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I need to report what I did
Because I don't want to do it anymore

And today realize that what seemed to be
Oh, it wasn't
I went deep into what my grandfather
Used to stick on my shoe
And at 16 I met Preta Joana
Who lived burning herself, releasing smoke
And at 18 I cheated on Joana with a white girl
Who liked marbles
And playing marbles with Joana and the white girl
I was losing attitude
I saw youth pass by, pass by, pass by
Playing marbles non-stop, non-stop, non-stop

These girls were the end of me
I was left without friends
Without knowing what love was
One beautiful day on the corner of my house
I met a tattooed girl
She gave me a leaflet about a wave
And told me that in that wave I could drop
And in that wave I could get rid
Of the White and Joana who wanted to kill me

And she showed me in the leaflet
The time and place I had to arrive
Arriving there it seemed everything
But an evangelical church
But those people started talking to me
Saying they were the friends I could count on
If I wanted true love
Along with happiness I raised my hand
I raised it and dropped that wave
That was in the leaflet of the tattooed girl

Now not just for today love, love, love
Now not just for today forgiveness, forgiveness, forgiveness
Now not just for today the peace of the Lord oh oh oh
Now not just for today love, love
Love has arrived brought back my youth
Love has arrived along with my attitude