend in Ipê Park

Let's take a walk in the park
Let the kid play
Weekend in the park
Let's take a walk in the park
I'll pray for this Sunday not to rain

Believe it, Racionais MC's and Negritude Júnior together
Let's invest in ourselves, keeping away from
Drugs and alcohol

Hey guys from Ipê Park, São Luiz Garden, Ingá Garden
Arariba Park, Vaz de Lima
Piolho Hill, Vale das Virtudes, and Pirajussara

That's it, Mano Brown (that's it, Netinho, peace to all)