Guetão de Chapa

Man, I'm running, I wasn't born into a rich family
I won't lie to you, there are days when a guy can't even kill a cockroach
I'm broke, I'll try to make some money
Because hope in the neighborhood is like this

If it's not money, it's talking nonsense
Being in the streets all the time
Almost not even dating
But Nzambi didn't ruin anything
If it's not money, it's talking nonsense
Being in the streets all the time
Almost not even dating
But Nzambi didn't ruin anything

We're coming from the tin plate ghetto
We're laughing but we're struggling
That never ruined anything
While mom is selling cornmeal
Come rain or shine
People get used to it

No one cares about Drip anymore
We want to pay rent to laugh
Mom runs, runs, look, the inspector is coming
Our life in the neighborhood is to escape
Gunshots are music here
I could cry, but I chose to smile
We don't have money, we're living like this

If it's not money, it's talking nonsense
Being in the streets all the time
Almost not even dating
But Nzambi didn't ruin anything
If it's not money, it's talking nonsense
Being in the streets all the time
Almost not even dating
But Nzambi didn't ruin anything

This life seems like a candle
It goes out when no one expects
Mothers burying their children
When it should be the other way around

Another old man abandoned the kids
Another kid became a corpse
Another mother lost her income
Because the... took everything
Oh oh oh oh oh, what else can we do?
It's not working, damn, it's tough
No one sees a future in the ghetto
Yeah, but we keep running
The goal is to reach the end
And give everything for my people
Yeah, Yeah
Tomorrow we will smile
You will have to swallow me
You don't know where I come from

Man, I'm running, I wasn't born into a rich family
I won't lie to you, there are days when a guy can't even kill a cockroach
I'm broke, I'll try to make some money
Because hope in the neighborhood is like this

If it's not money, it's talking nonsense
Being in the streets all the time
Almost not even dating
But Nzambi didn't ruin anything
If it's not money, it's talking nonsense
Being in the streets all the time
Almost not even dating
But Nzambi didn't ruin anything

(We're coming from the tin plate ghetto)
(We're laughing but we're struggling)
(That never ruined anything)